GERMANY’s HGK Shipping, one of the top inland shipping names, has secured government approval to test remote-controlled vessels on the domestic canal network. Following the completion of initial trials earlier this month, HGK Shipping is now allowed to operate the first remote-controlled inland waterway vessel on a route from Scharnebeck to Salzgitter for six months. Duisburg-based HGK has been pushing ahead with using the technology developed by Belgian specialist in remote-controlled shipping...