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Greater China
Zhuhai Port Shipping partners up with Cloudrift for unmanned ship development
Zhuhai Port Shipping, the shipowning unit of Zhuhai Port, has signed a strategic agrerment with Zhuhai-based startup company Cloudrift to…
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Europe
DFDS and Volvo trial autonomous trucking solution to Gothenburg port
Ferry operator DFDS is taking autonomous transport shoreside. The Danish company has entered into a collaboration with Volvo Trucks concerning…
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Offshore
Oceaneering awarded autonomous survey contract in Mexico
Oceaneering International has secured a contract to perform the first-ever deepwater autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) survey in Mexican waters. The…
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Asia
NYK joins One Sea Autonomous Ship Alliance
Japan’s NYK Group has announced that its research subsidiary Monohakobi Technology Institute (MTI) has joined One Sea Autonomous Ship Alliance,…
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Europe
Fjord crossing another landmark en route to autonomous shipping
The path towards autonomous shipping has cruised passed another landmark moment this week during the Nor-Shipping exhibition near Oslo. Classification…
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Europe
Nor-Shipping delegates get a glimpse of Wilhelmsen’s autonomous shipping plans
Wilhelmsen Ship Management used the Nor-Shipping platform yesterday to give its take on the future of the sector, positioning the…
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Europe
EU to fund autonomous ship development
Acknowledging how Asia has stolen Europe’s shipbuilding business, the European Commission yesterday vowed to fund two autonomous shipping projects. Dubbed…
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Europe
English oysters and Belgian beer carried in landmark autonomous shipping trials
A box of oysters delivered to Belgian clients earlier this week marks another landmark moment on the voyage towards autonomous…
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Asia
Keppel to develop autonomous tug
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine has embarked on the development of an autonomous tug through its subsidiary Keppel Singmarine. The…
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Containers
Samskip behind autonomous, emissions free box shipping project
Scandinavian carrier Samskip is behind a new emissions free, autonomous box shipping project called Seashuttle, backed by funding from Norway.…
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Americas
Toyota invests in autonomous shipping
Japan’s largest car manufacturer has put money towards developing autonomous ships. Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics announced yesterday that it has…
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Europe
ABB becomes latest tech firm to demonstrate autonomous shipping progress
Like London buses, shipping has waited for autonomous ships for years and in the space of a week there’s news…
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Europe
Rolls-Royce eyes deepsea autonomous shipping before 2030
Marine propulsion solution provider Rolls-Royce has set a target of before the year 2030 for autonomous deepsea cargo ships to…
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Europe
Rolls-Royce demonstrates fully autonomous ferry
Rolls-Royce and Finnish state-owned ferry operator Finferries have today successfully demonstrated a fully autonomous ferry in the archipelago south of…
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Contributions
Offshore sector shows the autonomous way
Zane Berry from marine surveyors Pirie & Smith identifies what really needs to happen to make autonomous shipping a reality.…
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Europe
Fugro to develop autonomous survey vessels
Dutch offshore services firm Fugro has signed a development agreement with autonomous vessel technology specialist L3 ASV to jointly create autonomous vessels for…
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Asia
Wilhelmsen Ship Management takes the lead on autonomous shipping
Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) has entered into two agreements that it claims will set the tone for the operational and…
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Operations
ICS study suggests positive future for seafarers despite autonomous shift
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has released a new study conducted by the Hamburg School of Business Administration (HSBA)…
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Americas
Intel chips in on Rolls-Royce’s autonomous shipping drive
Rolls-Royce and Intel are teaming up to develop autonomous ships. The new vessels the pair aim to develop will have…
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Europe
DNV GL releases autonomous and remotely operated ship guideline
Kicking off SMM, the world’s largest shipping show, in typically busy style class society DNV GL has unveiled a raft…
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