Japanese shipping and logistics major NYK has announced plans to carry out a trial unmanned coastal voyage along the coast of Japan. It is part of a bigger plan to automate Japanese coastal shipping.
Trial voyage
The 749 gross ton vessel, “Suzaku” is scheduled to sail in February next year from the northern part of Tokyo Bay to a point near the city “Tsu”in Ise Bay, a...
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/unmanned-coastal-shipping-trial-voyage-planned-by-nyk/
Scientists simulate trends in maritime employment over the next 15 years following ship automation, says an article published in EurekAlert.
Machine Makes Many thingsArtificial intelligence and automation are changing the world, one industry at a time! Whatever humans can do, machines are learning to also do effectively, with lower costs and fewer errors. The maritime shipping industry is no different. Ships are now increasingly automated (called maritime autonomous surface ships or MASSs),...
https://mfame.guru/scientists-prediction-over-automation-shipping/
The ‘Folgefonn’ was operated autonomously for its entire route from dock-to-dock with the Wärtsilä automated dock-to-dock solution.
Wärtsilä Corporation, 28 November 2018 at 2 pm EET – The technology group Wärtsilä has successfully completed a further round of test procedures of its automated dock-to-dock solution. In an unprecedented operation, in the presence of the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA), the system was further tested on the ferry ‘Folgefonn’, this time for full dock-to-dock...