NYK tests again remote navigation of tugboat
December 11, 2020,
by
Naida Hakirevic
Japanese shipping major Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and its group companies MTI Co. Ltd., Keihin Dock Co. Ltd., and Japan Marine Science Inc. (JMS) have completed a second test of the remote navigation of a tugboat as part of the Japanese government’s project aimed at enabling autonomous ship operations by 2025.
Within Tokyo Bay, a manned tugboat equipped with a remotely controlled system was operated remotely from the operation center in the city of Nishinomiya in Hyogo prefecture approximately 400 kilometers away.
For this test, NYK used a tugboat operated by Shin-Nippon Kaiyosha Corporation.