Market trends and business perspectives
ZF has developed what it describes as a “fully electric” propulsion system for sailing yachts.
ZF says the development shows it is continuing to expand its portfolio of environment-friendly marine propulsion solutions.
The new fully electric propulsion system can be combined with ZF’s Steerable Pod Propulsion system and is “steering skippers into a cleaner, more sustainable future”. [Read more…] about ZF develops fully electric propulsion system for sailing yachts
The vast majority of the world’s goods are shipped – quite literally – by sea. According to the International Maritime Organization, 90 per cent of the world’s trade is carried by ships and boats.
The IMO adds that the sea “is, by far, the most cost-effective way to move en masse goods and raw materials around the world”.
So while we’re all waiting for drones and driverless vehicles to deliver our online shopping orders by road and by air, it seems the really big trends are all at sea. [Read more…] about Autonomous sea-going vessels likely to be launched before driverless cars
Boston-based startup Sea Machines is developing autonomous technologies that will enable traditional boats to become self-driving vessels.
The company says its development heralds a smarter, safer and more efficient era of marine operations brought forward through self-aware and self-driving boats and ships.
With autonomy readily making its way into many traditional land-based and airborne sectors, the massive marine domain is even better suited for autonomous systems with fewer barriers to entry, a high risk operating environment, and an accommodating regulatory space.
More than 20 million vessels are plying the world’s waters including 15 million recreational boats and 100,000 cargo ships; Sea Machines foresees autonomy disrupting this largely manual sector and rapidly developing into a $60 billion space. [Read more…] about Startup company Sea Machines developing self-driving technology for which can be added to traditional boats
