Autonomous naval vessels will be a hot topic of discussion at this week’s Euronaval event in Paris and Saab’s latest offering in this space is its Autonomous Ocean Core: a ready-to-use autonomous control system designed to provide autonomy capabilities to surface and subsurface naval platforms in military and civilian missions.
According to Saab, Autonomous Ocean Core is a vessel-agnostic control system with an open architecture, designed to make vessels autonomous to enhance their mission...
Classification society ABS has awarded its approval in principle for two new autonomous technologies for ammonia-fueled ships from HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).
https://www.marinelog.com/news/new-autonomous-technologies-for-ammonia-fueled-ships-gain-abs-aip/
Classification society DNV has granted Kongsberg Maritime its Approval in Principle for a “Chief to Shore” functionality that enables a key role to be transferred from a ship to a shore-based control center, marking a significant step in the journey towards uncrewed vessel operations. The move will enable the role of chief engineer to be located in a remote operations center (ROC), where the duties can be carried out from a desk-based workstation, instead of onboard a vessel.
From the...
https://www.marinelog.com/technology/kongsberg-maritime-gains-aip-for-chief-to-shore-functionality/
MASS, Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships. A Working Group at the International Maritime Organisation focused on international regulations of autonomous ships. The Chairman of this Working Group is Henrik Tunfors, Senior Advisor at the Swedish Transport Agency, and he is the interviewee in episode 198 of the Shipping Podcast!
What do you think? Will we see a code for safety and regulations of MASS in 2025? What are the obstacles?
So many questions in this episode, but also so many good answers.
The...
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...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/paving-the-way-for-autonomous-trucking-with-uber-freight
The Sea Machines Robotics SM300 autonomy system on board the Foss Maritime tug Rachael Allen gained Approval in Principle from ABS, marking a major advancement in bringing autonomy to the marine supply chain
The approval followed the established process of new technology qualification and document evaluation in accordance with ABS Rules and Guides, a successful product review and shows that the Sea Machines technology conforms with ABS requirements addressing its use aboard.
Rachael Allen will...
https://www.marinelog.com/technology/sea-machines-autonomy-system-on-board-foss-tug-gains-abs-aip/
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
On Nov. 3, Einride officially announced its entry into the U.S. market through a pilot program with GE Appliances in Kentucky. While the company’s SAE Level 4 driverless Einride Pod has been running in Europe since 2019, the expansion into the U.S. is part of an aggressive push that company executives hope will transform freight movement on both sides of the Atlantic.
“The technology is here,” Robert Falck, founder and CEO of Einride, told Modern Shipper at the time. “It’s definitely happening...
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