Technology Zone

  • ETC Expand Training Network

    The ECDIS Training Consortium has announced a further expansion of its ECDIS training network through an agreement with STET Maritime in Singapore. ETC Expands Its Training Network Again with STET […]

  • New AIS Agreement

    SRT to supply Elcome with full range of AIS products including its new range of secure AIS Class A and B transceivers as well as the new Identifier product. SRT […]

  • Successful Launch

    Intelsat’s Global Broadband Maritime and Aeronautical Infrastructure Continues to Advance with Intelsat 22 ILS Proton Launch Success. Low cost, always-on broadband for ships is one step closer. Cost-Effective, Customized UHF Payload […]

  • Saab to Deliver AIS

    Saab has received an order from the Dutch authorities for the delivery of a AIS automatic identification system. The company will provide the complete technical system solution within the DIAMONIS […]

  • Hydrogen-fuelled robotic jellyfish invented

    Engineers in the US say they have invented a hydrogen-powered robot that moves through water like a jellyfish. Development of the robot, nicknamed Robojelly, is in the early stages but […]

  • Easy emergency access to oil tanks

    These days, when a ship is in trouble, there is immediate attention focused upon to the risk of any oil pollution. Any report of a grounding or collision, even a […]

  • IHO Tests

    Fictitious Electronic Navigational Chart cells issued to verify if ECDIS software is up to date and conforms to the latest ECDIS standards for displaying chart data. ECDIS anomalies and IHO […]

  • Galileo Milestone

    With applications in areas as diverse as SAR, active vessel traffic management, port approach and ship-to-shore coordination, the Galileo European Navigation Satellite System is destined to play a major role […]

  • Pirate Media

    As the Maritime Security Review’s Editor-in-Chief has been warning for a long time now, Somali pirates make sophisticated use of social media tools and environments. Members of Somali pirate groups […]

  • Revolution in Navigation

    Some have suggested that the introduction of ECDIS is as much of a change in navigational practices as was the change from sail to steam or, in engineering terms, the […]