A domestic Japanese feeder ship is being retrofitted for autonomous shipping as part of the Designing the Future of Full Autonomous Ships (DFFAS) project.
Loaded with two containers, the 2019-built 204 teu Suzaku began an autonomous sailing trial between Tokyo Bay and Ise Bay on Monday, after being retrofitted for two months in Innoshima Sanwa Shipyard.
The pilot project, sponsored by the Joint Technological Development Programme for the Demonstration of Unmanned Ships under …
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