Tag: autonomous ships

Two months after beginning from England, the unmanned Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts on June 30.

ACUA Ocean received approval in principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register (LR) for its hydrogen system, control engineering system and electrical power distribution systems regarding the world’s first zero-emission hydrogen-powered maritime autonomous surface ship (MASS).

India’s Cochin Shipyard constructed two autonomous barges for the Norwegian grocery company ASKO, and were delivered on June 24, leaving India on June 27.

NYK Line published a documentary following the Designing the Future of Full Autonomous Ship (DFFAS) consortium’s efforts over one and a half years to realize a fully autonomous ship.

SeaShuttle, a project to build two hydrogen-powered, remotely controlled and autonomous-ready containerships for delivery by 2025 has secured NOK150 million (€15M) in funding from Norwegian state enterprise ENOVA.

On June 7, during Posidonia, Lloyd’s Register (LR) and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop an autonomous ready ship design to support maritime digitalisation and the growing demand for operational benefits of increased autonomy.

Korean Register (KR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with DSME, agreeing to work together on increased digitalization technology.  KR and DSME will form a joint council and cooperate on smart and autonomous ship technologies and digitalization research.

The Plymouth Marine Laboratory announced that it is currently developing the first long-range autonomous research vessel in the world, the Oceanus , expected to be 24 m long, with a beam of 3.5 m.

In late May, IBM's Mayflower Αutonomous ship developed an issue with the charging circuit for the generator starter batteries while its voyage across the Atlantic without any humans onboard.

Avikus, a subsidiary of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, conducted autonomous navigation of a large LNG carrier Prism Courage across the ocean, thus becoming the first company to achieve that.