
Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 12/2024
Maritime automation platform launched
Germany’s trade association Verband Deutscher Maschinen und Anlagenbau (VDMA) has set up a new platform, Advanced Maritime Technology (AMT), to promote automation and digitalisation in the shipping industry. Digitalisation is an essential component in shipping’s decarbonisation process and the AMT will help to drive progress in this field. Some breakthroughs have been made in ship automation recently, with an increasing number of procedures that can either be automated or remotely-controlled from shore....