
![]() |
Edward Lowton
Editor |
![]() ![]() |
Rolls-Royce unveils plans for unmanned Drone Ships to handle containers
25 February 2014
The company’s Blue Ocean development team has created a virtual-reality prototype that simulates 360-degree views from a vessel’s bridge.

The idea is that captains on dry land will use control centres to command crewless ships.
Rolls-Royce claims drone ships would be safer, cheaper and less polluting. Significant regulatory hurdles as well as safety concerns and union opposition will have to be overcome before the concept is viable.
The FTSE 100 company also unveiled a win in a more conventional arena, with a $182.7 million contract from the US Air Force to expand support of the C-130J transport fleet.
Rolls-Royce employs over 21,300 people in the UK, with 12,000 in Derby, where many work in the Civil Aerospace and Submarines businesses.
- Power down, pump smarter
- How would you address our productivity gap? Let us know
- Nokia launches end-to-end 4G and 5G new radio slicing
- Report challenges manufacturing sector to collaborate on 5G
- Celeros Flow Technology introduces Dollinger GP-146 filters
- Siemens technologies supports plan to create digital chemical facility
- UK's first open access 'pay-as-you-go' factory
- Perstorp adds Isononanoic Acid to portfolio
- Hub aims to put UK at the forefront of electrification revolution
- Raising the bar: Streamlining the labelling process
- No related articles listed