Tag: autonomous ships

Following an initiative by the Norwegian Maritime Authority, among others, IMO decided to put the issue of autonomous ships on the agenda for discussion at the next MSC. Norway has already started up the first trials of autonomous ships, through the approval of a test area in the Trondheimsfjord.

According to the report, cyber, autonomous shipping and piracy risks are the current major concerns for the industry as economic pressures challenge budgets. 85 large ships lost worldwide in 2016, down 50% over a decade. Top losses were reported in South China and Southeast Asia and now East Mediterranean region is considered as the top incident hotspot.

Boeing and Huntington Ingalls Industries have joined forces for the design and production of Unmanned Undersea Vehicles in support of the U.S. Navy’s Extra Large UUV program.

Lloyd's Register has launched the LR Unmanned Marine Systems Code, a goal-based code that takes a structured approach to the assessment of unmanned marine systems (UMS) against a set of safety and operational performance requirements.

Japanese shipping companies are planning to launch autonomous ships at sea by 2025, with a hope to reduce maritime accidents resulted by human errors. Japan's new ship models will include self-navigating system, a technology that is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

The IG P&I Clubs published annual review report, focusing on several claims that have concerned operators and the maritime industry as a whole, during the last year, such as the MLC Convention, oil pollution, autonomous shipping and piracy.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced that its joint project with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding on developing a technological concept for autonomous ocean transport system, was selected by Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism, for its FY2017 Transportation Research and Technology Promotion Program, on May 16, 2017.

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.