LR signs MOU with STEE and Mitsui to develop an ocean-going autonomous navigation system.
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Pia Meling, Vice President, Sales & Marketing at Massterly AS – A Kongsberg Wilhelmsen joint venture
This is a subject creating interest and a lot of emotions, it’s all about autonomous shipping! Meet Pia Meling, a very knowledgeable maritime professional speaking about what challenges there are with autonomous ships but also the strategy behind developing a new segment of shipping. The idea is to move goods from roads to the sea and the various scales of autonomous, from assistance to fully autonomous.
Of course, we cover a lot more in this, the 107th episode of the Shipping Podcast, how...
Autonomous Navy test vessel completes unmanned California-Hawaii voyage
The Office of Naval Research’s 132’ trimaran Sea Hunter became the first ship to successfully autonomously navigate from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and back according to ONR’s program contractor.
The Sea Hunter was designed and build by Leidos, the Reston, Va., science and technology company that started as defense contractor SAIC in the 1960s. Conceived by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as an unmanned vessel for minesweeping and anti-submarine operations, the...
Metal Shark to debut new models and technology at WorkBoat Show
Shipbuilder Metal Shark will be showcasing an array of new products and technology at this year’s International Workboat Show in New Orleans.
“With the exponential growth of our company, capabilities and technology, we found ourselves with an abundance of genuinely newsworthy product to highlight at this show,” Josh Stickles, Metal Shark’s vice president of marketing, said in a statement announcing the debuts.
Perhaps most notably, Metal Shark has selected this year’s Workboat Show to give the...
Port of Rotterdam Tests Autonomous Navigation
Port of Rotterdam Authority started testing autonomous navigation with a floating lab.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/261949/port-of-rotterdam-tests-autonomous-navigation/
Sea Machines Robotics delivers autonomous tech for conventional marine operations
Sea Machines Robotics, a Boston-based developer of autonomous technology for marine vessels, has announced the successful completion of product sea trials of the company’s introductory line of intelligent command and control systems, developed for the demanding challenges of offshore commercial, scientific and government applications.
The two new products, SM300 and SM200 transport the marine industry into a new era of task-driven, computer-guided vessel operations, bringing advanced autonomy...