The flag, coastal and port authorities from eight countries have met virtually on Tuesday to launch and develop the Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) in ports.

The Advanced, Efficient and Green Intermodal Systems (AEGIS), a three-year project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme, aimed at creating advanced trade lanes by connecting autonomous ships with automated...

Singapore is setting up a new research centre for the development of autonomous ships.

A complex operating environment will slow the development of autonomous shipping, and we should not be blinded by technology, a safety conference in Singapore was told this week.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is setting up a taskforce on autonomous ships as it starts to look at regulation and safety of this new development in the industry.

So what are the game changers for the maritime industry as shipping faces up to digitalisation and the 0.5% sulphur cap.

The shipping business model must change if it is to survive. Noting that it was a difficult thing to do as this was the only one that many in the industry knew, Clarkson Research president Martin Stopford reiterated that this was not the model for...