Abstract
The AUTOSHIP project develops Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) for autonomous ships to TRL7 and will perform a full-scale demonstration of autonomous operations in a real operational environment for one shortsea shipping (SSS) case and one inland waterways (IWW) case. These KETs will then be used onboard the Yara Birkeland and ASKO ferries, and the goal is unmanned commercial operations within 2025. This will be an important milestone in the development of autonomous shipping, but to take the next steps towards a large-scale uptake of autonomy in the market, and ultimately in large-scale intercontinental maritime logistics is a challenge.