Nippon Yusen

‘Unmanned Vessels’ To Take Over Shipping Sector By 2025

  • Project with NTT and Nippon Yusen on board eyes 2021 test for remote navigation.
  • The Nippon Foundation aims to have unmanned vessels account for 50% of domestic shipping by 2040.
  • The remote-control technology will undergo a trial run late next year with a mid-size domestic container ship.
  • Construction and maintenance of vessels, and development of a telecommunication environment, would generate about 1 trillion yen in estimated annual economic activity.
  • Nippon Yusen aid will provide a leg up...

https://mfame.guru/unmanned-vessels-to-take-over-shipping-sector-by-2025/

AI System To Monitor Ships in Real Time

  • Nippon Yusen gets ready to monitor ships in real time out of Philippines.
  • The monitoring facility will employ artificial intelligence to analyze data in order to prevent breakdowns.
  • Nippon Yusen’s system can also work on autonomously navigated vessels that are being developed by large shippers.

Japanese marine shipper Nippon Yusen has opened a facility in the Philippines that monitors ships for breakdowns and disrepair by analyzing real-time data through artificial intelligence, reports Nikkei...

https://mfame.guru/ai-system-to-monitor-ships-in-real-time/

Nippon Yusen Tests World’s First Self-Sailing Cargo Ship

  • Nippon Yusen has conducted the world’s first trials of a self-navigating vessel from Okinawa to Kochi Prefecture, and the other from Nagoya to Yokohama.
  • The self-navigating vessel is expected to ease crew workloads and improve safety.
  • It uses radar and automatic identification system signals generated by ships to set courses that avoid collisions

According to an article published by Nikkei Asian Review, Japanese marine shipper Nippon Yusen has operated the world’s first trials of a...

http://mfame.guru/nippon-yusen-tests-worlds-first-self-sailing-cargo-ship/

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/