23 maritime news articles about Autonomous ships
Aurora Innovation and McLane Company announced Wednesday that they have moved from supervised pilot runs to fully driverless commercial hauls on Texas highways. The move follows a three-year pilot that logged over 280,000 autonomous miles and delivered 1,400 loads with 100 percent on-time performance.
Mental health matters: Small actions, big impact
Home News & Resources News Crew Health Advice: BMI at Sea - Why Weight Matters Date 4 March 2026 Share this article On World Obesity Day, public discussion often centres on health ashore. For seafarers, body weight carries additional importance.
CSC: MEPC 84 outcome is a constructive step forward
Home Publications Articles Safe Shipment of Plastic Pellets in Containers Safe Shipment of Plastic Pellets in Containers Plastic pellets pose major environmental and financial risks when containers are lost at sea, prompting the IMO to issue guidance on packaging, labelling, and stowage to reduce spillage. Risk alerts
HD Hyundai advances development of large electric-powered ships
Home Publications Articles Flighted Spongy Moth Complex (FSMC) Flighted Spongy Moth Complex (FSMC) 2025 - Flighted Spongy Moth Complex (FSMC) Season Information Notices Loss Prevention Published: May 02, 2025 Contact author Download article pdf The Club would like to bring to the attention of Members, particularly thos
EU Ministers endorse Lefkosia Declaration, putting people at the centre of maritime policy
Home Publications Articles AMSA Marine Notice 12/2022 - Requirements for the use of exhaust gas cleaning systems in Australian waters AMSA Marine Notice 12/2022 - Requirements for the use of exhaust gas cleaning systems in Australian waters Loss Prevention Loss Prevention Published: October 25, 2022 Contact author Down
One of key highlights of the 103rd session of IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 103) was the completion of the MSC regulatory scoping study for maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS). The IMO Legal and Facilitation Committees regulatory working groups, that deal with the financial and liability issues, are still
Circular issued by International Group clubs Background We refer Members to our previous publications on the 2008 amendments to Annex VI of the IMO's International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 (as modified by the Protocol of 1978) (MARPOL) and which will come into force on 1 January 2020.
Circular from International Group of P&I Clubs regarding the 2020 Global Sulphur Cap. Home / News / Circulars / The 2020 Global Sulphur Cap Circulars – P&I – No: 2646/2019 The 2020 Global Sulphur Cap 24 June, 2019 Circular from International Group of P&I Clubs regarding the 2020 Global Sulphur Cap.
South Africa, MARPOL, environment, emissions, regulations, Annex VI Home Publications Articles SOUTH AFRICA: New Marine Notices from the South African Maritime Safety Authority SOUTH AFRICA: New Marine Notices from the South African Maritime Safety Authority Publications Steamship Mutual Published: April 09, 2019 Conta
Our [previous article](https://gard. no/insights/maritime-autonomous-surface-ships-on-the-horizon/) highlighted the development of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship (MASS) in Norway and Finland with the YARA BIRKELAND and FinFerries’ FALCO projects.
Credit to: Mr Amarin Jitnathum / Shutterstock. com The growing tendency of increase in weight and size of project cargoes calls for advanced methods to facilitate the cargo transport overseas in a safe and efficient way.
Fog at sea seen through binoculars (Photo credit: Wiklander) In this age of artificial intelligence, self-driving cars and autonomous ships, the word 'lookout' would appear to sound outdated or even irrelevant. On the contrary however, the role of the 'lookout' on board ships remains more important than ever given the
As a top bunkering port, Singapore will, from 1 January 2017, implement the mandatory use of the Mass Flow Metering (MFM) system which involve devices installed on all bunker vessels licensed by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) to deliver Marine Fuel Oil (MFO) to vessels bunkering within the Singapore
Following the coming in to effect of the new ultra low sulphur fuel requirements for the North American Emission Control Area, concerns have been raised about possible loss of propulsion issues relating to fuel changeovers. Concerns are also raised about compliant fuel availability.
The new ultra low sulphur fuel regulations under MARPOL Annex VI will require more than ship side preparations, they will also require existing and future charterparties to be reviewed and claused appropriately in order to reduce the risk of disputes between owners and charterers from a number of angles. The Associati
Container weight issues have been a serious concern for the industry and the IMO has now agreed to amend SOLAS to put a greater emphasis on the responsibility of shippers to accurately declare cargo weights. These changes will, however, not come in to force until 2016.
The development Members will be aware of the significant continuing situation in the Mediterranean involving a mass movement of people via North Africa and towards Europe. Up until now Italy has been responding to this situation with its operation "Mare Nostrum" , but this is now coming to an end and will be rep
Home News and Resources News News 30 Nov, 2009 EU Sulphur Directive Members who trade their vessels to European ports will be aware that Article 4b of the EU Sulphur Directive (2005/33/EC) is due to enter into force on 1 January 2010. As of that date, ships berthed or anchored in EU ports, and all inland waterway craf
The presence of Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM) egg mass has recently caused a vessel entered with our association to be ordered off the national waters of Canada after AGM was found on board the vessel on inspection at Vancouver, British Colombia. Following cleaning and re-inspection the vessel was considered clean and was al