by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 2, 2021 | Autonomous operation, News, Ports, Ship design
As part of an international alliance headed by the Port of Rotterdam Authority, Wärtsilä seeks to demonstrate a commercially viable autonomous intra-port inter-terminal container shuttle. The barge will feature electric propulsion supplied through interchangeable...
by Mariska Buitendijk | May 26, 2021 | Autonomous operation, News, Ports
The Port of Rotterdam is scrapping its plans to deploy self-driving vehicles for container transport on the Maasvlakte. The port authority has stopped the tender for unmanned transport. The autonomous vehicles should have been driving on the so-called Container...
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by Mariska Buitendijk | May 19, 2021 | Autonomous operation, Dredging, News, Survey
After the successful deployment of its first unmanned (autonomous) survey vessel last year, Van Oord has ordered a second one. The first vessel is mainly used in inland water, but for the second vessel, the company is researching deployment in near-shore operations....
