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Svitzer, ABS & Kongsberg Collaborate on World’s First Remote Tug

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  • Towage operator Svitzer has penned an agreement with Kongsberg Maritime and ABS to jointly develop a world’s first fully remotely controlled tug boat.
  • The aim is to develop a remotely controlled tug boat that will be able to perform a full towage operation with all operations controlled from a remote operations centre.
  • The solution and achieved safety level are aimed at permitting Svitzer to conduct commercial remote tug operations in Denmark’s Copenhagen port.

Svitzer A/S, Kongsberg Maritime...

https://mfame.guru/svitzer-abs-kongsberg-collaborate-on-worlds-first-remote-tug/

Konsberg Technology to Secure Environment Friendly WTIU

Kongsberg Maritime (KM) technology is at the centre of an ambitious new project to build a next-generation Wind Turbine Installation Unit (WTIU), destined to be among the largest of its type, says an article published in Maritime Executive.

Preliminary Commitment

Kongsberg Maritime has signed a Letter of Intent with Chinese shipbuilder Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore to deliver a large technology package for the BT-220IU Wind Turbine Installation Unit. BT-220IU is to be built for the Norway-based...

https://mfame.guru/konsberg-technology-to-secure-environment-friendly-wtiu/

Autonomous Ships Are Coming! Are We Ready For Them?

  • Shipping giants Rolls-Royce Marine and Nippon Yusen have unveiled plans to send remote and autonomous ships to sea by 2020.
  • It is made possible by sensor arrays built into ships to analyze their surroundings with preternatural precision. Satellite data link control vessels from across the globe
  • Autonomous ships eliminate the chance for human errors, which currently account for between 75% and 96% of all shipping accidents that resulted in more than $1.6 billion in losses between 2011 and 2016.

http://mfame.guru/autonomous-ships-are-coming-are-we-ready-for-them/