
Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), through its wholly owned Singapore-based subsidiary MOL Asia Oceania (MOLAO), will join the PIER71 Smart Port Challenge (SPC) 2025, a maritime innovation accelerator program, for the first time as an innovation partner.

The affiliates of South Korean conglomerate HD Hyundai – HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), HD Europe Research & Development Center, and HD Hydrogen – have signed a joint development project (JDP) agreement with Norway-based classification society DNV and German cruise operator