Commercial shipping firm NYK has successfully completed an autonomous surface vessel trial voyage. The pilot was carried out over two phases between 14 and 20 September. In the first, the Xinsha Leader car and lorry carrier sailed from Iris port in China to Nagoya in Japan and from Nagoya to Yokohama in the second. NYK is still analysing the data but said Xinsha Leader had been able to manoeuvre around another vessel in its path before returning to its original route using the Sherpa system for real ship navigation.
Commercial shipping firm NYK has successfully completed an autonomous surface vessel trial voyage. The pilot was carried out over two phases between 14 and 20 September. In the first, the Iris Leader car and lorry carrier sailed from Xinsha port in China to Nagoya in Japan and from Nagoya to Yokohama in the second. NYK is still analysing the data but said Iris Leader had been able to manoeuvre around another vessel in its path before returning to its original route using the Sherpa system for real ship navigation.