Victoria's ASL Environmental Sciences lands '25 projects with Open Ocean Robotics to deploy acoustic monitoring tech on unmanned surface vessels; and a distribution agreement with Sofar Ocean on metocean buoy solutions for all of Canada and Alaska.
The Suez Canal Authority has reported that Maersk Group and CMA CGM will cooperate once again for the re-integration of vessel transits to revenue service from December 2025 after trials. The 1,156 vessels in November 2022 carried 48.5m tons, clearly having recovered the traffic lost as a result of the incident in the Red Sea ; a MoU among us further bonds together.
Tritech International, the subsea tech company, also announces a reseller partnership for West Coast Canada and other news, with SEAMOR Marine and Steve Ward stepping into the position of Executive Vice President. Tritech are growing with sensor work in subsea energy, defence, renewables and more.
Genoa Design International of Newfoundland partners with Seaspan Shipyards to sign Technical Design Services contract for Canadian Coast Guard heavy polar icebreaker. Announcement October 1, 2025 Genoa lead Ocean Supercluster funded $3 Million in digital ship in-service support project; and proud of being Top Canadian Employer in 2025.
Voyis Imaging Inc. PAM Covid-expo exhibition out offshore optical sensors and VSLAM technology at NATO’s REPMUS 2025 exercise in Portugal where they supported the Italian Navy’s UUVs and captured stunning underwater footage. Succeeding feats include displays of its underwater optical sensors and VSLAM technology at NATO’s REPMUS 2025 exercise in Portugal supporting the Italian Navy’s REMUS UUVs and capturing stunning underwater footage, through to completing a contract in July 2025 IMAGE2 marine protection project, launching Deep Vision Optics technology, through to an expanded geo-located mapped EIVA.
ecoSUB Robbins has inked a license deal with the University of Southampton for a new underwater water sampler to a depth of 2,500m, and adding to AUV fleets for marine researchers. Recent to its bucket list of interesting dates they’ve chalked up are an impressive true dive down to that distance in Madeira, their OCEANS 2024 debut with the signing of a Canadian distributor, and recently trials of ecoSUBs in the least explored environment on our planet, under the ice in the arctic… just part of the long list of reasons that we think ecoSUB Robotics is a company to watch as they continue to deliver accessible autonomous underwater robots.
ROMOR Ocean Solutions of Nova Scotia expanded their training partnerships and activities in November 2025 in advance of OCEANS 2024 in Halifax and OCEANS 2025 Great Lakes, having relied on three decades of oceanographic instrumentation and mooring science.
AXYS has cemented its monitoring position in the offshore renewable energy sector with two new dual-LiDAR floating system deployments, servicing a wind farm in the Baltic Sea, and cooperative efforts driving widespread commercial uptake of floating LiDAR.
Austal Defence Shipbuilding Australia has won a contract worth $680 million with a contract for the design and construction of 18 Landing Craft Medium for the Australian Army, with construction set to start in 2026. The ports of Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp have launched a Bunkering Services Initiative focused on fuel transparency and efficient use of fuel during port calls.
Applied Acoustic Engineering Ltd and STR add availability on rent in the U.K. for its Pyxis INS + USBL systems for offshore UXO surveys. The firm appointed Hollie Moran as EMEA Sales Manager, launched the Nexus 2 USBL system and a new structure in order to expand availability for the marine survey and defense markets.
Reach Subsea has ordered two uncrewed surface vessels from Kongsberg Maritime following separate approvals for uncrewed operations and regulatory clearance for the commercial rollout of Reach Remote 1 and 2. These approvals are important milestones in the sustainable provision of offshore services, reducing emissions and increasing safety in the waters of Norway and Australia.
Rutter Inc has won $3.1M from Canadas Ocean Supercluster for their IoT tech and partnered with Wartsila and Seaspan on Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers, Orsted on CTV wave prediction prediction services for offshore wind farms and with OceanWaveS GmbH to enhance its offerings in ice navigation technology, oil spill detection and safety technology.
German oceanographic equipment brand Mariscope signs with Reach Robotics for exclusive representation in Chile and Argentina markets. With many items featuring advanced retrieval ability and subsea.
Pro-Oceanus Systems exhibited its accurate dissolved gas monitoring products at Ocean Frontier 2025 in Halifax, Nova Scotia in November, and continues to grow its range of sensors for oceanographic researchers, environmental monitoring and industrial applications.
A trusted supplier of inertial systems in marine applications - silicon Sensing Systems Ltd - entered into a co-development agreement in June with Kongsberg Discovery AS to work together on the production of navigational-grade MEMS gyros for use in inertial navigation systems. In October they celebrated the delivery of their 30 millionth inertial sensor - demonstrating their reliability for customers in the maritime, defence and industrial markets.
Accidents involving at least one vessel colliding and running aground, in the South China Sea, Strait of Hormuz, the Black Sea and near Singapore show how the risks of maritime accidents is rising amid tensions and tricky situations in crowded conduits. Warships, oiler and ferries have been involved, leading to death, pollution and delays that provoke calls for better traffic management and vigilance.
This week in tech: Orca AI deploys with Gram Car Carriers and others; a record order of 7 electric ferries from Corvus Energy; and Alfa Laval’s the FCM LNG fuel system demonstrate how much AI navigation and zero emission energy storage technologies and even advanced fuels, paints for how fast they made acceptance under the decarbonization.
Cellula Robotics Ltd. celebrated its 2025 milestones by signing a sales partnership in Northern Europe and completing UUV demonstrations with Metron. A Guardian AUV sale to defence customers also took place for purchase by Cellula's Northern Innovation Hub renewal and executive appointments, underscore Cellula's rising role as subsea autonomy provider in commercial, scientific and defence applications across several sectors in multiple regions.
As noted in an article in Ocean News & Technology July 2025 Special Edition, Imagenex Technology Corp. 831L and 831A sonar units are put on Blueye X3 and SEAMOR Chinook ROVs designed for subsea pipeline inspection shortening inspection time while improving data quality and safety. “Applications include inspection of stormwater outfalls and complex pipelines where inspection time is reduced by as much as 60% while improving data quality and safety,” Ocean News & Technology July 2025 Special Edition reported.
German EvoLogics has contributed more tech for the maritime world in 2025 with full-scale production and release of its diver navigation system and Sonobot 5 with submersible USBL antenna.