The Danish Maritime Authority is planning for a future that consists of self-governing ships by introducing a pre-study on the issue.

The Authority states that unmanned ships coming true is not an issue of if, yet when, where, as well as to which degree. To plan for this brand-new fact, the Authority has actually partnered with the Technical University of Denmark to launch the pre-study, with the objective of boosting the data base bordering the modern technology as well as established the initial structure so the advancement as well as use unmanned ships is carried out in a suitable way.

“This is an actually intriguing location as well as, in the short-term, the modern technology can be made use of to make our ships more secure as well as extra effective,” stated Denmark’s Minister for Business as well asGrowth Troels Lund Poulsen “In the longer term, research in autonomous ships may become a great advantage for Blue Denmark. The global maritime sector is faced with a number of challenges that will also be considered during next week’s Danish Maritime Days, and this technology could turn out to be part of the solution.”

The prepared pre-study will certainly be performed under the DTU task on research-based maritime working as a consultant which is funded by the Danish Maritime Fund.

“The purpose of the pre-study is to ensure that we have a Danish definition of what the concept actually covers and to propose how to develop useful, functional projects capable of contributing to the sector both in terms of technology and economy,” the Danish Maritime Authority stated in a declaration.

“The Danish Maritime Authority wants to carry out a wide cooperation project on the development of masterless ships, which is based on the positions of strength of Blue Denmark within shipping, safety and the environment, energy efficiency, technology development and maritime competences,” the declaration included.

Internationally, Roll-Royce has actually been designated to lead the Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications, a job that might lead the way for self-governing, unmanned ships in the not-so-distant future.

“Several projects on autonomous ships have already been completed, such as the EU-financed MUNIN project and several projects driven by the industry in, for example, Finland. At present, Norway and England have established each their own cooperation forum with the participation of a number of authority and industry partners. Norway has just launched a test area for autonomous ships at Trondheim,” stated theDanish Maritime Authority