automation

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

Shell to use AI to improve operational performance

Shell broadened its work with Microsoft to drive efficiencies across the company from drilling and extraction to employee empowerment and collaboration, as well as safety for its retail customers and employees.

Shell selected C3 IoT with Microsoft Azure as its artificial intelligence (AI) platform to enable digital transformation. Shell will replicate AI and machine learning applications across its upstream and downstream businesses.

Judson Althoff, executive vice president of Microsoft’s...

https://safety4sea.com/shell-to-use-ai-to-improve-operational-performance/

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