A passenger ferry operating between Okayama and Shodoshima Island in western Japan will begin using technology enabling autonomous navigation in a world first, the Nippon Foundation said Wednesday.According to the foundation, the Olympia Dream Seto, which runs between Shin-Okayama port in Okayama Prefecture and Tonosho port on the Kagawa Prefecture island, will begin operating semi-autonomously on Thursday after receiving government certification to incorporate the technology.At a press briefing held onboard the vessel as it sailed, Mitsuyuki Unno, an executive director at the foundation th…READ FULL ARTICLE
