The Finnish ferry that sails itself

[TheBiscuits]

The Finnish ferry that sails itself:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06tb24y

[rusty69]

Cool. I wonder what the MOB procedure is.

[TheBiscuits]

4 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

Cool. I wonder what the MOB procedure is.

SMS SMS SMS.

[rusty69]

4 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said:

SMS SMS SMS.

I reckon i could do that.They would need to install another screen so I could post on CWDF though.

 

 

[Tumshie]

7 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

Cool. I wonder what the MOB procedure is.

There must be some staff onboard just not directly a pilot. I must just be in its infancy so it's prolly still being real humans. Maybe!

[rusty69]

2 minutes ago, Tumshie said:

There must be some staff onboard just not directly a pilot. I must just be in its infancy so it's prolly still being real humans. Maybe!

I expect they have a drone on deck to pluck out anyone that falls over the side

[Tumshie]

5 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

I expect they have a drone on deck to pluck out anyone that falls over the side

  How many times do you think I could fall overboard before they grounded to a cabin. 

[rusty69]

1 minute ago, Tumshie said:

  How many times do you think I could fall overboard before they grounded to a cabin. 

10000000000

[cuthound]

2 hours ago, rusty69 said:

Cool. I wonder what the MOB procedure is.

 

According to the BBC article "In an emergency it can be controlled by humans offshore using satellite and internet communications."

 

Obviously this will rely on the remaining passengers alerting the humans offshore. ?

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To add the last sentance

[rusty69]

7 minutes ago, cuthound said:

 

According to the BBC article "In an emergency it can be controlled by humans offshore using satellite and internet communications."

 

Obviously this will rely on the remaining passengers alerting the humans offshore. ?

It will all F̶i̶n̶n̶i̶s̶h̶ end in tears.Mark my words,unless they get a bloody great drone.

[matty40s]

41 minutes ago, cuthound said:

 

According to the BBC article "In an emergency it can be controlled by humans offshore using satellite and internet communications."

 

Obviously this will rely on the remaining passengers alerting the humans offshore. ?

Are they in rowing boats or inflatable ducks??

I would rather the humans controlling but in an emergency were ONSHORE. 

[nipper]

It would be interesting to see Wightlink use this ferry on the Portsmouth/ Fishbourne route on a summer weekend!

Nipper

[Machpoint005]

57 minutes ago, nipper said:

It would be interesting to see Wightlink use this ferry on the Portsmouth/ Fishbourne route on a summer weekend!

Nipper

If we are very lucky, we'll find that their next 'new' ferry was built after 1980.

[nipper]

18 hours ago, Machpoint005 said:

If we are very lucky, we'll find that their next 'new' ferry was built after 1980.

Indeed there is. I would imagine Victoria of Wight has now passed all the tests and is probably now working with the rest of the fleet

 

https://onthewight.com/name-of-wightlinks-flagship-ferry-revealed/

 

Nipper

[Theo]

I suppose that a cargo ship with loads of consumers full of millions of pounds worth of stuff could be protected from piracy by putting high voltages on the whole ship.  Trouble is that it would leave a swathe of dead creatures on its wake...

 

Suggestions on a postcard, please.

 

N

[rusty69]

The vessel will be equipped with anti-pirate drones.

[NickF]

Wow ... may be I will one day be able to go on a narrowboat trip without leaving my house!

[ditchcrawler]

13 minutes ago, NickF said:

Wow ... may be I will one day be able to go on a narrowboat trip without leaving my house!

You can now, just look at all the exciting real time trips on Youtube

[MHS]

I hope it’s not relying on O2 for its systems. 

[ditchcrawler]

1 hour ago, MHS said:

I hope it’s not relying on O2 for its systems. 

Windows 10 and hoping they get to port before the next update