Mayflower II Departs For Final Voyage After $11 Million Restoration

Mayflower II

After over 3 years of large scale renovations of the Mayflower II, the beloved ship is now ready to depart for its final voyage home to Plymouth on July 20, 2020. The 64-year-old reproduction of the 1620 Mayflower I will depart from the Henry B.duPont Preservation Shipyard at Mystic Seaport Museum at 9:00 am.

While the original plan had included a departure around April with halts at several south New England ports before finally arriving at the harbor down Plimoth Plantation living history...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/mayflower-ii-departs-for-final-voyage-after-11-million-restoration/

Wärtsilä Comes Onboard World’s First Fully Autonomous, Unmanned Ship Project

The Mayflower project features state-of-the-art technologies, including the Wärtsilä RS24 high-resolution radar system

Retracing the voyage of its famous 17th-century namesake vessel, the Mayflower Autonomous Ship is set to become one of the world’s first fully autonomous, unmanned vessels to cross the Atlantic. Led by the marine research organization, ProMare, the project is developing autonomous systems that can later be deployed commercially, offering a window into the future of shipping and marine research.

Wärtsilä has joined a global consortium of technology partners that includes IBM. IBM is providing the...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/wartsila-comes-onboard-worlds-first-fully-autonomous-unmanned-ship-project/

exactEarth Joins Mayflower Autonomous Ship Project

The Mayflower Autonomous Ship project (MAS) autonomous

exactEarth Limited, (“exactEarth” or the “Company”) the leading provider of Satellite AIS data services, has joined an international effort to build an unmanned, fully autonomous transatlantic research vessel that is set to launch on the fourth centenary of the original Mayflower voyage. exactEarth joins an illustrious international project team led by ProMare and its technology partner, IBM.

The Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) mission will not only commemorate the original Mayflower crossing,...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/exactearth-joins-mayflower-autonomous-ship-project/

IBM prueba el primer buque autónomo que cruzará el Atlántico sin tripulantes

La multinacional tecnológica IBM y la organización de investigación marina Promare han anunciado este jueves las primeras pruebas en el mar de la Inteligencia Artificial que funciona como capitán del nuevo Mayflower. La iniciativa supone “un paso fundamental en la construcción del buque autónomo”, según sus promotores. El buque cruzará el Atlántico sin tripulación, controlado por un capitán no humano a finales de este año. La prueba tendrá lugar en un barco de investigación tripulado frente a...

http://elvigia.com/ibm-prueba-el-primer-buque-autonomo-que-cruzara-el-atlantico-sin-tripulantes/