Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 06/2016
Maritime lead in EU autonomous vessel project
ENABLE | Norwegian E-navigation specialist NAVTOR is to spend the next three years helping the European Union (EU) chart a route towards autonomous vessels. The company has been selected to represent the maritime industry in the ENABLE project, conceived to prove, verify and validate the safety of autonomous vehicles in Europe. NAVTOR says it has now received funding to investigate the concept of “shore-based bridges”, a crucial stepping stone on the path to autonomous vessels. ENABLE was originally proposed by the car industry, but the EU widened its scope to take in the full spectrum of transport, including ships.