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New research projects for
autonomous ship technologies
by: MERJA KIHL AND ARI MONONEN
photos: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC.

The idea of unmanned cargo ships could become a reality on the world’s oceans within ten
years – or at least many serious Finnish researchers and international manufacturers of marine
technology strongly believe so. In current research projects, the aim is to draw up concepts for
remote-controlled and fully automatic vessels.

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