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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Vishwam Sankaran

World’s first autonomous passenger ship unveiled in Japan

A world-first passenger ferry with advanced autonomous navigation has been unveiled in Japan, an Asian non-profit which is involved in a project to commercialise automated vessels announced on Thursday.

The Olympia Dream Seto ferry transports passengers between the Shin-Okayama port in Okayama Prefecture and Tonosho port in Kagawa Prefecture, and would start operating semi-autonomously from 11 December, according to the Nippon Foundation.

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