Tag: smart ships

Although bringing up some important gains for shipping, the slow regulatory framework and the costs associated with the development of technology will not allow autonomous ships to mature and be integrated in maritime operations in the next 10 years, speakers agreed during the virtual 2022 SMART4SEA Forum in February.

The fourth industrial revolution is expected to immensely affect maritime transport, with technology trends like Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics driving a new pathway for shipping’s industry’s digital transformation and where smart autonomous ships will shape a new and fully interconnected maritime ecosystem.

SAFETY4SEA announced the winners of the 2022 SMART4SEA Virtual Awards on February 24th, recognizing industry’s outstanding practices for E-Navigation, Connectivity, Energy Efficiency, Cyber Security, Training, Technology, Personality and Leadership

The 2022 SMART4SEA Forum took place virtually from 23 to 24 of February 2022, focusing on key smart shipping issues and latest updates of industry’s digital transformation and technological trends.

As digitalization continues to evolve, the shipping industry faces ongoing challenges, including keeping pace with technology, adapting to changes and meeting the growing demands of stricter regulations. To respond to these developments successfully, industry requires a diverse, multidisciplinary, and well-trained workforce and a strategy to attract new talents, agreed experts of 2021 CAREER4SEA Forum.

A consortium of Marubeni Corporation, Tryangle, Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding and the City of Yokosuka completed a pilot project on autonomous ship operations.

Digital technologies are triggering a revolution in the way ships are navigating. The traditional structure of a mariner’s working life will be reformed.

During the past decade, a large body of research has accumulated with respect to autonomous ship concepts, and, more recently, several full-scale trials have been undertaken. Research on this topic has reached a level of maturity where their technical feasibility has been proven with available technologies on, for example, autonomous navigation.

The Blue Essence is the first offshore certified unmanned ship (USV) that can launch an electrically remote-controlled underwater robot.

Technological enablements are disrupting the shipping industry. This, in the future, may feel like it happened fast, but behind the scenes, there is a slow, almost quiet but powerful momentum changing little by little the fundamentals of how we do business, argues Mr. Nicolas Mitsotakis, Co-Founder, M2Intelligence.