Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics has entered a strategic allegiance that will see its autonomous command and control and wireless helm solutions offered by Netherlands headquartered Damen Shipyards Group as standard features in
Offshore wind farms and other offshore structures could soon be protected by Autonomous Guard Vessels (AGV). A consortium of maritime companies has just released a concept design that exploits technology available today
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and marine research organization Promare, report that a new “AI Captain,” intended to enable the Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) to self-navigate across the Atlantic later this year, will be
Classification society ClassNK has concluded a joint research agreement for developing advanced condition-based maintenance (CBM), a new maintenance and management process for engine machinery plants, and establishing a new classification survey scheme
Japan’s NYK Group has reached joint research agreements aimed at developing advanced condition-based maintenance (CBM) management processes for ship machinery, and has started verification of data during actual ship operations. Machinery plant
Netherlands-based C-Job Naval Architects has unveiled a concept design for an Autonomous Underwater Maintenance Dredge (AUMD) at a conference in Trondheim, Norway. Developed by C-Job’s Research and Development department, the AUMD has
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has joined the Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) project, a global consortium of partners, that is building an unmanned, fully-autonomous ship that will cross the Atlantic on the fourth centenary
One Sea, an industry alliance that aims to lead the way towards an operating autonomous maritime ecosystem by 2025, has appointed Riku-Pekka Hägg as Chairman of its Management Board. Hägg will oversee
The Navy’s Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) has started the second phase of an unmanned vessel program that it calls “Ghost Fleet Overlord.” The program, developed by the
Sadly, “hard” dockings of manned ferries happening too often. Meantime, new battery operated ferries will require repeated docking onto charging stations. Do autonomous or semi-autonomous solutions offer answers to these situations? Speakers
