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).

Hurtigruten has revealed that a cyber-attack back in December 2020 may have affected passengers’ personal information, such as names, dates of birth, passport numbers and passport expiration dates. Customers' email addresses, mailing addresses, and/or phone numbers might also have been affected by this incident, the cruise line has announced.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Ship Data Centre have agreed to share the data of about 180 MOL’s ships in operation targeted for MOL’s FOCUS Project through IoS Open Platform (IoS-OP), the ship IoT data sharing platform promoted by ShipDC.

UK-based maritime tech company StratumFive has signed an agreement with UK-based technology start-up Osiris to integrate its advanced port event logging functionality of SOFeXchange with StratumFive’s Podium.

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.

Shipping leaders have united in their support of pollution mapping initiative Eyesea which was officially launched today. Eyesea, a not-for-profit organisation, uses cutting edge technology and the support of seafarers, shipowners, managers and maritime professionals to collect and process oceanic pollution data.

Predictive Maritime Intelligence company Windward has collaborated with Vortexa, the energy analytics company using AI, to exchange maritime data in order to provide greater visibility into compliance and risk factors associated with physical trading and chartering activities in the global tanker fleet.

METIS Cyberspace Technology SA has signed an agreement to join a group of certified application providers to offer a dedicated application for Inmarsat’s Fleet Data service customers.

Furuno introduces the first IMO-compliant X-band/S-band magnetron-free solution for commercial vessels with the new Solid-State X-band Radar, NXT series

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FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (headquartered in Nishinomiya, Japan) presents, for the first time, a complete Magnetron-free Radar/Chart Radar Solution in both X-band and S-band configuration, with the introduction of new Solid-State X-band models: FAR- 2xx8-NXT Radar and FAR-3xx0-NXT Chart Radar.

Furuno NXT Solid-State Radars use electronic components to generate microwave pulse and therefore, require much less power than magnetron Radars. This technology does not wear out and does not require any particular maintenance, significantly reducing operating costs. Finally, there is no pre-heating making the startup time much faster than with a magnetron.

Product page (Chart Radar): https://www.furuno.com/en/merchant/chartradar/ 
Product page (Marine Radar): https://www.furuno.com/en/merchant/radar/FAR-22x8_23x8/