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                              REMOTE CONTROL (real) SHIP

Ships, like aircraft, are increasingly controlled by electronic systems.  Rolls-Royce has created a virtual-reality drone prototype in Norway that simulates 360-degree views from a vessel’s bridge.  The latest supply ships serving the offshore oil and gas industry in the North Sea, for instance, use dynamic positioning systems which collect data from satellites, and wind and motion sensors to automatically hold their position. 

Crewless ships are making mainstream for two reasons. The first is safety. Most accidents at sea are the result of human error.  So, wity sophisticated sensors and computer systems, autonomous vessels should make shipping safer.  As for piracy, with no hostages it would be much easier for the armed forces to intervene. 

The second reason is cost.   For non-urgent cargo, it’s best if the ships sail slowly because a 30% reduction in speed by a bulk carrier can save around 50% in fuel.   But that would be at the expense of increased expenditure on crew, as crew costs account for over 40 percent of operating expenses for large container ships.  Also, ships would be 5 percent lighter and burn 15 percent less fuel if the crew’s “hotel” were replaced with cargo space and the electricity, air conditioning, water, and sewage systems for the crew were eliminated.

Given the benefits, there are some hurdles that need to be resoved before drone ships can roam the seas.  The ability of them to detect other vessels and take avoiding action will be crucial.  For this, radio messages from other ships, along with those from coastguards and port authorities will be automatically routed to the shore captain. 
Another important issue is the ships can be hacked by modern technology pirates.  This is why encrypted data communication is high priority on the maritime industry’s list before ghostly vessels ply the trade routes.

While this new trend is good for many,  it’s not for ship captain profession.  Very soon (Roll-Royce said They might be deployed in regions such as the Baltic Sea within a decade) , we’ll see 10 captains in an onshore facility easily operate over 100 ships.  As for model ship enthusiasts, we are going to see less attractive vessels, susch as ones that have a slim, tall tower instead of  the good looking superstructures that partly serve as a hotel to the crews ?   No rails, no lifeboats, just the hull and the cargo floating on water?  The situation is becoming  just like the current streamlined warships as compared to its elaborated, majestic-looking predecessors.