Consolidation in ship automation

Schottel and Ulstein join forces in ship automation. The new company will be called Blue CTRL and based on the X-Connect platform from Ulstein:

Daewoo and MAN is also teaming up to improve digitisation of large ship engines:
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/daewoo-shipbuilding-teams-up-with-man-es-for-digitalization-of-ship-engines/

This is is a part of Daewoo’s efforts to develop smart ships that use various information and communication technologies to improve engine efficiency and diagnostics.
It is also in preparation for unmanned vessels of the future.