TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS: Shipping companies are turning to technologies such as automated drone ships to keep costs down and abide by environmental rules. — Reuters
CHONGQING, China: Paint inspired by the skin of a tuna fish and automated drone ships that don't need crews: such ideas could revolutionise the next generation of ocean vessels as the shipping sector looks to cut costs and tackle pollution.
Faced with new environmental rules and the need to cap operating costs as profits slide, shippers are renewing their fleets to make them more eco-friendly and fuel-efficient, participants at a shipping conference in China said this week.
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