Trending News
Baltic Exchange Market Report (10 May 2024)...
  Daily Exim

NEWS DETAILS

Date: 08/05/2024

Fully autonomous cargo ships tested in Japan
 
A consortium of the Japanese non-profit Nippon Foundation and freight industry partners like Mitsui Lines and Japan Railway Construction is building and testing autonomous cargo ships, ferries and amphibious trucks. The first test of their autonomous container ship, Mikage, a 313-foot (95 m) vessel owned by Mitsui Lines, occurred earlier this year along coastal waters. The unmanned ship departed Tsuruga Port on the Sea of Japan and travelled 161 nautical miles to Sakai Port near Osaka, using a system of radar and lidar sensors, cameras, and a satellite compass to navigate. It even pulled itself into a berth at the end of its journey, using flying drones to drop ropes down to dock workers waiting below to secure the ship. The consortium tested its second self-driving ship, dubbed the Suzaku, a few days later on a journey between Tokyo Bay and Ise Bay, as per a report.
 
Source: Exim News Service: Tokyo, May 7 



Featured News

EXIM INDIA ONLINE SERVICES

APPOINTMENTS

View All

USEFULL LINKS

View All

Introduction

EXIM INDIA is a reputed and all-India recognised premier publishing house. It publishes a daily newspaper.

It publishes a daily newspaper "Exim Newsletter" from Mumbai, Gujarat and New Delhi / NCR / North India, and Exim India - 'Shipping Times' from Kolkata, Chennai, Cochin and Tuticorin for the last 46 years.

Read More

QUICK LINKS

Contact Details

Inquiry

© | Exim India. All rights Reserved.