Tag: autonomous ships

The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 106) began on November 2, and will last until November 11, with various items on its agenda to be discussed, including the Black Sea Grain Initiative, automation and piracy.

In its latest technology report, Bureau Veritas offers views on the key concepts and enablers behind smartships and the great promise they hold for the shipping industry.

Holland Shipyards Group signed a contract with Trafikverket Sweden for the delivery of two plus two autonomous all-electric ferries. The ferries will sail according to autonomy level 2, and will be controlled from the remote control center based in Stockholm.

TopTechTopic has created a video to present 5 autonomous maritime ships that have accelerated industry's journey to digitalization.

Artie is a seven-armed, virtual octopus assistant, created by IBM and Chatbotbay engineers using Watson Assistant technology and is now a 'stowaway' on the Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS), an AI and solar powered research vessel. 

The autonomous passenger ferry milliAmpere 2 is now running shuttle traffic across the main channel in Trondheim until mid-October. The public can us the ship during the trial period and test the new technology.

In 2022, nine flag states have already joined a relatively new standards and safety regime aiming to shape the future of training for autonomous shipping globally, proving that, in the current landscape of growing automation, the human factor remains critical.

The first session of a joint IMO working group to address common high-priority issues across various instruments regarding the Regulating Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS), was held in September (7-9), in remote session. 

ABS collaborated with Sea Machines and Foss Maritime to advance adoption of autonomous operations at sea by issuing approval in principle (AIP) to their vessel autonomy system, the SM300, that provides autonomous navigation and collision detection and collision avoidance (CDCA).

DNV signed MOU with HHI, AVIKUS and LISCR that includes a joint study to deploy autonomous navigation systems on board ships to increase technology uptake by the industry and flag states.