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INTERVIEW: MARCIO CASTRO, WILSON SONS responsible for identifying, and making use of new tech- nologies to guarantee the competitiveness needed to keep

Wilson Sons as a leader in the Brazilian market.

Do you see “Autonomous Workboats” in Wilson

Sons’ future? If so, please explain.

I think that we still have a long journey ahead until we have Autonomous tugboats running in Brazilian ports.

As a tug operator, what we sell to our customers safety for their vessels. During a vessel berthing/unberthing, many unpredicted situations may occur. An autonomous tugboat must be extremely tested to react to them, offer- ing a higher safety level to the shipping companies, with- out adding risk to them, the terminals or port authorities.

However, I also think that all technologies on board of autonomous vessels, will be gradually integrated by the

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