Tag: automation

Hamburg's port authority, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) in collaboration with MAN Truck & Bus wrapped up a pioneering three-year trial of automated drayage.

Wärtsilä Voyage will deliver the next generation navigational simulator for Singapore’s Centre of Excellence in Maritime Safety (CEMS).

Stena Drilling acquired a minority stake in and formed a three-year technology partnership with SmartChainServices, a Cambridge-based (UK) blockchain technology start-up. The announcement follows a six-month proof of value project, where Stena Drilling applied the power of SCS’ ClearDapp™, a blockchain and smart contract technology, to reduce and eventually eliminate complex transactions related to IADC reporting and payment-for-rig-performance. Now, the companies will work together to further develop smart contract solutions for the energy sector. With aims to automate and execute the payment cycle, the technology partnership will offer the energy industry new contractual models based on milestones such as drilling speed, carbon intensity or fuel usage – all automatically validated through data. Colin Dawson, Digital Business Transformation Manager of Stena Drilling said: “We’re delighted to enter a technology partnership with SCS. Over the past six months, it has become clear that blockchain smart contract technology has the potential to transform how the energy sector does business.” “We have a unique vantage point for this technology development as we continue to advance our own digital transformation. The sector faces tighter scrutiny around ESG from investors and society as the energy transition takes hold, and smart contract solutions offer a transparent way ...

The Machine Odyssey’s Nellie Bly arrived in Copenhagen, having completed nearly 40% of the mission safely and successfully.

Bunker One has been approached by Sea Machine Robotics in supplying the cleaner, renewable HVO-fuel to the maiden voyage of the Nellie Bly, the world's first fully autonomous vessel.

It is known that due to COVID-19 pandemic, maritime and offshore energy activities are being increasingly conducted remotely.

The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has announced it is set to ‘unleash the UK’s potential as a world leader in future technologies’ with proposals to support the development of autonomous ships.

Rolls-Royce and Sea Machines Robotics announced a collaboration that will deliver remote command, autonomous control and intelligent crew support systems to the marine market.

Sea Machines Robotics announced that it will embark on a 1,000 nautical mile autonomous and remotely commanded journey around Denmark later this month.

ILA President Harold Daggett warned shipping lines and developers of fully automated container vessels that ILA members will not work ships without crews aboard.