Signal Maritime Services, a commercial ship management company with a focus on digital analytics and management methods, is the 33rd company to join the Sea Cargo Charter, and its first Greek signatory.

Flagship Founders has launched its third start-up, zero44, which aims to help shipping companies, ship managers and charterers monitor and control their fleets’ CO2 emissions.

Start-up Everimpact has secured support from eight shipping conglomerates and a fresh US$1.6M seed investment to bring its carbon monitoring and measuring IoT hardware solution to the maritime industry.

Together with the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) is conducting a large-scale emissions monitoring campaign using remotely piloted aircraft, scheduled to begin later this month.

Data-sharing could unlock billions of dollars in commercial benefits for shipping as well as accelerate decarbonisation. But legacy systems and a restrictive mindset are hindering the industry’s digital transformation and stalling the vital transition to an API economy seen in other industries.

Finnish dry bulk carrier AtoB@C Shipping has commissioned Høglund to supply advanced hybrid and automation systems to six hybrid bulk vessels, with the potential for six more.

Emirates Shipping Line and Peter Döhle have partnered with Nautilus Labs to reduce their carbon footprint while increasing voyage profitability and operational efficiency.

Kongsberg Digital has added vessel performance optimisation tool VESPER to its Kognifai Marketplace. VESPER, a tool developed by Vessel Performance Solutions (VPS) optimises operational efficiency through advanced modelling and analytics to support current environmental reporting such as IMO DCS and EU MRV, and future regulatory requirements including calculation, monitoring and trending of the CII.

ESL Shipping, steel producer SSAB, and the Port of Oxelösund, Sweden, have begun virtual arrival trials in the Luleå-Oxelösund route along the Gulf of Bothnia, Sweden.

IB has partnered with Verifavia Shipping to help shipping companies meet the demands of various environmental regulations including EU Monitoring Reporting and Verification (EU MRV), the International Maritime Organisation’s Data Collection System (IMO DCS), and Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM).