German government authority issues initial permit for test operations for remote-controlled inland waterway vessels

German government authority issues initial permit for test operations for remote-controlled inland waterway vessels

HGK Shipping is now allowed to operate the first remote-controlled inland waterway vessel on the German canal network during test operations that will last for six months.After the push barge combination consisting of Niedersachsen 2 and Hannoverhad completed test operations on one part of the route, which has now been approved, without any problems at the beginning of May, Europe’s largest inland waterway shipping company has now been given the…

Inland waterway transport: The company has been pushing for the use of the remote control technology of the supplier Seafar for a long time in order to counteract the blatant shortage of skilled personnel among shipowners.