SST.2012.5.2‐5: Grant no. 314286E‐guided vessels: The 'autonomous' ship

Unknown waters: Public view on unmanned vessels

Ørnulf Jan Rødseth, MScResearch Director

MARINTEK Dep. Maritime Transport Systems

http://www.unmanned‐ship.org 

Public MUNIN Workshop, Hamburg, 2014‐09‐10

HIC SUNT DRACONESHere be dragons!

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A lot of public opinion!

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A lot of public opinion!

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POSITIVE

Negative

… and in between

Technical problems

Need for technical maintenance and routine repair

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Accidents or system breakdown

Legal and economic issues

UNCLOS

SOLAS

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Contracts

Insurance

Liability

Hostile attacks

Terrorist hijack e.g. by GPS spoofing

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Pirate attack

Governmental backdoor

Lack of skilled mariners

Shore control centre

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Boarding crews

Superintendents

Technical industry

Environment and safety

Environment: Slow steaming, less emissionsMore efficient engine control

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Safety: Fewer ship accidentsdue to human error

Economy and competitiveness

World economy development:Need for low cost transport

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European shipping: Increased competitiveness

Working environment onboard

Unmanned and remotely supervised operation during nighttime

All crew at same shift:Spare time together

More Internet bandwidthdue to needs from remotecontrol

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Caught by "Technology race"

Cannot stop technology development

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Need to keep up withcompetitors

From fear, uncertainty and doubt …

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… to known dangers and safe sailing.

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