
Japan’s shipbuilding company, Tsuneishi Shipbulding has announced it will start collecting actual operation data for some of its built ships using the internet of ships open platform (IoSOP) framework for the first time.

Neptune Energy has completed a virtual reality pilot on its Gjøa platform, enabling teams to make highly realistic virtual visits.

Stena Drilling has made a move to acquire a 30 per cent stake in Intebloc, a specialist digital lifting technology solutions provider.

Danish integrated logistics company A.P. Moller – Maersk has launched a new digital dashboard which aims to provide end-to-end carbon footprint visibility across all transport modes and carriers.

Neptune Energy has announced the digitisation of five of its operated offshore platforms in the Dutch, Norwegian, and the UK North Sea.

Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and its group company MOL Information Systems have started the operation of a support system for car carrier allocation planning based on mathematical optimization. The introduction of this type of system is expected to enable speedy decision-making

ABB has begun a pilot project with Norway’s oil giant Equinor at the Gina Krog platform, which is located in the North Sea.

Norway’s Kongsberg Digital has signed a partnership agreement with MarineInsight by ioCurrents that will make three new software solutions available to its Vessel Insight subscribers.

DNV has awarded an Approval in Principle to Keppel O&M for its suite of digital services to support an asset’s lifecycle needs.

Finland-based provider of auxiliary wind propulsion systems Norsepower has partnered with UK’s ship management company Newport Shipping (NS) to become wind propulsion provider within NS digital platform created for shipowners planning retrofit projects.

South Korean Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), Hyundai Global Service (HGS) and maritime and offshore classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) have sealed a joint development project (JDP) which was concluded with Approval in Principle (AiP) for HGS smart ship technologies.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has introduced an upgraded version of Marine Energy Atlas.

Equinor’s corporate venture arm Equinor Ventures has signed deals with and gave prizes to participants of the Equinor and Techstars Energy Accelerator.

Norwegian RoRo shipping company Höegh Autoliners has elected four additional vessels to be added to a combined digitalisation project developed with Germany’s high-technology system and solution provider, Kongsberg and engine manufacturer, MAN Energy Solution.