Tag: smart ships

TopTechTopic has created a video to present 5 autonomous maritime ships that have accelerated industry's journey to digitalization.

Artie is a seven-armed, virtual octopus assistant, created by IBM and Chatbotbay engineers using Watson Assistant technology and is now a 'stowaway' on the Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS), an AI and solar powered research vessel. 

UKHO’s Chief Executive, Peter Sparkes, refers to the radical changes that S-100 suite of standards will bring to navigational safety, highlighting that the future is digital. In that regard, UKHO is currently in a transition phase up to 2026 as it is withdrawing from paper chart production, supporting users to unlock the benefits that digital navigation brings.

DNV signed MOU with HHI, AVIKUS and LISCR that includes a joint study to deploy autonomous navigation systems on board ships to increase technology uptake by the industry and flag states.

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has announced its intention to develop options for the withdrawal from global paper chart production by late 2026 to increase focus on its digital navigation products and services.  

The adoption of 5G technologies is specifically seen as an optimization solution for the transport and logistics sector. How is 5G expected to support digitalization of the shipping industry?

In an exclusive interview to SAFETY4SEA, Dr. Heike Deggim, Director, Maritime Safety Division, IMO, says that smart ships will change fundamentally ship operations and highlights that human element remains on top of IMO’s agenda. In that regard, STCW Convention and Code is under review to keep training requirements up-to-date while MLC will take into account lessons learned during the pandemic to ensure seafarers welfare under critical conditions.

Korean Register (KR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with DSME, agreeing to work together on increased digitalization technology.  KR and DSME will form a joint council and cooperate on smart and autonomous ship technologies and digitalization research.

The team at Columbia’s Performance Optimisation Control Room (POCR), headed up by Captain Pankaj Sharma, has developed a totally SMART and fully digitised jack-up barge under its management as part of a digital twinning process designed to massively optimise vessel performance.

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.