Another article [1] suggests that the very largest container ships have a crew of around 25. Reading between the lines, it seems that the ship's crew is a rela

Another article [1] suggests that the very largest container ships have a crew of around 25. Reading between the lines, it seems that the ship's crew is a relatively small portion of the total cost of shipping a container. Perhaps instead of eliminating labor costs on the largest of ships, this type of feature enables much smaller ships to be cost-competitive. What I would be worried about is that reducing or eliminating human crew could encourage shippers to take more risky routes. I would also expect these ships to be followed and probed for weaknesses in their AI. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31660571 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31660571