Autonomous shipping systems could be in place as soon as 2020

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By Alex Lennane

27/06/2016

In just four years we will see a remote-controlled commercial ship plying its trade, according to Rolls-Royce. The technology is there, although the regulations currently are not. But autonomous shipping is the future of the maritime industry, so this article states, and the only question is when it happens, not if.

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