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Hiring news! SailPlan welcomes Sébastien Knecht de Massy and Shane Biggi to our European team.

Earlier this week, Patrick Gerrity, an accomplished shipping executive with key roles in the USCG and cruise industry, provided a detailed IMO decarbonization overview and linked the SEEMP, IMO DCS, EU MRV, and CII through a single thread. Learn more.

SailPlan’s Charlotte Runzel participated in a panel discussion this week at the Virginia Maritime Association’s International Trade Symposium on Decarbonizing the Supply Chain with experts in the industry, including Heather Wood of CMA CGA, Keith VanBenschoten of Interchange, Randy Bayles of Norfolk Southern Corporation, and Steve Jernigan of Nissan Motor Corporation. 

Welcome Capt. Steve Bomgardner to SailPlan!

Indeed, in many aspects the U.S. is leading the way in innovation, including in on-the-water testing and implementation of advanced autonomy as creates precedent with international unmanned voyages through the U.S. Navy’s Ghost Fleet unmanned surface vessel (USV) Nomad, which completed a 4,421 nautical miles transit, of which 98 percent was in autonomous mode

We’re thrilled to announce that Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) has partnered with SailPlan to accelerate the development of intelligent vessel navigation and shoreside vessel control technologies. This partnership will advance the commercialization of cutting-edge navigational technologies for autonomous and traditionally-navigated vessels.

SailPlan Founder & CEO, Jacob Ruytenbeek, sat down with GCaptain to discuss the future of ship navigation.

We are truly excited to announce that SailPlan has officially launched! We’ve included our official press release in this post for easy reading. SailPlan is building an intelligent navigation platform for ships to make navigation dramatically safer and more efficient in a world with an ever-growing demand for cargo.

At SailPlan we are building an intelligent navigation platform for ships. Our mission is to make ship navigation safer and more efficient. SailPlan's cloud-based maritime technology suite requires no external sensors to provide enhanced navigational capabilities.