Autonomous Ships Market Size To Reach $13.41 Billion By 2030

Autonomous Ships Market Growth & Trends

The global autonomous ships market size is expected to reach USD 13.41 billion in 2030 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 13.5% from 2024 to 2030. Autonomous ships use several systems and components including sensors, propulsion systems, and intelligent navigation systems involving the use to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT). Use of such systems reduces the operational cost of ships, which is one of the key factors driving the market growth.

Autonomous ships offer several direct and indirect benefits. Direct benefits can be listed at the level of vessel that include more efficient use of crew and their skills, more efficient use of ship space, and increased fuel efficiency. Shipping companies would witness a positive effect in terms of revenue with autonomous applications as a result of reduction in cost of employing sailors along with the increased cargo space on the vessel. Moreover, autonomous shipping permits improved optimization of processes and operations. Real-time data is used for optimizing the operations thereby providing economies of scale at the company’s level. Additionally, service quality and safety during the fleet would be highly improved through the use of autonomous shipping.

Shipping companies are increasingly investing in developing and testing the practical applications of autonomous ships to gain insights on the possible lags in critical applications of these vessels, such as defense. Although huge amount of time would be invested in simulation and testing of unmanned vessels across critical applications, maritime system and service providers are developing advanced and intelligent maritime systems to be deployed in these unmanned ships. The growing acceptance of remotely controlled systems and software coupled with increasing investment in autonomous maritime environment is expected to provide several growth avenues for the autonomous ships market.

Furthermore, advent of autonomous shipping would pave the way for new suppliers, especially the suppliers of hardware and software system and technology suppliers in the maritime industry. Additionally, the unmanned ships require less reaction time in performance of systems as compared to systems used in cars and airplanes. Therefore, marine industry becomes more lucrative for system and software suppliers to enter. However, stringent regulatory environment pertaining to the use of autonomous vessels makes maritime industry a tough business environment to enter.

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Autonomous Ships Market Report Highlights

• The fully autonomous ships segment is expected to register a CAGR over the forecast period, owing to the reduced manpower in autonomous shipping environment

• The systems & software segment accounted for the largest revenue share in 2023, primarily due to the increased deployment of these systems in multi-purpose vessels

• The commercial segment accounted for the largest market revenue share in 2023 and is expected to hold the largest revenue share by 2025, owing to the safety and ease in deployment of autonomous systems in commercial vessels

• Asia Pacific autonomous ships market accounted for the largest revenue share of 33.9% in 2023

Autonomous Ships Market Segmentation

Grand View Research has segmented the global autonomous ships market report based autonomy level, solutions, end use, and region:

Autonomous Ships Autonomy Level Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

• Semi-autonomous

• Fully Autonomous

Autonomous Ships Solutions Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

• Systems & Software

• Structure

Autonomous Ships End Use Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

• Commercial

  • Passenger Cruise

  • Bulk Carrier & Container Ships

  • Tankers

  • Others

• Defense

  • Submarines

  • Aircraft Carriers

  • Destroyers

  • Frigates

Autonomous Ships Regional Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

• North America

  • U.S.

  • Canada

• Europe

  • UK

  • Germany

  • France

• Asia Pacific

  • China

  • India

  • Japan

• Latin America

  • Brazil

  • Mexico

• Middle East & Africa

List of Key Players in Autonomous Ships Market

• ABB

• Siemens

• KONGSBERG

• L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

• Honeywell International Inc.

• HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd

• Marlink B.V.

• Rolls-Royce plc

• Wärtsilä

• DNV AS