
Classification society DNV has signed two memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Norwegian digital solutions provider Kongsberg Digital (KD).

Norwegian digital solutions provider Kongsberg Digital and Swiss MSC, the world’s largest container shipping company, have signed a contract for digitalising MSC’s entire fleet consisting of approximately 500 vessels with Vessel Insight.

Classification society Korean Register (KR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with compatriot shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), agreeing to work together on increased digitalisation and the development of smart and autonomous ship technology.

Wärtsilä Voyage, part of Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, and Hong Kong-based ship manager Anglo-Eastern have shared a significant milestone in their joint project to improve safety and environmental sustainability at sea.

Yokogawa and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have been selected to undertake an AI-enabled robot system project for the Nippon Foundation.

BW Energy has engaged the services of IFS to support its growth strategy, deliver operational efficiencies, and limit emissions.

Halliburton has joined forces with Aker BP to develop a next-generation intelligent system, aiming to evolve field development planning.

Shell has awarded a long-term engineering and procurement deal, encompassing five assets in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, to Worley.

The sustainable ship of the future will be made of data just as much as of steel, Mikko Kousa, CEO of Finnish maritime software company NAPA, said in an interview with Offshore Energy.

Geophysical services company CGG has signed an expanded five-year licensing agreement with Petrobras for its Geovation seismic imaging software. The Brazilian oil and gas giant has been using the seismic imaging platform for over a decade and the new agreement is set to give its geoscientists access

Software solutions provider Kongsberg Digital (KDI) has signed a fleet agreement with an unnamed client to provide its vessel-to-cloud infrastructure Vessel Insight to over 100 vessels in what is described as another major step towards the digitalisation of the shipping industry.

The Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) has hired Dutch-based construction company Van Swaay to build its new Seven Oceans Simulator Center (SOSc).

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä is to deliver its new Decarbonisation Modelling Service to Carnival Corporation as the US cruise group aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across its fleet.

Wärtsilä Voyage, part of the Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, has completed an investment in Marindows, a Japanese company delivering an open digital platform for Japan’s marine industry.