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Japan's biggest freight line to test remote-controlled container ship

Published Thu, Aug 24, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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JAPAN'S largest container line plans to test a remote-controlled vessel across the Pacific Ocean in 2019 as it pursues fully autonomous technology that could disrupt the global shipping industry.

Nippon Yusen KK is considering using a large container ship for the test from Japan to North America and a crew will be on standby for safe operations, Hideyuki Ando, a senior general manager at Monohakobi Technology Institute, said in an interview on Wednesday.

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