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• Kongsberg buys Rolls-Royce marine business in £500m deal
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• Maersk extends BigOceanData contract
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  Maersk has agreed a new expanded contract with BigOceanData for the supply of vessel tracking services, extending the companies’ previous agreement by 30 months and increasing the number of vessels covered.

• Autonomous ship model passes tests for Aker Arctic
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• Autonomous ships should follow COLREGs – NI
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