Mitsui E&S : Completion of a Joint Technological Development Programme for the Demonstration of Unmanned Ships
January 13, 2022 at 12:11 am EST
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13 January 2022
Marubeni Corporation
Tryangle Inc.
Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
City of Yokosuka
Completion of a Joint Technological Development Programme for the Demonstration of Unmanned Ships
A consortium consisting of Marubeni Corporation (hereinafter, "Marubeni"), Tryangle Inc. (hereinafter, "Tryangle"), Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, "Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding"), and the City of Yokosuka applied to and secured a place in the "Joint Technological Development Programme for the Demonstration of Unmanned Ships" led by The Nippon Foundation in February 2020, and have conducted a pilot project in Yokosuka City with the aim to establish the technology for autonomous ship operations (hereinafter, "Proof of Concept"). On this occasion, the Proof of Concept was successfully completed in a voyage route between New-Mikasa Pier and Sarushima Island in Yokosuka City, in which the ship operations, including berthing, were fully automated using an existing small-sized passenger boat*.
Through this Proof of Concept, the autonomous ship technology, which was applied by Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding on an existing small-sized passenger boat owned and operated by Tryangle, achieved fully autonomous ship operations including unberthing, navigation, collision avoidance and berthing*. Implementation of this autonomous ship technology from this Proof of Concept, is expected to reduce the workload of the ship crew while enhancing operational safety.
Marubeni, Tryangle, Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding, and the City of Yokosuka are aiming to use this technology and experience to effectively help contribute to a safe and sustainable society.
The autonomous operation was conducted with the ship crew onboard to ensure safety while complying with laws and regulations.
Tryangle-owned small passenger boat.
Left to right :
Marubeni Corporation, Kosuke Takechi, Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Aerospace & Ship Div. The Nippon Foundation, Mitsuyuki Unno, Executive Director
Tryangle Inc., Takahiro Suzuki, Representative Director
Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Isamu Funatsu, President and CEO, Representative Director City of Yokosuka, Hiroyuki Yamaguti, General Manager, Economic Department
(Photos by The Nippon Foundation)
12 June 2020 "Joint Technological Development Programme for the Demonstration of Unmanned Ships" https://www.marubeni.com/en/news/2020/release/20200612E.pdf
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Mitsui E&S Co Ltd, formerly Mitsui E&S Holdings Co Ltd, is primarily engaged in ship, marine development, machinery, and engineering businesses. The Company operates its business through four segments. The Ship segment provides ships, naval vessels, high-speed passenger ships, offshore structures, underwater equipment, design engineering services, ship-related equipment and machinery, and steel structures. The Marine Development segment provides floating offshore oil and gas production, storage, and offloading facilities. The Machinery segment provides marine and land-use diesel engines, marine equipment, gas engines, steam turbines, blowers, compressors, gas turbines, among others. The Engineering segment provides power generation projects and general overseas civil engineering and construction work. The Company also engages in land-based diesel power plant business, information and communication equipment business, system development business, gas-related engineering, among others.
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