Market Highlights:
Self-driving ships are autonomous marine vehicles intended to be guided by their own and uses the technology similar to the driverless cars or pilotless aircraft. Shipping, being an important mode of transportation, has witnessed various advancements and self-driving is expected to provide a perfect platform for full-fledged AI incorporation in the marine industry. Noticing the importance of such development, countries like Norway, the United Kingdom, Japan, Finland and China are already exploring all the possibilities and research & trials are underway in this regard. The market study is being classified by Type (Maritime Self-driving Ships and Small Self-driving Ships), by Application (Commercial & Scientific and Military & Defense) and major geographies with country level break-up that includes South America (Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America), Asia Pacific (China, Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Rest of Asia-Pacific), Europe (Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Rest of Europe), MEA (Middle East, Africa), North America (United States, Canada, Mexico).

Key Players:
The prominent players in the Self-driving Ships are Kongsberg (Norway), Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom), ASV Global (United States), DARPA (United States), NYK Line (Japan), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (Japan), HNA Group (China), Yara (Norway), Airbnb (United States), Automated Ships Ltd. (United Kingdom) and Vigor Industrial etc (United States).

In October 2018, The ongoing partnership between Intel and Rolls-Royce to build self-driving ships and According to maritime authority “International regulation within this area is paramount and it is good to see that the IMO has taken up the challenge. IMO look forward to continuing their active contribution to this work and optimistic about sticking to the ambitious roadmap aiming at completing the analytical work by 2020.”

Key Questions Answered in the Report
What will the Self-driving Ships Market size and the growth rate be in Future?
What are the key factors driving the Self-driving Ships Market?
What are the key market trends and macro-economic impacting the growth of the Self-driving Ships Market?
What are the challenges to market growth?
Who are the key vendors in the Self-driving Ships Market?
What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the Self-driving Ships Market?
Trending factors influencing the market shares of the Manufacturers.
What are the key outcomes of the five forces analysis of the Self-driving Ships Market?

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Research Methodology:
The top-down and bottom-up approaches are used to estimate and validate the size of the Global Self-driving Ships market.
In order to reach an exhaustive list of functional and relevant players various industry classification standards are closely followed such as NAICS, ICB, SIC to penetrate deep in important geographies by players and a thorough validation test is conducted to reach most relevant players for survey in Self-driving Ships market.
In order to make priority list sorting is done based on revenue generated based on latest reporting with the help of paid databases such as Factiva, Bloomberg etc.
Finally the questionnaire is set and specifically designed to address all the necessities for primary data collection after getting prior appointment by targeting key target audience that includes Self-driving Ships Manufacturers, Software Providers, Self-driving Ships Suppliers, Private Organisations, Governments and Others.
This helps us to gather the data for the players’ revenue, operating cycle and expense, profit along with product or service growth etc.
Almost 70-80% of data is collected through primary medium and further validation is done through various secondary sources that includes Regulators, World Bank, Association, Company Website, SEC filings, OTC BB, Annual reports, press releases etc.