Orca AI, a leading AI-based operational platform for ships, has successfully raised US$23 million in new funding. This latest financial boost, led by OCV Partners and Mizmaa Ventures, brings the company’s total funding to nearly US$40 million. Orca AI is on the forefront of integrating autonomous features into existing vessels, aiming to enhance safety, efficiency, […]
When Kongsberg Maritime acquired Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine in 2019 it raised the Norwegian-headquartered company’s status as an innovator of maritime and offshore technology solutions to new heights, but one with such a plethora of products, services and research it could be difficult to navigate. Conscious of the need to streamline its business areas, at the […]
By Alan Johnstone, correspondent Norway’s Telenor Maritime is at the forefront when it comes to global maritime communications and has recently pioneered a novel way of providing digitalisation as a service onboard vessels with the roll out its Unified Hosting Service (UHS) across Color Line’s fleet of ferries in northern Europe. “This is a completely […]
Ship logbooks have long been a ubiquitous feature on the bridge of all vessels big and small. These tomes have always been kept judiciously to include any and all-important events that a ship should run into. It’s generally been accepted that a captain and crew will keep this up to the best of their ability […]
The Royal Navy has teamed up with Imperial College London to test a cutting-edge navigation system that could revolutionise warship navigation and is using the prototype of a ‘quantum sensor’ developed by academics at Imperial College London on its experimentation and trials ship Patrick Blackett. According to the Royal Navy, the technology has the potential […]
One of the persistent challenges in creating effective communications systems onboard large vessels, particularly when adapting them to the modern demands for Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, is the steel structure itself. The hull and bulkheads can create electromagnetic interference and frequently there are either too few wireless access points or too many, resulting in […]
Inmarsat Maritime has introduced its new Fleet Reach coastal LTE service for maritime connectivity that will enable “uninterrupted access to high-speed connections, even when docked in ports”. The new service, which is optimised by Fleet Xpress, forms part of Inmarsat ORCHESTRA, the satellite company’s ‘network of networks’ which uses multiple technologies in multiple orbits to […]
The Naval Architect January 2022
The design and implementation of VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) services has the potential to revolutionise ship tracking communication in the decade ahead.
The Naval Architect July/August 2021
A communication countermeasure for grounding risks
Japanese weather technology specialist Weathernews discusses its recently launched its Navigation Assessment and Routeing service