Category: automation

  • Wärtsilä ANCS installs first NACOS Connect remote mimics application on Sun Princess

    Wärtsilä ANCS installs first NACOS Connect remote mimics application on Sun Princess Wärtsilä ANCS (Automation, Navigation & Control Systems) has completed the first pilot installation of its NACOS Connect remote mimics application, on Princess Cruises flagship vessel Sun Princess. According to Wärtsilä, this deployment introduces a new level of operational oversight by enhancing shoreside access…

  • Trump backs ILA position on automation

    Trump backs ILA position on automation President-elect Donald J. Trump has come out firmly in support of the ILA union position as its negotiations with port employers association USMX continue to bog down over what the employers call “modernization” and the union calls automation — in particular the use of semi-automated rail-mounted gantry cranes (RMGs).…