Automation & Digitalization

From autonomous ships and drones to big data and cybersecurity, this category covers the cutting-edge technologies that are transforming the maritime industry.

Autonomous Vessels Down the Line

In an effort to deploy the available automation and artificial intelligence technologies for the enhancement of safety in shipping, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and MTI Co. Ltd. proceeded in the trial application of the…

German Ports Digitalization: In Progress

The German companies DAKOSY AG and dbh Logistics IT, which specialize in the evolution of port electronic systems, developed a solution for the digitalization of the imported container delivery process in the German port terminals.…

Unmanned Vessel in Japan

According to Bloomberg, an unmanned vessel in Japan will carry out a 380 kilometers voyage. Launching from Tokyo bay the subject containership will head to Ise, a city alongshore of Mie Prefecture. The voyage is…

Maritime Digitalization

The number of cyberattacks has been booming in the last few years. The maritime industry is not an exemption in this trend, since the past year numerous incidents were reported of such nature, with the…