Sea Machines Robotics, Boston, Mass., has hired Don Black as vice president of sales and marketing, reporting to founder and CEO Michael G. Johnson. Effective immediately, Black assumes responsibility for the company’s
Molde, Norway, based Brunvoll AS has signed a contract with the Kongsberg Group covering delivery of propulsion systems for Yara Birkeland, the world’s first fully electric and autonomous containership. Brunvoll’s delivery includes
Vard has selected liquid handling and pump specialist PG Flow Solutions to supply the engine room pump system for the world’s first autonomous and electric container vessel, Yara Birkeland. As we reported
JUNE 15, 2018 — Aker Arctic Technology Inc. has successfully tested an autonomous ship model in its Helsinki, Finland, ice model test laboratory. In the demonstration test, the ship model was able
MAY 25, 2018 — The Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) reports that the International Maritime Organization has just agreed on a definition of so-called Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships as well as on a
MAY 14, 2018 — Rolls-Royce has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with AXA Corporate Solutions, an offshoot of Paris headquartered multinational insurer AXA. The two companies are to explore ways in
DECEMBER 28, 2017 — Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. plan to jointly develop a system that supports ship operation during voyages using augmented reality (AR) technology.
JULY 26, 2017 — Classification society ABS has joined the Unmanned Cargo Ship Development Alliance. Recently launched in Shanghai, China, the group plans to have an unmanned cargo ship in the water
MAY 28, 2017 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and ., Ltd. are researching a technological concept for an autonomous ocean transportation system. The project is to receiving research funding from Japan’s
MAY 9, 2017 — Norwegian based fertilizer giant Yara is cooperating with Kongsberg to develop what will be the world’s first fully electric autonomous containership, with zero emissions and zero ballast. To
