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NYK and its group companies MTI Co., Ltd. and Japan Maritime Science Inc. have received approval in principle (AiP) for a fully autonomous ship framework that is currently being developed under the name of “APExS-auto.” ClassNK and Bureau Veritas, classification societies based respectively in Japan and France, reviewed the safety of the framework and certified .
From February 26 to March 1, the DFFAS (Designing the Future of Full Autonomous Ship) consortium conducted a trial simulating the actual operation of a fully autonomous ship at a distance of approximately 790 kilometers between Tokyo Bay and Ise Bay. The DFFAS project comprises 30 Japanese companies including NYK and NYK Group companies Japan .
NYK and its group companies MTI Co., Ltd. and Japan Maritime Science Inc. have received approval in principle (AiP) for a fully autonomous ship framework that is currently being developed under the name of "APExS-auto."