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Wireless & Apps / Network & control / The future / NMEA 2000, 0183 & Signal K / Monitoring & Tracking

DBMIBS 2025: Digital Yacht’s NjordLINK developer friendly boat monitoring solution

Digital Yacht’s streak of specialized and interesting NMEA 2000 products continues with NjordLINK. NjordLINK is a $139 gateway that connects to a boat WiFi network and shares data from the NMEA 2000 network with Digital Yacht’s Njord cloud. But, NjordLINK and the Njord cloud aren’t just a one way repository of data. Digital Yacht plans an entire ecosystem of cloud apps that can alert the boat owner and send data back to the boat.

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Press Releases / What's on board... / Safety & SAR / The future

Sea.AI Enhances Safety Onboard World’s Fastest Crew Transfer Vessels

Sea.AI, the leader in AI-powered maritime safety solutions, has announced the integration of its Sentry system into the first three cutting-edge AIRCAT Vessels, marking a major advancement in offshore navigational safety. Designed for crew transfers in offshore industries such as wind farms and oil & gas installations, these vessels use powerful fans to generate an air cushion between…

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LiFePO4 / Electrical & Engines / The future

DBMIBS 2025: Lithium Pros’ sodium-ion starting battery

Lithium Pros regularly pushes the state of art in marine batteries forward and they’ve done it again. This time with, to the best of my knowledge, the first sodium-ion in the marine marketplace. Their S2460 is designed primarily as a starting battery. Sodium-ion batteries have grabbed attention for their temperature flexibility, tolerance for deep discharge, and improved raw materials availability. Although it is early days for these batteries, it is quite exciting to see them available for purchase.

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Getting Technical / LiFePO4 / Editors' Blog / Wireless & Apps / Network & control / Safety & SAR / Electrical & Engines / The future

Getting Technical: Top tier technologies

Innovation in the past five years or so has been a little bit lumpy. The impacts of a global pandemic, followed by severe supply-chain shortages, slowed the pace of product introductions and advancements. Even so, three major innovations are hitting the marine marketplace with a big splash. Each one is changing the way boaters use their boats, and leaving a lasting imprint on the industry.

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Press Releases / The future / The Trade

DAME Design Awards 2024 winner commended as strong step forward in lifejacket design

TUDelft School for Industrial Design Engineering senior lecturer, Arjen Jansen, presented the globally recognised DAME Design Awards 2024 to the TeamO Offshore 150N Hi-Lift Lifejacket & Harness in front of a large audience of leading marine professionals at the METSTRADE Breakfast Briefing this morning. The Jury also identified eight category winners, nine Special Mentions and named two Environmental DAME Design Awards winners…

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LiFePO4 / Electrical & Engines / The future

IBEX 2024: Solid State Marine’s solid state lithium batteries

In a first for IBEX, this year’s show featured a startup pavilion for early-stage companies to display at IBEX in a cost effective manner. I spent some time checking out the exhibitors in the pavilion and was very pleased to come across Solid State Marine’s booth. I was quite excited to see Solid State Marine present with their solid state lithium batteries. Solid State Marine is, to my knowledge, the first company offering solid state lithium batteries to the marine electrical market.

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Press Releases / Safety & SAR / The future

Maritime machine vision pioneer SEA.AI to unveil its new product ‘Brain’ at FLIBS 2024

Since its launch in 2018, SEA.AI has developed a product line that combines the very latest in machine vision and artificial intelligence technology to provide a vital missing piece in the electronic safety and anti-collision arsenal for vessels of all sizes. The latest offering is the Brain, an innovative product designed to enhance existing thermal camera systems, transforming them into intelligent, automated detection tools…

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Press Releases / The future / NMEA 2000, 0183 & Signal K / Monitoring & Tracking

Maretron Announces the Launch of MConnect

Maretron, a renowned leader in marine technology, is excited to announce the launch of its groundbreaking new product, MConnect. This state-of-the-art web server connects seamlessly with a boat’s NMEA 2000 network, offering unparalleled access to hundreds of data points for comprehensive monitoring of vessel devices and components. MConnect is now available with an introductory price of $599…