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the marine industry is no easy challenge
technologies
Luxury cruise ships – with, say, 5,000 passengers – deal with
The idea of unmanned cargo ships could become a reality on the
plenty of challenges in the day-to-day. As these “floating cities”
world’s oceans within ten years – or at least many serious Finnish
move massive volumes of food and beverage daily, it is a no-
researchers and international manufacturers of marine technology
brainer that the ships’ galleys have to be primed for top perfor-
strongly believe so. In current research projects, the aim is to draw
mance. Durability and dependability are key issues when you’re
up concepts for remote-controlled and fully automatic vessels.
operating a kitchen upon the waves, since the nearest service
technician can be really far away on dry land.
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