ABS Awards AIP to Smart Maritime Autonomous Vessel Technology
AIP is the Latest Stage in Landmark Project from ST Engineering, POSH, M1 Limited and ABS(SINGAPORE) ABS has awarded Approval in Principle (AIP) to technology in an autonomous tug project from ST Engineering, POSH and M1 Limited. The Smart Maritime Autonomous Vessel (SMAV) project saw successful sea trials carried out in 2020 and has now received ABS AIP for its autonomous navigation and collision detection and collision avoidance (CDCA) technology. The POSH Harvest harbor tug was retrofitted with autonomous navigation and CDCA functions. These functions were remotely monitored from a