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Operator of offshore support vessels (OSVs) Tidewater has agreed to acquire Swire Pacific Offshore Holdings (SPO) for around $190m.

CLdN has awarded a contract to Finnish company Norsepower for the deployment of rotor sails on its short sea Ro-Ro vessel, MV Delphine.

US-based private equity firm Cerberus is set to buy the Philippines’ insolvent Hanjin Subic Bay shipyard in a $300m deal.

New figures released by GlobalData have shed light on the top locations for mergers and acquisitions in the maritime sector.

North America extended its dominance for machine learning hiring among ship industry companies in the three months ending December.

Mentions of the future of work within the filings of companies in the maritime industry fell 21% between the second and third quarters of 2021.

The proportion of ship equipment supply, product and services companies hiring for data analytics related positions rose significantly in February 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year, with 60% of the companies included in our analysis recruiting for at least one such position.

Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis-class cruise ship, Wonder of the Seas, has set sail on its first voyage from Florida, US.

North America extended its dominance for artificial intelligence (AI) hiring among ship industry companies in the three months ending January.

Mentions of the internet of things within the filings of companies in the maritime industry rose 23% between the second and third quarters of 2021.