World’s First Fully Automated Vessel Sets Sail For Historic Unmanned Atlantic Voyage
Marine system supplier has installed and commissioned the hybrid-electric propulsion system and other equipment on the next generation autonomous research vessel
Marine system supplier has installed and commissioned the hybrid-electric propulsion system and other equipment on the next generation autonomous research vessel
MES-S), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Akishima Laboratories (Mitsui Zosen) Inc., and MOL Ferry Co., Ltd. announced the success of a demonstration test (from March to April 2021) of their jointly developed auto berthing and un-berthing system at an actual pier in Oarai Port, Ibaraki Prefecture, using the large-size car ferry Sunflower Shiretoko, owned by MOL Ferry.
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A bulk carrier was berthing, using a combination of ship’s and shorelines. The lines from shore were brought on board with the help of a long messenger line, which was placed on the warping drum to heave in.
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As the ladder was being lowered from its stowed position, the wire rope parted and the gangway fell and hung vertically along the ship’s side.
A general cargo ship loaded with grain was in a river waterway. Master initiated a reversing manoeuvre according to the pilot’s instruction, but the reverse order did not work. With reverse power still, at full, the ship came back into the channel relatively quickly.
A factory trawler was underway and being made ready for fishing. The crew had finished cleaning the factory and were preparing the silage tanks for cleaning.
After descending part of the way the fisherman shouted to his colleague on deck that there was a lot of silage.
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