Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has tested an autonomous navigation system […]
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Japanese Group To Trial Autonomous Ship Navigation
Tel Aviv-based maritime technology company Orca AI is set to continue its successful collaboration with NYK Group subsidiary MTI and partners, leveraging its industry-leading automated watchkeeper in the second development stage of the MEGURI2040 project administered by the Nippon Foundation, reports Marine Link.
MEGURI2040 projectMTI, alongside sister entity Japan Marine Science Inc, is spearheading the Designing the Future of Fully Autonomous Ships Plus...
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ORCA AI joins 2nd phase of Japan’s fully autonomous ship project
Tel Aviv-based maritime technology company Orca AI has revealed that it will participate in the second development stage of the MEGURI2040 full autonomous ship project administered by Japan’s Nippon Foundation.
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MOL & Partners Set To Trial Autonomous Ships
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines with two of its group companies, and other consortium members have jointly applied to the Nippon Foundation to fund demonstration voyages to test underlying technologies for autonomous sailing within fiscal year 2020, reads a press release by the company.
Autonomous sailingIn cooperation with Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding and Furuno Electric, the MOL Group has been developing technologies for autonomous sailing, and plan to conduct demonstration voyages of their autonomous sailing...
https://mfame.guru/mol-partners-set-to-trial-autonomous-ships/
World’s First Crewless Ship To Launch Trial Runs
- Weathernews has been selected as a member of DFFAS Project.
- 22 domestic companies will collaborate on the Joint Technological Development Programme.
- It is for Demonstration of Unmanned Ships administered by the Nippon Foundation.
- The project will carry out field testing of crewless domestic container ships.
- Weathernews will develop a navigation planning system that combines AI.
- AI will be combined with the weather and operational data to select the optimal route.
- Used for automated navigation,...
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MOL and partners set to test autonomous ships
In partnership with the Nippon Foundation Japanese vessel operator Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced that it will test two autonomous ships this year and next year, including a ferry and a coastal container vessel.
MOL president and CEO: Junichiro Ikeda announced that MOL along with consortium partners will apply for funding to the Nippon Foundation to fund “demonstration voyages” aimed at testing the technology required to operate autonomous ships.
Demonstrations will take place within this...
https://container-news.com/mol-and-partners-set-to-test-autonomous-ships/