Canada

Kongsberg Maritime

Kongsberg Advanced its Maritime and Defence Capabilities Through Key Contracts and Demerger Signing

Kongsberg announced in December 2025 its plan for demerger in order to spin off Kongsberg Maritime for listing in Q2 2026 and secured contracts for submarine combat and navigation systems for Germany and Norway, coastal defence for Denmark, propellers for Canadian destroyers, LARS for offshore vessels as well as propellers for LARS vessels - reflecting their strategic focus on defence growth amid global security needs.[62 words]

DP World

DP World Accelerates Global Expansion Through Terminal Investments and New Services in December 2025

DP World announced major investments in December 2025, including R$1.6 billion to expand Santos terminal capacity by 25% to 2.1 million TEUs; launched a 36-hour Dubai-Iraq sea service; opened a Queretaro warehouse for nearshoring in Mexico's nearshoring operations; unifying marine brands; and expanding short sea shipping in Canada - moves designed to improve trade efficiency and sustainability across Americas and Middle East regions. These moves facilitated greater trade efficiency and sustainability.

International Submarine Engineering

International Submarine Engineering Partners with Babcock Canada to Provide Subsea Charging Solution

International Submarine Engineering Ltd. and Babcock Canada have collaborated on an innovative subsea charging and data transfer solution for submarines. This technology, specifically tailored for autonomous underwater docking, meets Canada's Patrol Submarine Project requirements without compromising stealthy operations under the ice.

Roper Resources Ltd

Roper Resources Ltd. Has Improved Underwater Tech for Munitions Detection and Deep Sea Protection

Roper Resources Ltd. of Victoria, Canada - an underwater ROV and AUV solutions provider - has made significant strides toward combatting sea-dumped munitions and deep-sea mining risks internationally. Recent involvement includes participation at the First International Dialogue on Underwater Munitions as well as signing the Deep-Sea Mining Declaration which highlights its role in maritime environmental and security challenges up until July 2025.

Sensor Technology Ltd launches first hydrophones from Nova Scotia Facility

Sensor Technology Ltd recently made history when they shipped the inaugural hydrophone production from their new Nova Scotia production facility, marking a significant capacity expansion by this Canadian acoustic sensor specialist. This move bolsters supply chains for naval, offshore energy, and ocean science customers seeking custom hydrophones or piezoelectric solutions for monitoring subsea environments.

JouBeh Technologies

JouBeh Technologies Achieves DFO Certification and Merges with MetOcean Data Systems

JouBeh Technologies Inc. recently earned DFO certification for their Iridium iTrac VMS, streamlining compliance for Canadian fishing vessels. Concurrently, this company announced a merger with MetOcean Data Systems to form metOcean Telematics; thus combining expertise in satellite communications and environmental data collection for enhanced maritime applications.

Alaska

ASL Environmental Sciences Strengthens Its Ocean Monitoring Capabilities through Strategic Partnerships and Innovation

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.

Romor Ocean Solutions

Romor Ocean Solutions Strengthen Training Partnerships and Industry Presence by 2025

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.

Arctic

ecoSUB Robotics Broadens AUV Capabilities Through Licensing Agreement, Deep Dives and Global Expansion

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.

Arctic

Rutter Technologies Expands Radar Innovation with Major Funding, Partnerships and Acquisitions

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.

United Kingdom

Teledyne CARIS Expands Hydrographic Leadership through UKHO Partnership and Upcoming Showcases

Teledyne CARIS announced a multi-year strategic collaboration with the UK Hydrographic Office to accelerate innovation in hydrographic data processing and nautical charting through the application of cloud technology. Moreover, at Ocean Business 2025 Teledyne CARIS will demo next-generation marine mapping solutions underlining its leadership in international maritime geospatial sector.

Shipbuilding

Global Shipyards Register Deliveries, Naval Moves and Clean-Tech Orders Amid Stagnant Ordering Climate

Shipbuilding industry achieved a number of impressive wins during the otherwise quiet newbuilding week. Cadeler took delivery of their latest wind installation vessel from Korea; QatarEnergy named large LNG carriers at a major Korean yard; Fincantieri s revised US Navy frigate deal robbed their order book of a significant chunk of naval work; the raft of offshore, tanker, hybrid icebreaker projects across Europe and North America.

Romor Ocean Solutions

Romor Ocean Solutions Broaden Training Partnerships and Industry Presence in November 2025

ROMOR Ocean Solutions of Nova Scotia continued to cement its presence in the market by conducting training with its defense partners and participating in major marine industry conferences in November 2025, adding to its 30 years of experience in ocean technology design and solutions.

International Submarine Engineering

International Submarine Engineering Strengthen Subsea Capabilities with Canadian Partnership and Japanese Delivery

International Submarine Engineering Ltd. has bolstered its subsea offering with an exclusive collaboration with Babcock Canada for autonomous underwater docking applications, and a successful delivery of an ROV to Japanese sea-user Fukada Salvage and Marine Works.

Genoa Design International

Genoa Design International Expands Workforce Awarded Major Seaspan Polar Icebreaker Contract

Genoa Design International and Seaspan Shipyards announced in October 2025 their agreement on technical design services contract for Canada's heavy polar icebreaker project. Through this partnership, Genoa will grow its workforce of naval architects and marine systems designers to 100-plus - continuing a trend of supporting Canadian maritime infrastructure development.

Kongsberg Maritime

Kongsberg Maritime Achieves Accelerated Growth Through Major Contracts Ahead of Demerger Plan

Kongsberg Maritime has recently announced contracts for propulsion systems for Med Marine tugs, launch and recovery systems for Sea1 Offshore vessels, and propellers for Canadian Navy destroyers, all as part of its planned listing as a separate company in April 2026.

Kongsberg Mesotech

Kongsberg Mesotech Expands Maritime Security and APAC Sonar Footprint

In the month Kongsberg Mesotech announced that they had expanded their global sonar footprint with new shallow water maritime security offerings and broader penetration in Asia Pacific rental fleets, reflecting a growing demand for high resolution multibeam sonar in some defense, offshore, and infrastructure applications.

Damen Shipyards

Damen Shipyards Steers Clear of Legal Obstacles While Pushing Green Shipbuilding Initiatives

Shipbuilder Damen Shipyards was in November 2025 settling sue-at-law for bribery, sanctions violation and forgery leading to 6-16 while securing contracts for special offshore ships and growing green shipbuilding presence in Vietnam and Canada.

Maritime Equipment

Maritime Technology Leads Industry Innovation in November 2025

October 2025 was an eventful month for maritime equipment developments with the likes of ABB landing an electric propulsion contract for Canada’s next esbreaker, Raymarine expanding its radar systems, and StormGeo introducing its next-generation bunker management platform. Digital simulation initiatives from Japanese shipbuilders were launched while Finland’s Bluetech unveiled its wind optimized tanker design.

Maritime Sanctions

EU and Global Regulators Step Up Sanctions Enforcement against Russian Shadow Fleet

The European and international authorities escalated sanctions pressure against Russia’s shadow fleet operations in late November 2025. The EU General Court dismissed cases against challenges to sanctions listings while coordinated efforts between OLAF and Europol targeted networks involved in circumvention attempts. Ukraine sanctioned 56 vessels involved in illegal port calls. Canada tripled its shadow fleet designations to 100 vessels.