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

24 February 2021

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...

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Konsberg Technology to Secure Environment Friendly WTIU

1 February 2021

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...

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Autonomous Ships Are Coming! Are We Ready For Them?

25 July 2019

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.

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