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A domestic Japanese feeder ship is being retrofitted for autonomous shipping as part of the ...
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Asaf Ashar
April 07, 2022 at 2:47 pmIt should be a Ro/Ro system, based on domestic ports
(see NPWI 2011 study on US coastal shipping)