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The Mayflower Autonomous Vessel — developed by Promare and a consortium including IBM — aims to sail across the Atlantic in 2021 following Covid-19 delays. Photo: IBM

Autonomous ship projects that are reshaping what's possible

Trials of small remotely-controlled ferries in Norway and Helsinki proved autonomous technology could work — but plans to scale up self-sailing ships are still in future

1 September 2020 8:42 GMT Updated 1 September 2020 8:48 GMT

By Paul Berrill

2017 Rolls-Royce and Svitzer manoeuvre the 28-metre, 132-dwt tug Svitzer Hermod (built 2016) in Copenhagen, controlled

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Autonomous ship projects that are reshaping what's possible