This year’s discovery of Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, an incredible feat of subsea engineering and specialist expertise, and the recent publication of ‘The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance’ were reasons enough for The Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) to invite its author, marine archaeologist Mensun Bound, to speak, in London on 6 December, at their Annual General Meeting.

World-leading emergency distress signal manufacturer Wescom Group has expanded their presence in the marine survival market with an exciting acquisition.

NOAA, the U.S. Navy and Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors (TMC), LLC., held a keel-laying ceremony on October 28, in Houma, Louisiana, for Discoverer, a new oceanographic research vessel being built for NOAA.

WinGD’s latest generation of X72DF-2.1 engines will power 25 vessels as part of the QatarEnergy’s North Field East (NFE) project, the biggest LNG carrier newbuilding project in history.

In response to the Green Shipping Challenge formulated jointly by the Governments of Norway and the United States, Norwegian maritime cluster organisations, shipping-industry associations, shipowners, business organisations, classification societies and finance actors together commit to far-sighted cooperation to achieve zero emissions for the maritime sector.

INEOS Europe AG and Pacific Gas (Hong Kong) Holdings Co., Ltd, has signed long-term time charter agreements for four 99,000cbm (cubic meter) VLECs (Very Large Ethane Carriers).

The U.S. Department of Transportation announces more than $703 million to fund 41 projects in 22 states and one territory that will improve port facilities through the Maritime Administration’s Port Infrastructure Development Program.

Marlink, a smart network solutions company, has signed a new agreement with Odfjell Management AS, providing seamless access to global enterprise and crew applications across 52 vessels.

Aberdeen based Marine technology company, Seall has secured a partnership deal with leading marine electronics service provider, Elcome, to expand its global footprint.

Corvus Energy announces that the sea trial of its new energy storage system, the Corvus Blue Whale ESS, took place in October and has been declared successful.

Kongsberg Digital will help one of Indonesia's largest tanker shipping lines digitalize their fleet.

Ocean services provider DeepOcean strengthens its offering to the offshore renewables and oil and gas industries by entering a two-year time charter agreement for the Stril Server multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV).

Bollinger Shipyards (“Bollinger”), the largest privately-owned and operated shipbuilder in the United States, that it has entered into an agreement to acquire VT Halter Marine, Inc. and ST Engineering Halter Marine Offshore (“STEHMO"), together a leader in the design, engineering, construction, and repair of complex, state-of-the-art vessels for government and commercial customers, from parent company ST Engineering North America, a leading technology, defense and engineering group.

Swedish Nowhere Networks’ goal: to cover all northern coastal areas in the Mediterranean Sea with broadband connectivity by the end of 2023, starting in Greece. Nowhere Networks provides a complete solution with much higher capacity and reliability than satellite connectivity at a fraction of the cost.

NavFleet performance management and optimization platform will now be able to access the wealth of data collected by HOPPE’s onboard vessel technology, after the two segment leaders signed a new collaboration agreement.

Castoldi is creating a permanent presence in the United States with an American office in Seattle called Castoldi USA Inc.