Autonomous coastal feeder ship trials continue to gather pace

Robot ships: they are a-comin’. Pictured: toy robots, credit Eric Krull via Unsplash

There’s a quiet revolution underway in the smaller, niche, trades of the world. Innovative shipping companies are testing small, autonomous, and often electrically-powered, coastal ships.

Global forwarder DB Schenker has, on 05 May 2022, signed a letter of intent with furniture giant Ekornes, ship designers Naval Dynamics and Wilhelmsen-owned company Massterly, to run an autonomous electric coastal feeder along...

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