Samsung successfully tested system of autonomous navigation on the container carrier with a capacity of 15.000 TEU

It is reported that the South Korean ship-building Samsung Heavy Industries successfully showed autonomous navigation of a vessel upon transition from South Korea to Taiwan. It became the first similar event in branch, Mortsentr gives energy industry. During demonstration on the container carrier with a capacity of 15.000 TEU technology was established by the developed Samsung Group to the remote autonomous navigation, known as Samsung Autonomous Ship (SAS), and system "clever vessel" SVESSEL. During the period from June 26 to July 1 the vessel passed about 1.500 km from Geoje to the island Daejeon and further to port Kaohsiung on Taiwan...