The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), and MTI Co., Ltd. (MTI) held a joint workshop to collaborate on port-to-port Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship (MASS) trials.
The collaboration is amongst the initiatives under the MPA-NYK memorandum of understanding in 2024 to deepen partnership and accelerate maritime decarbonisation, digitalisation, and manpower development efforts.
Held in Singapore, the workshop brought together over 60 participants from MPA, NYK, MTI, Singapore Maritime Institute, industry partners including ClassNK, Japan Radio Co., and research institutes from the Technology Centre for Offshore and Marine, Singapore (TCOMS), Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), Singapore Polytechnic (SP), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).
The MASS trials will test the interoperability of autonomous vessels with port-based systems, including MPA’s Vessel Traffic Information System, and enable the development of practices and standards for navigation safety, route planning, fuel consumption, AI-based decision-making, communications, and cybersecurity in the port of Singapore.