VIDEO: Autonomous, electric cargo delivery

RAD Propulsion and Williams Shipping

Two Southampton-based companies have trialled an electric vessel for a marine civil engineering project in the city’s port in one of the UK’s busiest ports.

RAD Propulsion and Williams Shipping designed, developed and operated a custom micro freight delivery vessel controlled autonomously and powered by twin RAD 40 electric outboards to transport cargo and crew across the busy waterway.

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