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AUTONOMY automatically moor ships in port. Ships have relied on ropes consume less energy. This will translate into considerable op- and chains to moor since the dawn of navigation. This requires erational savings and even extend battery lifetime. personnel on the ship and on shore. With an unmanned vessel, calling on a fully automated port, there is nobody around to A new era throw ropes and nobody on the quay to catch them. I believe that in the future, ASKO Maritime’s initiative will

Cavotec has been developing an automated vacuum moor- be seen as a breakthrough step towards a fully autonomous ing technology – MoorMaster – for more than 20 years. Now, maritime supply chain. We are poised to see a proliferation we have re? ned and enhanced the concept with MoorMas- of automated and zero emission technologies in the maritime ter NxG. This next generation vacuum mooring solution world. At Cavotec, we want to usher in this era, and this has has been designed to ease introduction in thousands of ports been the impetus behind developing MoorMaster NxG.

across the world, speeding the industry’s transition to the fu- A key request from the market, which is re? ected in the ture of shipping. development of MoorMaster NxG, was to make it easier to

We are extremely excited that ASKO Maritime has selected implement automated mooring. So faster, smarter, installation us to partner on introducing the world’s ? rst autonomous, ze- was a key consideration for us. We also introduced continu- ro-emission ? eet of ships. It is a project that perfectly aligns ous remote monitoring and maintenance to make it easier for with our vision for a more ef? cient, sustainable future: a win- a port to automate the steps to hands free mooring. win relationship. For us, there could not be a better launch We have done all that in a radically reduced footprint – customer for MoorMaster NxG than ASKO Maritime. For down by 40 percent in depth on previous designs. There are

ASKO, the use of MoorMaster NxG means that its ships can many container terminals with limited space between the ex- shut off their thrusters right after reaching port and thereby isting quay edge and ship-to-shore cranes. MoorMaster NxG

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