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Another Autonomous Vessel About to Take to the Water as Technology Spreads More Cooperation Between Software and Logistics Companies US – As autonomous vehicles and systems continue to spread across every transport mode comes the news that two companies, from very different heritages, are again collaborating to lift the process of escorting and positioning the largest container ships and tankers into a new era of technological control. Foss Maritime, founded in 1889, a maritime transportatio...

Foss to take delivery of new autonomous tug May 7, 2021, by Fatima Bahtić A Seattle-based tug and towing company Foss Maritime has joined forces with autonomous vessel software and systems provider Sea Machine Robotics to integrate autonomous systems on a tugboat set to deliver this month. The tugboat, named Rachael Allen, is the fourth of several new ASD-90 tugs under construction at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, in Freeland, Wash. According ...

Foss to Operate Autonomous Harbor Tug Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Foss Leisa Florence ASD-90 tugboat, sister vessel to Rachael Allen (Photo: Foss Maritime) Foss Maritime’s newest vessel will be the first U.S.-flag harbor tug to integrate autonomous systems in real-world commercial operations. Launched on April 29 and scheduled for delivery in May 2021, the newly built 90-ton bollard pull Rachael Allen—the fourth in a series of ASD-90 Z-drive tractor tugs being built at Nichols Brothers...

Share this article A new harbor tug for Seattle-based Foss Maritime is set become the first vessel of its kind in the United States to use autonomous systems in real-world commercial operations. Foss Maritime has selected Sea Machines Robotics’ SM300 autonomous-command and -control system for use aboard its tugboat Rachael Allen, the fourth of several new ASD-90 tugs currently under construction at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, in Freeland, Washington. With delivery scheduled for May, the n...

CASE STUDY Sea Machines Autonomy Enables DEA Marine Services to Increase Operational Productivity May 4, 2021 Share DEA Marine Services, a division of David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA), of Vancouver, Wash., has invested in and utilized Sea Machines Robotics’ autonomous command and remote helm control system aboard DEA survey vessels to more efficiently fulfil a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) contract to survey more than ...

Sea Machines Wireless Helm System in Use on Two ATBS Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. (Photo: Sea Machines) Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics revealed on Wednesday that its SM200 wireless helm system has been installed and is being used aboard two sister U.S.-flag articulated tug-barge (ATB) tugboats. Sea Machines said its dealer Rio Controls & Hydraulics, of Houston, managed the installations and technology integrations at a U.S. Gulf of Mexico shipyard. In the coming months, Rio and Sea Machi...

Damen forms alliance with Sea Machines Robotics On February 2nd, Damen Shipyard and Sea Machines Robotics signed an alliance agreement to further investigate the adoption of collision avoidance functionality on board of Damen ships. For the past four years Damen Shipyards Group has been investing in autonomous shipping technologies. The shipbuilder has participated in several joint industry projects to research the readiness level of technologies. Damen is now entering the next phase by establi...

Damen, Sea Machines partner up on autonomous ship tech Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group and Sea Machines Robotics, the USA-based startup developing autonomous ship solutions, have signed an alliance agreement to further investigate the adoption of collision avoidance functionality onboard Damen-built ships. Image Courtesy: Damen For the past four years, Damen has been investing in autonomous shipping technologies. The shipbuilder has participated in several joint industry projects to re...

February 11, 2021 Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics has entered into a strategic alliance with Netherlands-based Damen Shipyards Group to incorporate its autonomous and wireless-helm system into Damen vessels. The partnership will give Damen the ability to integrate Sea Machines’ technology as standard features in their shipbuilding catalogue. The agreement also includes in-house simulator training that will allow employees and customers to train on Sea Machines’ user interface and become ...