For years, shipping’s relationship with autonomy has been one of cautious optimism, mixed with deep scepticism. We’ve talked about autonomous ships as if they were distant sci-fi, something for the 2040s – after the technology matures, after the IMO agrees on every word of the autonomy rulebook, after shipowners cautiously test the waters with small-scale […] The post Autonomous ships will be a reality long before the industry is ready appeared first on Container News .