http://gcaptain.com/rolls-royce-reveals-details-on-shore-based-control-rooms-for-operation-of-unmanned-cargo-ships/ Just wanted to hear what some of you old salts have to say about this. have at it.

Easymax is the newest ship design of the Dutch Wagenborg shipping company with low fuel consumption: 9 tons per day at 11 knots. The video is in English.

I can’t help thinking what a bulk carrier will cost if it is built to the same standard as DP3 vessel.

I think it will be difficult to attract engineers of the caliber required to an industry which operates 24/7 when they would get top money working 9 to 5. Where the automated securing systems are used the vessel still runs mooring lines in case of power interruptions. The late Peter Sellers could …

A lot more than a simple bulker of today, but if you remove the crew and all the systems required to keep them reasonably happy, fed and safe, a lot of cost could be removed. If you also remove the requirements associated with burning HFO in an internal combustion engine for propulsion, a lot more …

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[image] Hogsnort: I think it will be difficult to attract engineers of the caliber required to an industry which operates 24/7 when they would get top money working 9 to 5. Will there be any need for traditional Engineers on board when this technology comes into being full scale??? Probably …

[image] 50,000 TEU... the Future or Not? In a recent report from the McKinsey Consulting Group there was a fascinating article about imagining the container shipping industry 50 years from This is an interesting editorial from Marex.

Cyber security for ships is a hot topic these days and will be more so as remote surveillance and control becoms more and more prevalent: http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/naval-dome-and-lloyds-register-team-up-to-develop-cyber-security-standards-for-ships/

It looks like at least one American company is getting in on the act and thinking about the Future of Ships and Shipping: [image] The Journey to an Autonomous Marine Ecosystem Digital technologies are dramatically impacting almost every aspect of our personal and professional lives—enabl…

When do you fellows reckon ships will be essentially autonomous and or in no need of AB/Mates anymore?

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