MARCH 23, 2017 — MacGregor and Rolls-Royce are to collaborate on R&D exploring the impact of developments in autonomy for cargo ship navigation and cargo systems onboard containerships. “Rolls-Royce is pioneering remotely
MARCH 20, 2017 — Rolls-Royce has signed a deal with Swedish ferry company Stena Line AB, to collaborate in the development of its first intelligent awareness system. Rolls-Royce says that intelligent awareness
NOVEMBER 14, 2016 — Rolls-Royce and VTT Technical Research Center of Finland Ltd have entered a strategic partnership to design, test and validate the first generation of remote and autonomous ships. Rolls-Royce
OCTOBER 21, 2016 — The Danish Maritime Authority and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) are launching a feasibility study on autonomous ships. The cooperation between the agency and the university is
AUGUST 2, 2016 — Swiftships, LLC, Morgan City, LA , has partnered with ICS Nett Inc. (ICS), a Virginia-based technology solutions company, to continue research and development efforts that will transform a
JULY 11, 2016 — Classification society LR says that, with autonomous ships likely to enter service soon, it has set out the “how” of marine autonomous operations in a new ShipRight procedure
APRIL 12, 2016 — Two Finnish companies have become the first commercial operators to join the Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications Initiative (AAWA) project, led by Rolls-Royce. They are ferry operator Finferries and
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 — Inmarsat is participating in the Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications Initiative (AAWA) recently launched by Rolls-Royce (see earlier story). The project, funded by Tekes (Finnish Funding Agency for Technology
JULY 2, 2015 — Google is developing a self-driving car. So are GM, Mercedes and other auto makers. Now Rolls-Royce is to lead a new EUR 6.6 million project that could do