In Aronnax episode 8.6

Craig Eason talks to:  

Hideyuki Ando from Monohakobi Technology Institute, a Japan based company owned by shipping giant NYK. The company has instrumental in a demonstration voyage last year to show how well autonomous systems can work on a ship. Here he talks about the trial and its successes and what it revealed about connecvitiy and reliability. He talks also about the next steps in Japan’s ambitions. Craig and Ando will be at the Nor-Shipping Blue talks on June 7th in Oslo, Norway, to talk about the practicalities of autonomous shipping.

Gavin Lipsith is a journalist with huge experience covering the technical complexities of modern marine engines and the other systems needed as shipping evolves. He is off to Busan in South Korea in June to cover the CIMAC Congress for Fathom World. Here he gives an overview of what he is hoping to discover about the changing shape of ship technology.