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CounterCurrent secures pre-seed investment from TRaCE and Investible to scale AI shipping solution



Feb 12, 2026
CounterCurrent

Aurora and CounterCurrent Launch AI Navigation System



Oct 23, 2025
Cruise Industry News

Aurora Expeditions integrates AI-powered navigation for enhanced sustainability in polar operations



Oct 23, 2025
CruiseMapper

AI-powered navigation system coming to Aurora’s Douglas Mawson

The system will use onboard sensors to capture real-time wind, wave and ocean current data from Antarctica’s remote waters during the 2025-26 season.

Oct 23, 2025
Helen Hutcheon, SeaTrade Cruise News

Safer, Smarter, Greener: Aurora Expeditions Launches AI System For Sustainable Antarctic Voyages



Oct 23, 2025
Travel and Tour World

CounterCurrent Launches Partnership to Trial Smart Ship Routing in the Southern Ocean

CounterCurrent, an ocean data and technology company, today announced a new partnership with Aurora Expeditions and The Polar Citizen Science Collective to trial their AI-enabled ocean forecasting and smart ship routing technology in the Southern Ocean.

Oct 22, 2025
CounterCurrent

Aurora Expeditions’ new AI navigation collaboration with CounterCurrent

Aurora Expeditions has announced new sustainability collaboration with CounterCurrent, integrating its pioneering AI-powered navigation system aboard the new Douglas Mawson.

Oct 22, 2025
Travel Weekly

Aurora Expeditions Launches AI-Powered Navigation with CounterCurrent Partnership



Oct 21, 2025
Claudette Covey, Travelpulse

Cooperation, not conflict on the high seas



Aug 28, 2025
Anthony Funnell, ABC News

Uncharted waters

The shipping industry must cut its emissions at sea. Solutions abound in the form of new fuels, transit routes and onboard carbon capture.

Aug 20, 2025
Richa Malhotra, IIT Madras Shaastra

CounterCurrent Selected by IRCAI and AWS for 2025 Compute for Climate Fellowship



Jul 10, 2025
CounterCurrent

NSW university develops AI shipping tool

A UNSW study into ocean currents is being utilised to develop an algorithm using AI to optimise shipping routes.

Jun 23, 2025
Alex Catalano, Fully Loaded

Optimising ocean currents to create a cleaner shipping sector

A ‘Google Maps for the sea’ is the description of a new algorithm aimed at improving shipping’s environmental performance.

Jun 20, 2025
Davis Sexton, Daily Cargo News

Cutting maritime emissions with a “Google Maps for the Sea”

Associate Professor Shane Keating joins the TRaCE Enterprise Academic Program to commercialise innovative ocean forecasting technology

Jun 17, 2025
Trailblazer for Recycling & Clean Energy

NASA satellite data to help shipping vessels burn less fuel

A UNSW academic has used data from a NASA satellite to enable shipping vessels to burn around 20 per cent less fuel on their journeys.

Jun 16, 2025
Adam Thorn, Space Connect

Australian professor makes ‘Google Maps for the sea’ claim in bid to cut shipping emissions

A University of New South Wales academic’s research using ocean currents to optimise shipping routes is making waves in Australia.

Jun 13, 2025
Sam Chambers, Splash247

Catch a current

New ‘Google Maps for the sea’ to cut shipping industry’s CO2 emissions

Jun 13, 2025
UNSW Sydney
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