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The shipping industry is responding to a need to reduce its carbon footprint as it develops autonomous vessels, reports the Street.
The Suzaku, a 95-meter, 749 metric ton container ship, made a 490-mile roundtrip voyage between Tokyo Bay and Matsusaka port in the city of Tsu on Feb. 26.
There was nothing out of the ordinary about the trip–except perhaps for the fact that the Suzaku had no crew.
Seismic ShiftsThe Nippon Foundation, which deployed the vessel, said Suzaku operated under a fully...
https://mfame.guru/autonomous-vessels-sailing-into-uncharted-waters/
Even before it is formally delivered to the Navy, the future USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13) is performing a series of planned test events assessing autonomous capabilities integrated into the shipboard configuration, demonstrating that a large ship can become a self-driving platform.
Shipbuilder, Austal USA was awarded a $44 million contract last June to deliver autonomous capabilities to the Expeditionary Fast Transport vessel, while retaining capability for manned operations.
The ship is a multi-use...
Furuno Electric Company has been hard at work developing systems for unmanned ships as part of Japan’s Designing the Future of Full Autonomous Ship (DFFAS) Project. Furuno’s commitment to contributing its expertise to the project was underscored yet again with the fifth demonstration test of the DFFAS program. Carried out between Tokyo Bay and Ise Bay from February 26 to March 1, a distance of nearly 300 miles, the test demonstrated for the first time the viability of a comprehensive, fully...
Notching up several “firsts,” Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) reports that it has successfully completed its first autonomous vessel project.
Capable of autonomous vessel navigation as well as collision detection and avoidance (CDCA), the 65-meter tug Maju 510, owned and operated by Keppel Smit Towage, is the first vessel in the world to receive the Autonomous Notation from ABS classification society.
The tug is the first in South Asia that can be remotely operated by...
https://www.marinelog.com/technology/keppel-om-completes-autonomous-tug-project/
France’s CMN Naval will showcase what’s claimed to be the fastest autonomous interceptor in the world, the UHSI32, at the upcoming World Defense Show, taking place from 6 – 9 March 2022, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The UHSI32 combines multiple mission capabilities with high-speed performance (over 45 knots) and an extended patrol period of three days. With a length of 32 meters and beam of 7 meters, missions include maritime security, search-a
The vessel’s autonomous abilities and features have been...
https://www.marinelog.com/technology/worlds-fastest-autonomous-interceptor-set-to-debut/
Development work for autonomous vessels is boosted by Kongsberg’s 1m€ support to TUAS
Co-operation between Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) and the Norwegian industrial group Kongsberg is accelerating the development work of autonomous vehicles. Kongsberg will provide state of the art equipment to TUAS worth more than one million euros that can develop independent and remotely controlled shipping. According to Anton Westerlund Kongsberg, Director of Remote Operation Solutions,...
Rolls-Royce Power Systems is to collaborate with Boston-headquartered Sea Machines Robotics to offer comprehensive remote command, autonomous control and intelligent crew support systems to the marine market that will complement the MTU NautIQ marine automation portfolio.
Signed at the Monaco Yacht Show, the strategic cooperation will focus on products for remote and autonomous vessel control and situational awareness, primarily for yachts, commercial and government vessels. As part of the...
https://www.marinelog.com/technology/video-rolls-royce-and-sea-machines-robotics-to-collaborate/
When the writer asks members of the maritime industry to help him out with a story for the magazine and/or website, he does so humbly. He wants to tell the story fairly and accurately. The best way to do that is to get information from people in the industry who are experts on whatever topic the story involve, reports Ken Hocke in his article published on Work Boat.
Willing participantsThe writer is very aware that whether by email or phone or in person (pre-pandemic) or Zoom, participants...
https://mfame.guru/work-boat-interviews-marine-architects-regarding-the-future-of-harbor-tugs/
According to a Hard article written by their Senior Loss Prevention Executive Jarle Fosen, the year ahead looks forward to growing zero emission trends as witnessed by Fosen in a visit to the Yara Birkeland, the first fully battery operated container vessel designed for autonomous operation.
Here’s an excerpt from what he has written in the Gard article.
Visiting World’s First Zero Emission ContainerOn 17 December, my colleagues and I were thrilled to be welcomed onboard the Yara Birkeland, the...
https://mfame.guru/onboard-worlds-first-fully-electric-zero-emission-container-vessel/