Wärtsilä comes onboard the Mayflower Autonomous Ship Project
Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 16 June 2020 at 10 AM EESTRetracing the voyage of its famous 17[th] century namesake vessel, the Mayflower Autonomous ship is set to become one of the world’s first fully autonomous, unmanned vessels to cross the Atlantic. Led by marine research organisation, ProMare, the project is developing autonomous systems that can later be deployed commercially, offering a window into the future of shipping and marine research.
Wärtsilä has joined a global consortium of technology partners that includes IBM. IBM is providing the AI, cloud and edge computing,