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Manufacturers and suppliers globally have both knowledge and expertise in abundance. They share their experience and opinion on regulatory and performance-related topics here.

Digitalisation

Bridging the Distance: How DVB-NIP is Enhancing Life at Sea Sponsored by ST Engineering iDirect

07 Nov 2025

In an increasingly competitive labor market, connectivity has become a deciding factor for employment. Many seafarers now turn down positions on vessels that offer substandard internet access for communicating with family, using social media, or accessing entertainment.

Digitalisation

As Polar Routes Open Up, So Do Markets: How the Satellite Industry is Leveraging Multi-Orbit Services to Enable New Activity in the Arctic Sponsored by ST Engineering iDirect

25 Sep 2025

Navigating between polar and lower-latitude regions requires the seamless integration of multiple satellite orbits. Multi-orbit solutions, combining capabilities from GEO and HEO satellites, ensure continuous and reliable coverage for vessels and aircraft transitioning between latitudes.

Digitalisation

Trends Shaping Maritime Networks Sponsored by ST Engineering iDirect

19 Jun 2025by Chris Insall , Head of Mobility Business Development, ST Engineering iDirect

From multi-orbit satellite solutions and cloud-driven systems to robust cybersecurity protocols and 5G integration, the maritime industry is entering an era of unparalleled innovation and connectivity.

Cyber Security Digitalisation

Voyaging to perfection: the ongoing evolution of NavStation Sponsored by Navtor

31 Mar 2025

Timo Essers, e-Navigation Director at NAVTOR, explains the philosophy driving the continual evolution of NavStation, while outlining the headline updates to the soon-to-be released NavStation 6.4.

Digitalisation

Chris-Marine demonstrates its new cutting-edge performance & emissions monitoring solution at SMM 2024 in Hamburg Sponsored by Chris Marine

07 Aug 2024

Chris-Marine will exhibit at SMM 2024 in Hamburg from September 3 to 6. Visitors are welcome to meet with our experts in booth A3.402. This year, we will not only exhibit a selection of our engine monitoring and maintenance equipment, but for the first time also showcase our new cutting-edge performance & emissions monitoring solution, Trust-Ocean!

Air Pollution & GHG Emissions Digitalisation Regulations & Compliance

Driving efficiency and trust: DNV’s Emissions Connect in the new EU ETS landscapeSponsored by DNV

25 Jun 2024

DNV’s Emissions Connect – launched in April 2023 – provides independent third-party, real-time verification of emissions data through a user-friendly online platform. The service also functions as a decision support system for users and – critically – provides data management support, helping users to integrate emissions data into their wider operations

Air Pollution & GHG Emissions Digitalisation Regulations & Compliance

Demystifying Digital Twins for Maritime Sponsored by ABS

28 May 2024

On this episode of Setting Course, an ABS Podcast, Eric VanDerHorn, ABS Technology Manager, joins host John Snyder, Managing Editor of Riviera Maritime Media, to discuss digital twins and the potential benefits for the maritime industry.

Digitalisation Fleet Performance & Maintenance

Three simple ways to improve vessel performance and reduce environmental footprint Sponsored by Wärtsilä 

28 May 2024

Andrea Morgante, Vice President for Performance Services at Wärtsilä Marine, shares his thoughts on how shipowners and operators can effectively maximise the lifecycle of their vessels and improve vessel uptime, save fuel and decrease emissions.

Air Pollution & GHG Emissions Digitalisation Fleet Performance & Maintenance

Offices don’t travel from A to B, so why should onshore teams have access to ENCs?NAVTOR’s Bjørn Kristian Sæstad explains the benefits of charting developments from dry land.Sponsored by Navtor

30 Apr 2024

If we want to successfully navigate the future, we have to know where we’re going. Online ENCs are an essential part of enabling the smarter, safer and more sustainable shipping operations we all want to see.

Digitalisation

Developing MASS Regulations Sponsored by ABS

28 Mar 2024

On this episode of Setting Course, Joseph Gardemal, ABS Regulatory Affairs Manager, joins host John Snyder, Managing Editor of Riviera Maritime Media, to discuss the development of a regulatory framework for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS)

Business & Finance Digitalisation Regulations & Compliance

Trust your data with a dynamic ship-to-shore platform designed by Chris-Marine Sponsored by Chris-Marine

19 Mar 2024

With the implementation of rules like as the IMO CII and EU ETS, it is more necessary than ever for ship owners and charterers to identify efficient and trustworthy methods for collecting, validating, and reporting vessel and fleet data

Air Pollution & GHG Emissions Digitalisation Fleet Performance & Maintenance Regulations & Compliance

Autonomy in maritime Sponsored by ABS

01 Feb 2024

On this episode of the Setting Course podcast, experts from ABS join John Snyder, Managing Editor of Riviera Maritime Media, to broadly discuss the impact of autonomous technologies on the maritime industry.

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Alternative Fuels Artificial Intelligence (AI)Fuels & Lubricants Hybrid Electric & Fuel Cells Int. Tug & Salvage IoT LNG as a fuel Marine Propulsion Methanol Ports Shipbuilding & Design Tug & Salvage Tug & Towage Services Tugs / Workboats Vessel Monitoring Vessel Optimisation

2026 in tug and salvage: electric and methanol-fuelled tugs arrive

31 Dec 2025by Martyn Wingrove

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous Vessels Bridge Equipment Bridge Systems Communications Digital Twins Digitalisation ECDIS Floating LNG Home Maritime Optimisation & Communications Navigation Optimisation & Communication Ports Satellite Communications Vessel Optimisation Voyage Planning VSAT

2026 in maritime optimisation and communications: key digitalisation technologies to transform shipping

31 Dec 2025by Martyn Wingrove

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All-Energy marks 25 years with new Strategic Summit committee Sponsored by All Energy

Bridging the Distance: How DVB-NIP is Enhancing Life at Sea Sponsored by ST Engineering iDirect

As Polar Routes Open Up, So Do Markets: How the Satellite Industry is Leveraging Multi-Orbit Services to Enable New Activity in the Arctic Sponsored by ST Engineering iDirect

Trends Shaping Maritime Networks Sponsored by ST Engineering iDirect

Voyaging to perfection: the ongoing evolution of NavStation Sponsored by Navtor

Chris-Marine demonstrates its new cutting-edge performance & emissions monitoring solution at SMM 2024 in Hamburg Sponsored by Chris Marine

Driving efficiency and trust: DNV’s Emissions Connect in the new EU ETS landscapeSponsored by DNV

Demystifying Digital Twins for Maritime Sponsored by ABS

Three simple ways to improve vessel performance and reduce environmental footprint Sponsored by Wärtsilä

Offices don’t travel from A to B, so why should onshore teams have access to ENCs?NAVTOR’s Bjørn Kristian Sæstad explains the benefits of charting developments from dry land.Sponsored by Navtor

Developing MASS Regulations Sponsored by ABS

Trust your data with a dynamic ship-to-shore platform designed by Chris-Marine Sponsored by Chris-Marine

Autonomy in maritime Sponsored by ABS

Opinion

Methanol-fuelled tugs to begin operations in 2026

Electric propulsion: powering the decarbonisation of close-to-shore shipping

Take care if local laws govern contract terms

Can Europe’s new e-fuel strategy for maritime help solve the fuel availability conundrum?

2026 in marine environmental protection: rules tighten to reduce ship discharges post-2026

2026 in dry bulk: more ships, lower average earnings

2026 in tanker shipping and trade: deliveries, decarbonisation, shifting geopolitics

2026 in tug and salvage: electric and methanol-fuelled tugs arrive

2026 in maritime optimisation and communications: key digitalisation technologies to transform shipping

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