The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), Japanese shipping titan Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and NYK Group’s Monohakobi Technology Institute (MTI) have joined forces to collaborate on port-to-port maritime autonomous surface ship (MASS) trials.
As disclosed, the initiative was announced during a workshop in Singapore, attended by various players from the Japanese and Singaporean maritime industry, ranging from shipping players to classification societies and research institutes.