“It feels like we’re becoming a tech company that just happens to operate ships,” quipped a friend of mine recently, a fleet manager at an LNG tanker company.

Okapi Supply Trading Advisory has acquired Oslo-headquartered Yara Marine Technologies (YMT) as it expands its maritime solutions portfolio.

Zeronorth will acquire and integrate Euronav’s Fleet Automatic Statistics and Tracking (FAST) into its online platform.

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has been awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) by DNV for an ammonia dual-fuel container ship design.

Maqta Gateway, the digital arm of AD Ports, will install a Port Community System (PCS) at Aqaba to boost the port city’s maritime and tourism industries.

Ports operator Gulftainer has chosen RISE with SAP as its new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software to increase its operational efficiency and cut costs.

The OCIMF has begun Phase 3 of its digitalised Ship Inspection Report Programme (SIRE 2.0), enabling all programme users to carry out ‘beta-testing’ of the new inspection regime before the analog version is withdrawn.

Engine manufacturer WinGD predicts its X-DF engines will power the majority of QatarEnergy’s 40-strong Phase Two orderbook.

Switzerland-based ABB is facing security risk investigation launched by two congressional committees of US for its ties with China’s leading port machinery manufacturer Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC).

The SeaPod, a situational awareness device developed by digital technology company OrcaAI, has already been installed on ships operated by major groups including Maran Tankers, MSC, NYK, and Seaspan.