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SHIP DESIGN Maritime & Transport Technology
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Pre s e n t d a y s h i p s c a n n o t f u n c t i o n w i t h o u t a c re w , b u t t h e p re se n ce o f t h e c re w a l so s t ro n g l y l i m i t s d e s i g n fre e d o m . A u to n o m o u s s h i p s , t h e re fo re , re q u i re a co m p le te re - eva l u a t i o n o f m a n y design criteria and technical solutions to meet these criteria.
HOW WILL AUTONOMOUS VESSELS WORK?
SMART CONTROL SYSTEM
CAPACITY
B y g a t h e r i n g n u m e ro u s t y p e s o f d a ta t h o u g h d i f fe re n t se n so r s , s m a r t co n t ro l s y s te m s ca n a d d re ss seve ra l co n ce rn s w i t h a p e r fe c t a p p ro a c h . O n b o a rd s m a r t co n t ro l le r s n o t only can plan suitable paths for the a u to n o m o u s ve sse l s , t h e y a re a l so a b le to n av i g a te t h e s h i p . M o re ove r , s m a r t co n t ro l le r s ca n b e a d o p te d fo r o n - b o a rd p o w e r a n d p ro p u l s i o n s y s te m s to co n t ro l t h e p o w e r a n d e n e rg y m a n a g e m e n t p ro ce sse s .
S h i p s w i t h o u t c re w d o n o t re q u i re l i fe s u p p o r t s y s te m s a n d ca n ca rr y m o re ca rg o .
HEALTH MONITORING W i t h t h e u se o f d i f fe re n t fault-detection and isolation s t ra te g i e s a n d a lg o r i t h m s , a u to n o m o u s ve sse l s ca n d e te c t fa u l t s re la te d to d i f fe re n t o n - b o a rd components. In addition, by co o p e ra t i n g w i t h t h e s m a r t co n t ro l s y s te m t h e e f fe c t o f s u c h fa u l t s o n t h e ove ra l l s y s te m ca n b e re s t r i c te d .
BENEFITS & CHALLENGES A u to n o m o u s s h i p s a re h o t . T h e i r d eve lo p m e n t i s ca p t u r i n g t h e e n t h u s i a s m o f m o re a n d m o re co m p a n i e s . T h e re i s a lo n g w a y to g o , b u t a u to n o m o u s s h i p s h ave a g re a t d e a l o f p o te n t i a l . I t is not a matter of IF, but only of WHEN they will b e c o m e a r e a l i t y . Ta k e a l o o k a t t h e b e n e f i t s a n d c h a l le n g e s i n t h i s g ra p h i ca l ove r v i e w .
HUMAN ERROR
70 %
ACCIDENTS
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40 %
A t le a s t 70 % o f a l l i n c i d e n t s a t se a a re ( p a r t l y ) ca u se d b y h u m a n e rro r . A u to n o m o u s s h i p p i n g s h o u ld t h e re fo re le a d to a d ra s t i c re d u c t i o n o f t h e number of incidents, casualties and maritime pollution.
TERMINALS
CREW SHORTAGE
Fo r a t y p i ca l d u tc h s h o r t sea s h i p , t h e c re w m a ke s u p a b o u t 4 0 % o f t h e t o t a l c o s t s . Re m ov i n g t h e c re w t h e re fo re h a s a la rg e p o te n t i a l fo r co s t sav i n g s .
A u to n o m o u s s h i p o p e ra t i o n s co u ld b e a l i g n e d w i t h t h e o p e ra t i o n s i n s i d e a u to m a te d co n ta i n e r te r m i n a l s so t h a t q u a y c ra n e s a n d a u to m a ted g u i d ed ve h i c le s co u ld be sc h ed u led to loa d / u n loa d a n d t ra n s p o r t co n ta i n e r s fro m t h e a u to n o m o u s s h i p s i n t h e m o s t efficient way.
By 2025, a shortage of a p p rox i m a te l y 1 5 0 . 0 0 0 m a r i t i m e o f f i ce r s i s ex pec ted . Autonomous shipping can help to so lve t h i s p ro b le m .
LESS CREW
AUTONOMOUS COORDINATION T h a n k s to d i s t r i b u te d co n t ro l a lg o r i t h m s a u to n o m o u s ve sse l s a re a b le to co l la b o ra te a p p ro p r i a te l y to ca rr y o u t d i f fe re n t ta s k s a n d o p e ra t i o n s . T h e se ve sse l s a re a b le to co m m u n i ca te a n d co o p e ra te to o p t i m a l l y o p e ra te w h i le seve ra l i ss u e s s u c h a s sa fe t y , e nv i ro n m e n ta l s i t u a t i o n s a n d co n ce rn s , f u e l co n s u m p t i o n a n d d y n a m i ca l re s t r i c t i o n s re g a rd i n g to e a c h ve sse l a re co n s i d e re d .
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LESS CREW COST
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FLEET LOGISTICS/ CONTROL CENTER
LEGAL A l l i n te rn a t i o n a l s h i p - re la te d la w i m p l i c i t l y o r ex p l i c i t l y a ss u m e s t h a t s h i p s h ave a c re w and a captain. Changes to the le g a l fra m e w o r k a re , t h e re fo re , re q u i re d to m a ke autonomous shipping possible. G i ve n t h e w a y e . g . I M O w o r k s , this is a challenging and lo n g - te r m p ro ce ss .
O p e ra t i o n s o f f le e t s o f a u to n o m o u s s h i p s ca n b e m o n i to re d fro m o n - s h o re co n t ro l ce n te r s ; s u c h co n t ro l ce n te r s ca n m o re ove r b e l i n ke d to co n t ro l a n d s u p e r v i s i o n ce n te r s fo r ro a d , ra i l , a n d a i r t ra n s p o r t , i n o rd e r to o p t i m i ze t ra n s p o r t c h a i n w i d e lo g i s t i c s performance.
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