Maritime updates: News and Insights

Kongsberg Maritime participates in the competition for new standardised vessels for the Royal Norwegian Navy

Kongsberg Maritime is participating in the prequalification phase of the competition for the Royal Norwegian Navy’s new standardised vessels (P1118). This participation underscores the company’s clear commitment to the naval segment, also in light of the planned stock exchange listing as an independent company. 

Intelligent sails

As shipping rediscovers the power of wind, it’s with rotating cylinders and advanced wings. K-Sail is a revolutionary technology designed to tackle one of the world’s most urgent challenges.

Contract to supply rim-drive thrusters for India’s advanced acoustic research vessel

Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract to supply its innovative rim-drive thrusters for a new advanced acoustic research vessel being built for India’s Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL). The vessel, under construction at Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), will play a critical role in oceanographic and acoustic research for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

Green horizons: Norway’s naval future anchored in sustainability

Kongsberg Maritime is helping the Royal Norwegian Navy achieve its decarbonisation goals with advanced integration, energy-efficient design, and flexible fuel strategies.

Stable, proven solutions

As a business with a proud history of manufacturing ship stability products, Kongsberg Maritime has harnessed years of expertise to develop systems that are designed for the fleets of today – and tomorrow.

Strength in the seas

Kongsberg Maritime’s Vanguard system combines advanced technologies across all domains—surface, subsurface, and air—to deliver flexible, interoperable naval defence solutions for modern maritime challenges.

Ferry hits the electric switch

When a ferry operator wanted to embark on a journey to a greener future, Kongsberg Maritime was its partner of choice. Together, the two companies are transforming a vessel to become all-electric – and that’s just the beginning.

A position of power

Kongsberg Maritime’s Dynamic Positioning system makes anchor handling easier and more efficient for both crew and vessels.

How maritime simulation drives sustainable shipping and IMO compliance

The shipping industry faces increasing pressure to reduce emissions and operate more sustainably. A study from Kalmar Maritime Academy at Linnaeus University shows that simulator-based training significantly improves fuel efficiency and reduces CO₂ emissions—helping operators meet stringent environmental regulations.

Bright new horizons

Kongsberg Maritime Brazil, based in Niterói, has spent the past few years gearing up to fully and efficiently support the intensifying Brazilian offshore energy sector.

She’s electric

Kongsberg Maritime’s skills and knowledge are at the heart of a vessel that will use green energy to take shipping to higher levels of excellence.

60 years of drive

For six decades, Kongsberg Maritime has advanced azimuth thruster technology—transforming vessel manoeuvrability, efficiency, and sustainability. From pioneering designs in the 1960s to today’s high-performance solutions for offshore, ice-class, and cruise applications, innovation continues to drive progress.