Kappelen, Belgium, based Zulu Associates has unveiled a concept design for a 200 TEU autonomous short seas container vessel, the Zulu Mass. Featuring an auxiliary wind assistance system, it is being produced by Netherlands naval architect firm Conoship International and is being developed for operation across the English channel by Zulu’s subsidiary the Anglo Belgian Shipping Company,.
“We’re delighted to be working with Conoship International who share our passion for innovation,” said Zulu...
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) have […]
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Classification society DNV has granted a design verification report (DVR) for the AI-based autonomous navigation system HiNAS Control developed by Avikus, a navigation specialist, and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries.
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South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has tested an autonomous navigation system installed onboard a 15,000 TEU containership.
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South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Norwegian maritime technology group Kongsberg Maritime […]
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With layoffs of potentially hundreds of employees looming, autonomous trucking startup TuSimple agreed to pay CEO Cheng Lu $15 million in cash if it ousts him a second time.
The terms of the agreement are spelled out in an 8-K filing Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The optics of such a payment compared to whatever severance is paid to laid-off employees are ugly. But having been burned once, Lu assured that shortening his second stay would be expensive to the company.
“It is...
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Dutch shipbuilder Holland Shipyards Group has signed a contract with the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) for the delivery of two plus two autonomous all-electric ferries.
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Classification society ABS has granted approval in principle (AIP) to South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Group (HHI Group) for the development of autonomous technology at sea.
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This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ second Autonomous and Electric Vehicles Summit, which took place Wednesday.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Paving the way for autonomous trucking.
DETAILS: FreightWaves’ Kaylee Nix and Uber Freight’s Olivia Hu discuss the necessity of a deep digital network and strong industry partnerships to create a successful rollout of autonomous vehicle technology.
SPEAKER: Hu is the senior business development manager at Uber Freight.
BIO: Hu manages OEM, AV and EV...
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To support the growing development and adoption of smart, autonomous and remote-control functions in the marine and offshore industries, ABS has released an advisory providing best practices for creating and using metadata for managing digital information.
Metadata defines and describes other data and what it relates to, providing context to enable data to be processed and translated into usable information.
“Metadata is one of those behind-the-scenes elements of the digital transformation that...
https://www.marinelog.com/technology/abs-issues-advisory-on-creating-and-using-metadata/