CMA CGM, Bureau Veritas and SDARI Partner on AI Vessel Design Concept
French carrier CMA CGM has entered into a joint development agreement with Bureau Veritas and naval architect SDARI for an AI-powered ship design.
French container line CMA CGM, classification society Bureau Veritas, and the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI) have formed a tripartite partnership to develop an artificial intelligence-powered container vessel concept.
The formal agreement between the three maritime organizations was finalized during the SMM maritime trade exhibition held in Hamburg, Germany.
The project brings together SDARI's naval architecture capabilities, Bureau Veritas's statutory and classification expertise, and CMA CGM's operational experience as a global vessel operator.
The collaboration highlights a growing trend among leading maritime stakeholders to pool technical and operational resources in exploring automated and data-driven systems for future commercial fleet designs.
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