German firm to test remote-controlled cargo ship on canal

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2025-05-30

Berlin (dpa) - German shipping company HGK Shipping has received approval to run a six-month trial to remotely operate a cargo ship along a major German canal, with the vessel controlled from a command centre some 400 kilometres away. The trial involves the ship "Niedersachsen 2" ("Lower Saxony 2"), which will be navigated remotely using radar, radio communications, and joystick controls from an office in the western German city of Duisburg. Thi......

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