international Greensea IQ Expands in Italy, US, Bahamas Greensea IQ has appointed Rigel SrL as its exclusive sales representative in Italy for the Bayonet line of au-tonomous underwater ground vehicles (AUGVs). Based in Rome, Rigel brings more than 50 years of experience delivering advanced electronics, robotics, and automa-tion systems to Italy’s maritime, defense, and industrial sectors. This partnership marks an important step in ex-panding Greensea IQ’s presence in Europe and introduc-ing its Bayonet surf-zone and nearshore robotics solu-tions to the Italian market. Greensea IQ has also expanded its EverClean hull cleaning service to the Port of New York and New Jer-sey, the largest port complex on the U.S. East Coast and the second-busiest container port in the country. With operations now based in Monroe Township, New Jersey, EverClean is well positioned to serve the region’s exten-sive container shipping fleet with proactive, in-water hull grooming. EverClean’s robotic service removes micro-fouling before it becomes a problem, optimizing vessel performance, reducing fuel consumption, and lowering emissions. Greensea IQ has also made EverClean available to vessels calling on ports throughout the Bahamas, with the service delivered by Executive Marine Management. This expansion brings EverClean to one of the busiest cruise and shipping regions in the Western Hemisphere. UK Landmark Ruling on Scope 3 Emissions The U.K. Supreme Court has made downstream emis-sions, known as Scope 3, legally mandatory in environ-mental impact assessments. For the shipping and ports industry, the implications are immediate and unavoid-able, according to PortXchange. The Supreme Court’s decision in Finch v. Surrey Coun-ty Council invalidated a fossil fuel permit for failing to assess emissions from the fuel’s end use. That precedent is now fueling active legal challenges against North Sea oil and gas developments. The commercial pressure will expand to ports, pre-dicts PortXchange. Institutional investors and green bond providers are starting to reject infrastructure projects that exclude Scope 3 emissions from their ESG (environmen-tal, social, governance) disclosures. To access EU taxon-omy-aligned or sustainability-linked finance, ports will be expected to show end-to-end emissions transparency. Kongsberg Maritime Expands in Indonesia Next Geosolutions to Acquire Rana Subsea Kongsberg Maritime has opened two new offices in Indonesia, located in Jakarta and Batam, to serve the growing needs of its commercial and governmental cus-tomers across the region. Dedicated Kongsberg Maritime teams will be estab-lished in both cities to provide local sales and aftermar-ket support, including service and spare parts. The move is part of a broader initiative to strengthen customer en-gagement and ensure faster, more responsive support for vessels and operations equipped with Kongsberg Mari-time technology. Next Geosolutions Europe S.p.A., specializing in marine geosciences and offshore construction support services, has signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire 75.4 percent of the share capital of Rana Subsea S.p.A., a provider of subsea (including diving) services, particularly in the Mediterranean and West Africa. It is estimated that over the next five years, engineer-ing, procurement, construction, and installation spend-ing for the development of pipelines and platforms in the oil and gas market may reach a cumulative value of approximately €295 billion in the North Sea, the Medi-terranean Sea, the Middle East, and West Africa. USV Collaboration for Defense Tilla Secures More Investment Tilla, a Berlin-based maritime tech startup, has closed a €2 million funding round designed to accelerate the global expansion and innovation of its crew logistics platform. The round was led by the global maritime venture capital firm Motion Ventures, which recently launched a $100 million maritime tech fund, alongside an invest-ment from EXMAR, a Belgian shipping company. The new round brings Tilla’s total funding to €4 million since its founding in 2021. The capital infusion will enable Tilla to further en-hance its platform’s capabilities, enter new international markets, including Asia-Pacific and the Mediterranean, and rapidly scale its global team. 32 ST | October 2025 FLANQ, a German-based maritime defense solutions provider, and the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI), a research and innovation center for the blue economy, have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the development and deployment of USVs for maritime security and defense missions across the Mediterranean. The cooperation will focus on enhancing operation-al readiness in contested waters through advanced au-tonomous technologies. The partners will explore joint solutions that leverage FLANQ’s autonomous surface platforms and CMMI’s maritime research expertise to de-liver next-generation mission capabilities in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; critical national in-frastructure protection; environmental monitoring; and precision strike. EcoNavis Secures Funding EcoNavis Solutions has secured a major investment package and joined an accelerator program as it scales operations to meet growing industry demand for its hy-drodynamic efficiency solutions. The Glasgow-based startup has been awarded £300,000 in funding through the Innovate UK ICURe Exploit program to support the commercialization of university research. EcoNavis Solutions is a commercial spin-out from the University of Strathclyde. The funding follows EcoNavis Solutions’ www.sea-technology.com
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