Captain Phillips without Captain Phillips

The rise of the machines is heading to shipping.  From Will Drone Ships Sail The Seven Seas? in the current issue of Bloomberg Businessweek:

"Crews costs account for some 44 percent of operating expenses for a large container ship, says consulting firm Moore Stephens International.  Levander says ships would be 5 percent lighter when empty and burn up to 15 percent less fuel if the bridge, where the crew lives, were replaced with cargo space and the electricity, air conditioning, water, and sewage systems for the crew area were eliminated."