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Otters conquer Singapore

Posted by Holger Schlüter | 26 Oct 2021 | Headlines, Marines from all over the world, News, Shipping | 0

The marineforum also likes to take a look at the Indo-Pacific region on the occasion of Bavaria's voyage. Here you can read about some very different "sea stories": A strange plague, as the Washington Post recently reported. Pollution and deforestation wiped out Singapore's otter population in the 1970s. But when the country cleaned up its waters and reforested the land in recent years, the otters returned, integrated into the urban environment and learnt to find their way in the new world. Marina Bay, which is known for its architecturally daring hotels and one-bedroom flats costing 1.8 million dollars, is home to...

Autonomously circumnavigating Denmark

Posted by Holger Schlüter | 26 Oct 2021 | Headlines, Marines from all over the world, News, Shipping | 0

Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics announced today that it has completed the world's first autonomous and remote-controlled voyage of a seagoing vehicle over more than 1,000 nautical miles. Under the project name "The Machine Odyssey", the company's autonomous tug Nellie Bly completed a circumnavigation of Denmark. It only needed 129 operating hours over 13 days. The voyage was guided by the US Coast Guard. Remote-controlled autonomous ships offer the maritime industry new impetus for competitiveness. This is why CEO Michael Johnson expressed his enthusiasm: "The Machine Odyssey signals the beginning of a new human-technology relationship that will revolutionise maritime operations in the 21st...