Space-based data, analytics, and services company Spire Global has announced the availability of Maritime 2.0, an update to Spire’s maritime solution that provides marine data on vessel locations, weather conditions, and global shipping activity, enabling organisations to optimise real-time decision making.

Danish satellite operator Sternula recently signed a partnership agreement with the maritime authority in Ghana to strengthen maritime navigation and safety in West Africa. The project has now officially kicked off with the goal to catalyse future distribution of next generation AIS technology.

Spire Global has announced the acquisition of exactEarth for approximately USD 161.2 million.

The Norwegian Space Agency has launched a new microsatellite on April 29, 2021 from Vega Flight VV 18, which took off from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guyana.

ORBCOMM has entered into a global commercial reseller agreement with Unseenlabs, a French company that specialises in the geolocation of ships at sea and Radio Frequency (RF) detection from space.

Helm Operations and ShipTracks have launched a new set of integrated features for harbor docking companies designed to ensure that companies “never miss another job” in their ports.

exactEarth has announced the launch of exactAIS Platinum Plus, the newest member of its exactAIS family of global real-time AIS vessel identification and tracking data services.

exactEarth has signed an agreement with MDA to provide advanced Satellite-AIS data services as part of MDA’s recently announced Dark Vessel Detection (DVD) program for the Government of Canada. The DVD program is intended to detect and identify vessels that have switched off their AIS transponders and are engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Lloyd’s List Intelligence has extended its contract with ORBCOMM through 2023 for ORBCOMM’s satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) data used for ship tracking and maritime navigation and safety.