Just imagine you're out for a cruise. The ship sinks, and you're in the open ocean. Then on the horizon, a ship. You're saved!!! But it's autonomous and just leaves you adrift.

The unmanned ships are long time in planning. But the reality shows different: Little failure in electronics, rotine maintenence etc. in normal conditions. In really bad weather the best electronic becomes to scap; only crew with expierience can solve those problems!

Those ships are damn near autonomous already, they generally they sail with less than a dozen crew members as it is.

Pirates must be happy now 😂😂

This is impressive I must say, but I still think that ships need human crews onboard no matter how technologically sophisticated they are.

Looks like an excellent application of technology for non-passenger transportation plying inland waters. But entering foreign ports and carrying families requires career-level credentials for captain and crew.

I pray it works for the environment's sake and that there are no accidents. But didn't some British students have issues with an algorithm in the not too distant past?

Loool all the nautic puns. Really went all out :)

Companies don't have to pay machines for sickness and maternity leave.. And Soon every supermarket will be self service.

Just turn me into a robot, we're basically redundant at this point.

Would like to see it do an emergency stop is a pedestrian paddleboards in front of it

Outstandingh invention

Pirates are gonna love those.

Here haven’t yet.

Wow 😮

This should be way easier than doing cars. Not much out there to hit when far from port and most places have a pilot that boards for docking

Probably a great idea as its always the ships captins that cause the crashes, normally there egos

Imagine self flying planes (There are drone jets in the making)

Although this is fascinating I would always want to have a captain and some crew in case something went wrong.

I'm struggling to find work back at sea. South Africa is my home and apart from fishing industry, there's no shipping companies in country. I've got a class 3 deck navigation officer unlimited license and struggling to find employment abroad is now even going to be alot more difficult.

Hope it dont catch fire in port😲

TNice tutorials might just be the first motivational comnt ive ever seen on a tutorial vid. ga thanks bro

If it's "self driving?" (piloting?) why does it need a bridge--with windows?

Time to let out my inner jack sparrow.

Finally some peace for ocean life.

Ja er spent på åsen det kommer til å fungere i fremtida 😎

does it have self shooting if some jackers come in?

The legends were true Flying Dutch is back

Going electric is the way to go, but I don't like the idea of captains and crew going jobless because "automatry".

Hmm this will be interesting

Amazing!

Yes chins has unmanned drone ships

What about storms out at sea?

unmanned ? bad idea ! at minimum 1 man ! long periods 2 or 3 .captain , cook and washer . but is battery powered so local transports .

Would not be a bad idea to replace those Italian Cruise Ship captains,just saying.

Wowzer

Đẹp! Good!

"Mom! A big ship just crashed into our docks!"

What could possibly go wrong?...

why is there a lifeboat on the back? 🤣

After the accident at Suez, someone came along and thought: what if we could combine a container ship with a Rumba? 🤣

Norway and Africa wanted to create a green movement many years ago but it was put to the side and now it is happening! God bless Norway and God bless Africa! I hope that the rest of the world prevails and follows this.

battery fire would be kindof messy though

I predict the resurgence of pirates.

Look Sparrow its a Haunted Ship, no crew on board laddie!

can u imagine those batteries start to blow up

Dear battery, you've been found 💕solar panels, cruising quietly.

What about pirates around Africa? How will a fully automated ship be protected against them?

Amazing

this is a safe bet considering the cargo. autonomous land and air is tougher with various other variables, hence why auto pilot still needs a pilot.

Why not fit it with solar panels as well? You'll have zero risk of running out of power, and perhaps even slow cruising journeys without in-port recharging in the future.

Many comments already on security concerns, which I share. But then that assumes pirates able to gain control and not get a one-way trip to artic circle when on-shore technicians realize what is going on.

Green shipping would be a massive leap in pollution reduction considering most ships burn fuel oil which inevitably seems to find a way into bilge waste which is routinely dumped in the open oceans without a care, but autonomous shipping with all the variables at sea just sounds like a disaster waiting to happen, however the proof is in the pudding as they say but if accidents did happen its only with hindsight people would show animosity toward the practice.

Pirates dont have to board the ships anymore. Just hack em and reroute 😂😂😂

We need self-managed corporations run on auto pilot, Robots taking over CEO positions! The companies save tons of money.....

That's a ship load of batteries

How many puns did you guys count?

Wait till its battery catches fire 🔥

Looks like a pirates dream

Super

Gold Haribos taste so good

Wow the world is becoming an interesting place to be, more technology yet to be unravel

Take that pirates

There are pros and cons to them. One hacking into the ship or used the gps hack to sink the ship or jamming in case of rogue people. There EMP bomb to knock out the ship cpu. Lastly in case of patrol ship or guard ship ask for ship who to call first? As well restrict area. Even the bug ship cpu will cause an error. There one thing is delay ship or docking it still require human actions. Another point it can be used as weapon to do damage to the port. If the hacker manage to gain control. Technologies can be out couples require coding and updates.

Wow 😳, Love it!

We are mixing concept of autonomous and zero emissions. Having couple of guys on board will not increase dramatically CO2 emission.

GREAT.

So ghost ships are canon now?

What’s stopping people boarding it lol!

Airplanes next? Scary!

yes!!!!!!!

Surely its self-sailing?

Cool

good luck to all of us

Most of the crew for the world's shipping and cruise ships come from my country. It seems maybe they'll be a dying breed in a couple of decades, cuz these electric, autonomous ships seem like a great idea.

Put big parendev motor + 150 kw generator inside that ship, not need charging anymore just pay yearly tax

Watch out for them pirates 😂😂😂😂

The unemployment lines are going to be very long.

a pirates dream.

As remarked during the development, Thank You for adding the full bridge & related systems. Much appreciated and I believe the general consensus coming out of all the meetings / discussions / debates it was needed. During the education process, people on board to assist as needed and on moment's notice. Building the data sets and creating the standards in reliable and viable ways. If no bridge, it would be a novelty for much longer than intended and build a bad rep. As "mixed crew" (Human & AI), such issues can be negated by solidly building accurate data and direct links between Capt / Ship (AI) and Shore. The complete bridge does allow for quick human take over in case of issues over the life of the vessel too. Having some basics for the human to be a "rider" to observe the operation from the perspective of Owner/Operator, Class Society, Port State Control, Flag State, Underwriters, Other Authorities as needed will speed adoption and put minds at ease on the reliability of both normal & emergency operations. Other visitors? As with any other shipping, riding team for painting, general maintenance, auditing, AI verification or updating personnel and "lessons learned" personnel to apply to other vessels. Lessons Learned can see first hand, strengths & weakness of any design then where do we want or need to go for "next gen". There is another aspect of such operations where there are many others affected by the approach & vessel existence/operations. All the people on shore displaced by the operations - planning in what shore side evolutions need to take place. As an off shoot of the meetings, several major ports in different parts of the globe had agreed on addressing such as the process of transition moves forward. It is key to the safe & effective operation as a whole (end to end transitions). To all involved, "Nicely Done" and keep up the great work. As always, Thank you for the fine, complete bridge and "always having a back up plan". Best Regards & Cheers, Paul

Battery powered submarines, naval vessels & combat air crafts?

I read self-diving...

It’s that trillion dollar lithium battery that hurts.

When there's more than words. When wish become a will. When will become reality. That facts and what science is all about.

I think someone should be on the ships at all time just incase somthing goes wrong.

"No engine or diesel, just batteries"

So how long it takes to recharge 🤔

bro i can see 1ks of ways this is gonna go wrong lol just gonna get caught in a storm and lose signal and bam, capsized ship

Imagine, 100-200 years from now, everything will be autonomous! How cool it will be to live in that time

Yeah, but norway is europe's largest oil-producer, and thereby largest polluter on the continent. This is just a drop in the ocean in trying to get a better reputation.

And then it will be autonomous systems without the need for human beings

Meanwhile pirates:😋

Pirates though? Hmmm.

It’s a good idea but you still need a human element on that ship if anything goes wrong

Was the bloody walrus in the way ?

Emission free except for all the energy spent building it another FREE LUNCH story

Fill it with oil

What they don't tell you making electricity is expensive

Now imagine arming these ships with avatar,s against pirates

I'm normally not against technology but it seems like every day they are automating our jobs away. Things like auto pilot should be supplementary not primary.