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ABS And SpaceX Sign JDP On Remotely Controlled Rocket Recovery Droneships

Autonomous Rocket Recovery Droneships

ABS has signed a joint development project (JDP) with SpaceX to review the remotely controlled functions of autonomous rocket recovery droneships used for booster rocket recovery at sea.

The rocket recovery droneships are modified to include an expanded deck to increase the size of the landing platform, four thruster engines for propulsion and to hold on station, and blast shielding to protect electrical and engine equipment on deck. The droneships are entirely unmanned during landings, with a...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/abs-and-spacex-sign-jdp-on-remotely-controlled-rocket-recovery-droneships/

LNG carrier completes landmark autonomous voyage

n a world first, the 180,000 cu.m LNG carrier Prism Courage arrived at the Boryeong LNG Terminal in South Korea today after completing a 33 day voyage from the Freeport LNG terminal, Texas, using autonomous navigation.

Delivered to South Korea’s SK Shipping last year by shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries, the ship is equipped with the HiNAS 2.0, Level 2 autonomous navigation solution developed by Avikus, a subsidiary of HD Hyundai.

The vessel sailed half of the roughly 20,000 kilometers voyage...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal-safety/shipping/lng-carrier-completes-landmark-autonomous-voyage/

South Korea marks landmark autonomous transoceanic voyage with LNG carrier

Hyundai Heavy Industries’s maritime autonomous pioneer Avikus has carried out what it claims is the world’s first transoceanic voyage of a large merchant ship relying on autonomous navigation technologies. In partnership with South Korean owner SK Shipping, Avikus equipped the 2021-built 180,000 cu...

https://splash247.com/south-korea-marks-landmark-autonomous-transoceanic-voyage-with-lng-carrier/

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...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/autonomous-coastal-feeder-ship-trials-continue-to-gather-pace/

Chargepoint to power Gatik autonomous electric trucks

ChargePoint to provide electric charging infrastructure for Gatik vehicles

After focusing on developing its technology and building use cases, middle-mile autonomous vehicle provider Gatik is ready to develop the ancillary items needed to accelerate adoption of its technology.

Gatik announced on Monday a partnership with electric vehicle charging provider ChargePoint Holdings (NYSE: CHPT) to develop a charging ecosystem for Gatik customers throughout North America. ChargePoint will provide infrastructure and consultant services, including site design and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/chargepoint-to-power-gatik-autonomous-electric-trucks

GSCW chat: Is FreightTech necessary for CPG companies?

Experts chat about the role of automation and FreightTech in consumer packaged goods companies.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 3 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: FreightTech is a must for consumer packaged goods companies to thrive.

DETAILS: FreightWaves’ Travis Rhyan and Bart De Muynck detail the challenges CPG companies face with labor shortages, manufacturing and e-commerce and how FreightTech investment should be viewed as a cost of doing business.

SPEAKER: De Muynck is the vice president of supply chain research at Gartner.

BIO: De Muynck conducts...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-is-freighttech-necessary-for-cpg-companies

Autonomous battery-electric rail company closes series A funding round

Parallel Systems closed a series A funding round with $49 million.

Autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles company Parallel Systems has raised $49.55 million in series A funding.

The Culver City, California-based company was founded by three former SpaceX engineers who worked together to “reimagine the railroad system,” the Wednesday release said.

The funding round was led by Anthos Capital. Congruent Ventures, Riot Ventures, Embark Ventures and others also invested.

Parallel’s autonomous...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/autonomous-battery-electric-rail-company-closes-series-a-funding-round

Cyber Breaches of Maritime Transportation System Caused by Stovepiped Software Designs, Expert Says

An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew based out of Air Station Kodiak and deployed aboard Cutter Alex Haley, prepares for a helicopter in-flight refueling at sea evolution with the cutter crew during a search and rescue case near Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. US Coast Guard Photo

Cyber attacks on the global maritime transportation system – like last month’s breach at the port of Houston – should not be considered a digital Pearl Harbor surprise, a leading security expert said last...

https://news.usni.org/2021/12/20/cyber-breaches-of-maritime-transportation-system-caused-by-stovepiped-software-designs-expert-says

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