World's first autonomous shipping company announced in Norway

9 Apr 2018

Last May we heard about the Yara Birkeland, which is planned to be the world's first all-electric and autonomous container ship. When it enters full autonomous control in 2020, it will likely be under the auspices of the just-announced world's first autonomous shipping company, Massterly.

Plans call for Massterly to design and build autonomous ships (Credit: Kongsberg)

The Yara Birkeland is being developed in a partnership between Norwegian chemical company Yara, and Norwegian maritime technology company Kongsberg.

Massterly is, in turn, the result of a collaboration between Kongsberg and Norway's Wilhelmsen ship management company.

Plans call for Massterly to design and build autonomous ships, along with creating their control systems and logistics services. Land-based control centres will be used to monitor (and sometimes remotely operate) the vessels, both in Norwegian waters and internationally.

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Source: New Atlas

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