Japanese shipping and logistics company, NYK Group, has partnered with Orca AI, an automated situational awareness platform developer, to enhance the safety of its fleet. The NYK Group will be installing the Orca AI platform across its fleet, which consists of bulk carriers, tankers, and containerships. The platform is an automated lookout that recognises dangerous targets and other vessels that may be overlooked by the human eye, by automating the task of target detection in low visibility in congested waters. The platform provides real-time detection, tracking, and estimation of range through 18 cameras with panoramic views. The partnership began in August 2020, when NYK installed a trial version of the platform on one of its ships. Since then, the NYK Group and Orca AI have completed a successful autonomous voyage trial in congested waters in Japan. The NYK trial, known as the MEGURI2040 Project, was carried out on Suzaku, a 749 gross tonne autonomous containership fitted with Orca AI's artificial intelligence and deep-learning technology. The vessel achieved 40 hours of navigation with complete autonomy for about 98% of the voyage, carrying out 107 collision avoidance manoeuvres and avoiding up to 500 ships using Orca's safety navigation system.