The world’s first crewless ship trial run: Working toward the development of a “route planning system” that uses AI to recommend the optimum sea route

Weathernews Inc. has been selected as a member of the “Designing the Future of Full Autonomous Ship Project” (hereafter, DFFAS Project) (*), made up of 22 domestic companies who will collaborate on the Joint Technological Development Programme for the Demonstration of Unmanned Ships (**) administered by the Nippon Foundation. In 2021, this project will carry …