Autonomous Ships Market Companies
Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., ABB, Wärtsilä, Rolls-Royce plc, and L3Harris Technologies, Inc. are the top firms in the autonomous ships market. Companies in the Autonomous Ships Market will primarily use technology innovation, market expansion, and strategic partnerships as strategies. Companies will concentrate on creating sophisticated, user-friendly injectors with improved safety features, especially automated systems and real-time monitoring, in order to keep a competitive edge and deliver more accurate and effective diagnostics.
List of Key Players in the Market:
- Rolls-Royce plc
- Wärtsilä
- DNV AS.
- BAE Systems
- L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
- Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
- KONGSBERG
- Sea Machines Robotics, Inc.
- ABB
- Buffalo Automation
- Fugro
- Orca AI
- Ecodroneitaly
- Yara
- NYK Line
Recent News:
- The U.S. Navy's autonomous ship technology business, Blue Water Autonomy, Inc., came out of stealth and revealed USD 14 million in seed funding from Eclipse, Riot, and Impatient Ventures in April 2025. A highly producible, fully unmanned ship capable of doing numerous open-ocean missions is being built by the business.
- Startup of an autonomous watercraft located in Austin, Texas Shipbuilder Gulf Craft, located in Franklin, Louisiana has been acquired by Saronic in April 2025. The acquisition, it adds, gives it access to a strategically placed shipyard on the Gulf Coast that will host its medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV) fleet's production and prototyping facilities.
- As the first large oceangoing ship designed for Level 3 autonomous shipping, South Korea's Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries is highlighting the launched of a new containership that is poised to set new milestones in the development of autonomous shipping. Later, the country plans to use the vessel to launch the first long-distance international demonstrations of autonomous shipping in March 2024.