Currently, international shipping law states that any ocean-going vessel must be properly crewed, meaning real, live people must be on board. This means that any autonomous ships can only sail along ...

ClassNK has granted its “AUTO-Nav2(All)" notation to Japanese domestic liner container ship Genbu, the only newly constructed autonomous ship under the MEGURI2040 Fully Autonomous Ship Program by The ...

In Norway, chemical company Yara had a problem: its pollution-conscious government told it to stop trucking fertilizer and ...

Major shipping firms have completed successful tests of autonomous vessels. Building trust among freight owners and regulators remains the biggest hurdle for the tech reaching primetime. A cargo ...

The Yara Birkeland marked its third year in commercial operation in April The vessel has completed more than 250 voyages, replacing 35,000 diesel-powered truck journeys so far Autonomous shipping ...

Kraken Technology Group Ltd., a British defense startup that makes autonomous ships, has raised $175 million in funding.

As advanced technologies continue to evolve, one of the industries reaping the benefits is the shipping sector. Autonomous shipping, in particular, is redefining global trade, introducing new dynamics ...

VARD will deliver Yara Birkeland for launch in early 2020, and the vessel will gradually move from manned operation to fully autonomous operation by 2022. The ‘Yara Birkeland’ will be the world’s ...

Venti Technologies plans to deploy more than 100 driverless container-moving trucks across eight U.S. railroad sites by 2027 ...