Tag: autonomous ships

Top players from marine and IT-industry have teamed up to jointly develop world's first system of autonomous ships. The shared vision for the ecosystem partners is to enable fully remote controlled vessels in the Baltic Sea in three years and to achieve autonomous commercial maritime traffic by 2025.

The Danish Maritime Authority invites tenders for an analysis of the regulatory barriers to the development of autonomous ships, as it is striving to promote the development of such technologies.

Rolls-Royce recently announced that it has signed a deal with Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven to supply its innovative automatic crossing system, for two new ferries being built for Norwegian ferry company FosenNamsos Sjø.

On Monday, April 3rd, the U.S. Coast Guard announced that is urging mariners to ensure their vessels are properly secured to docks, piers and moorings, to help prevent boats from accidentally breaking away, as warmer temperatures, melting snow and recent rains have caused water levels around Lake Michigan to increase.

Rolls-Royce and Tampere University of Technology, in Finland, have announced a strategic partnership to develop and test the technology to support systems necessary for autonomous navigation, enabling the first generation of autonomous ships.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, announced that signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Rolls-Royce, in order to collaborate on research and development to explore the impact of developments in autonomy for cargo ship navigation and cargo systems onboard container ships. This aims to lay the groundwork for the development of autonomous container ships.

In the future, autonomous ships may have a central role to play in Blue Denmark. In cooperation with the DTU, the Danish Maritime Authority has developed a pre-analysis that is intended as an inspiration for possible projects that may support the development of autonomous ships.

Rolls-Royce will establish its Marine R&D Centre for Remote Control & Autonomous Ships and Artificial Intelligence in Turku, Finland. The centre will be opened this year. This is the latest stage in company's research and development plans to make remote and autonomous shipping a reality and reap the benefits of increasing digitalisation in the marine industry.

Mr Willy Zeiler highlighted that e-Navigation is central to delivering tomorrow’s technology, but its powerful benefits can be exploited today. Using data as a facilitator, it simplifies tasks, reduces workloads, enhances safety and environmental performance, and delivers real economic advantages for the industry. Autonomous vessels are a natural step forward for the discipline, with connected, digitized ships that perform with optimal efficiency, safety and security.

Rolls-Royce anticipates that the first commercial vessel to navigate entirely by itself could be a harbor tug or a ferry designed to carry cars the short distance across the mouth of a river or a fjord and that it or similar ships will be in commercial operation within the next few years.