A consortium of operators, designers and developers is to be set up in Russia to implement the project on construction of an unmanned cargo ship, MariNet, working group of National Technological Initiative (NTI), told IAA PortNews. The consortium is expected to appear in 2018 after the customers of such ships are defined and agreements with them are signed.
The work on the project is being performed by Krylov State Research Center, Central Marine Research and Design Institute, CNIIMF, RAS Institute of Oceanology and Shipbuilding Center ‘Evers’.
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