International conference organized by Germanischer Lloyd
This year’s International Conference on Computer and IT Applications in the Maritime Industries (COMPIT) covered a broad spectrum of the latest developments in ship design and shipbuilding, IT trends and marine robot technology. Organised by Germanischer Lloyd (GL), the conference took place for the twelfth time, having established itself in the IT field for the maritime industries.
The ongoing quest for energy efficiency is a continuing factor which is driving the development of IT applications in the maritime industry. Port efficiency, for example, is a key factor in economic ship operation, with direct implications not only for fuel efficiency, but also on other cost items. One of the speakers, Stefan Harries, of GL’s subsidiary Friendship Systems, presented “Port Efficiency Simulations for the Design of Container Carriers”, which allow quantitative consideration of cargo handling times for container vessels already in the conceptual design stage. The method is based on a statistical approach. For many randomly chosen combinations of containers on board, containers to be handled in port, and assigned cranes, the required time in port for a vessel can be determined. For the presented case studies, the differences in port efficiency are shown to be considerable.
“Future-related topics such as the use of robotic systems to support salvage operations or unmanned navigation through intelligence in networks were met with great interest and many remarkable dialogues were held among the visitors from the different branches and regions,” said GL’s Volker Bertram, who organised the conference. Further topics including product data models for life-cycle management of ships, process simulation and virtual reality applications were also highlighted.
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Source:Germanischer Lloyd