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.

About two weeks after passage of the American Campaign Reform Act, or Connecticut is threatened by glacial advance, whichever happens first.

The first cargo ship on a short run in Norway will be able to operate autonomously sometime in 2020 according to schedule (Lots of info in this thread earlier) A ferry in Finland maybe even earlier. That will be followed by short sea shipping within EU waters in 5-10 years or so. (China may be ear…

Alright thanks lad. I am just getting a bit uneasy considering I’m about to transfer over to an academy to get a degree in MT, and have been a bit spooked in relation to automation. I don’t want to have this as my lifelong career, just something I can do for 10-15 years, which by yours and all the e…

Don’t worry there will be older vessels with crew on board for a loooong time to come. That is one of the problems foreseen, a mix of autonomous and manned vessels sharing the same waters. Even if the on board computers and/or remote operators do everything right, there will still be the human fac…

I think the unmanned vessel will be run in one countries coastal waters first as its easy to make them legal. The global trade will have years of legislation to sort out

[image] ombugge: What If an autonomous ship have a collision, or goes on the rocks? Nobody need to risk their life to save the crew, since there is none. If Hydrogen powered there is no pollution. (Unless from the cargo) Autonomous salvage vessels? The reality is that autonomy will only exist…

Have moved some pertinent posts over here: http://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-application-of-fuel-cells/46592 on the topic of fuel cells specifically. Suggest generic announcements and press releases could continue to be posted in this thread but only post technical links or content or discussi…

One view of Future of transportation, incl. by sea: [image] Evolving Transportation Niches Between China and Europe While mega-ships carry most of the high volume of container trade between China and Europe, carriers using other modes of transport are developing …

UK register first unmanned vessel: UK Ship Register signs its first unmanned vessel - Offshore Shipping Online The UK Ship Register has signed its first unmanned vessel to the flag. ASV’s C-Worker 7 will be used for work such as subsea positioning, surveying and environmental monitoring…

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NanoCyborg November 11, 2017, 7:36am 644

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

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