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Autonomous ships vs Human element: Seafarers’ role onboard remains crucial

safety4sea poll

Numerous statistics show that human error is the reason for the majority of maritime accidents, however, at the same time, many accidents have been avoided due to actions of the crew in difficult moments at sea. Thus, being in an industry that blames human error for the majority of maritime accidents while at the same time being in the verge of autonomous ships, we ran a quick poll to sense what people from the maritime world believe. Will the presence of crew onboard vessels be always...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-autonomous-ships-vs-human-element-seafarers-role-onboard-remains-crucial/

BHP to use drones to improve its freight operations

International resources company BHP, announced that it will be using drones in its freight operations. The drones will conduct inspection of holds, while they will be tested to improve the safety, time and cost of ship draft readings.

The drones are still in the trial phase, BHP’s Vice President of Marketing Freight, Rashpal Bhatti said, but he believes that they have big potential as they have artificial intelligence that provides captains a digital view of their ship.

According to the company,...

https://safety4sea.com/bhp-to-use-drones-to-improve-its-freight-operations/

Autonomous ships face less barriers than driverless cars, study says

According to a recent International Underwriting Association (IUA) survey on emerging technologies, autonomous ships and drones face less barriers to adoption than driverless cars.

IUA conducted a survey, using a series of questions focusing on three key technologies:

  • Unmanned aerial vehicles or drones;
  • Autonomous vehicle;
  • Autonomous vessels.

The survey attempted to evaluate market expectations and concerns regarding future coverage for each transportation method.

Respondents said that they are...

https://safety4sea.com/autonomous-ships-face-less-barriers-than-driverless-cars-study-says/

Shipping needs to embrace technology

Mr Peter Due, Director Autonomy, Global Sales & Marketing, Kongsberg Maritime highlights that embracing the future with technology is imperative for the shipping industry more than ever before which is currently in a transitional period. He predicts that most ships in the future will still be manned ships, however, given that there is more acceptance towards automation, the regulatory challenges for autonomous ships need to be addressed.

SAFETY4SEA: Tell us a few words about your organization....

https://safety4sea.com/cm-shipping-needs-to-embrace-technology/

Emergency shutdown for tankers

The North P&I Club shared an insight discussing autonomous cargo systems as a means to address the oft-blamed ‘human error’ in accident reports. The Club suggests that linked ESD systems should be used for oil and chemical transfers, including ship-to-ship (STS) transfers.

Emergency Shutdowns on Cargo Systems

Emergency Shutdown (ESD) systems have been a requirement of the IMO IGC Code for the carriage of liquefied gases in bulk for a long time.

An ESD system is basically a link between the ship...

https://safety4sea.com/emergency-shutdown-for-tankers/

UK MCA receives funding to study autonomous shipping

The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the Department for Transport (DfT), along with the National Oceanography Centre’s (NOC) Marine Robotics Innovation Centre, successfully secured £1million in a bid to advance autonomous and smart shipping into the UK.

The funding will be used to come up with new ways of regulating the autonomous and smart shipping industries to help them deliver new technologies to the traditional maritime sector.

In addition, a Maritime Autonomy Regulation Lab will be...

https://safety4sea.com/uk-mca-receives-funding-to-study-autonomous-shipping/

Port of Rotterdam tests automation with floating lab

In order to prepare for the arrival of autonomous navigation, the Port of Rotterdam has converted a patrol vessel into a floating lab that collects data, including about the vessel’s operation and power.

These data will enable further research for the introduction of autonomous navigation and the Port of Rotterdam. The first partnership for data exchange from the floating lab has now been signed with Captain AI. They are adding artificial intelligence to the data, enabling computers to be...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-rotterdam-tests-automation-with-floating-lab/

‘Where is my container?’

Shipping container handling is one of the latest targets for automation, which is where Korean startup, Cyberlogitec, is already staking a claim with the aide of Tibco.

Providing full tracking information of shipping containers, wherever they are in the world and whatever means of transport is moving them, is a business where every player – from the individual customer waiting for their new purchase through to the banks managing the money that makes the whole process work -hinges around one...

http://container-news.com/where-is-my-container/

Shipping needs more intelligence to tackle current challenges

In an exclusive interview with SAFETY4SEA during SMM 2018, Mr. Michel van Roozendaal, President, MacGregor explains that the only way to take away inefficiencies from the industry is embrace technological developments and bring in more intelligence. Thus MacGregoc is currently working on autonomous cranes and other smart projects as well to assist operators in finding solutions which will ultimately bring more innovation to maritime industry.

SAFETY4SEA: What are currently the biggest smart...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-shipping-needs-more-intelligence-to-tackle-current-challenges/

Ten technologies that will lead the way in the next five years

New technologies are becoming more and more part of our everyday life and of course of industry. One of these technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a megatrend and one of the things that the world will talk about for the next 20 years.

That was the opinion of Brian Burke, chief of research at Gartner, who analyzed the top 10 technology trends for 2019. Mr. Burke said that AI is going to be part of everything we do in technology.

Mr. Gartner also created a list of what he thinks they are...

https://safety4sea.com/ten-technologies-that-will-lead-the-way-in-the-next-five-years/

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