In August this year came the announcement that a group of Japanese organisations had joined forces to come up with a new auto-berthing shipping technology.
The consortium, which includes shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), alongside Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (TUMST), aims to bring autonomous berthing and un-berthing tech to the Japanese market by 2025.
The project is ambitious in its scope, but comes as little surprise. Tokyo – which is funding the initiative – has made...
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