Remote Control & Autonomous Ships and
Artificial Intelligence in Turku, Finland. The
centre will be opened this year.
Rolls-Royce’s strategic partners in the
venture will be the Technical Research Cen-
tre of Finland (VTT) and Tampere University
of Technology (TUT), together with numer-
ous SMEs and startups specialising in new
technologies.
Rolls-Royce believes that remotely
controlled and autonomous ships repre-
sent a fundamental change in shipping
over the next decade and are driving the
digital transformation in the sector.
“Finland is the home of top ICT
expertise and a strong maritime cluster.
That is why Rolls-Royce has decided to
establish the centre in Turku,” explains
SVP Sauli Eloranta of Rolls-Royce. For
Rolls-Royce, autonomous vessels are just
the most recent chapter in the British com-
pany’s over a 50-year presence in Finland.
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Mikael Mäkinen, Rolls-Royce, President
(Marine), comments that digitalisation
will transform the shipping industry in
the years ahead. “Over the coming years,
we need to invest globally to develop the
required capabilities and to establish a
range of market-ready products and sys-
tems to take advantage of what is a sig-
nificant global market opportunity,” Mäki-
nen analyses.
Furthermore, Rolls Royce’s decision to
focus its autonomous shipping R&D in Fin-
land is pushing Tekes to increase its invest-
ments in enabling technologies, such as
artificial intelligence and communication
technologies, as well as keep supporting
companies that create leading knowhow
and synergies with autonomous shipping.
“Remotely operated and autono-
mous shipping projects provide unique
opportunities to develop pioneering solu-
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