{"id":217,"date":"2018-04-10T19:02:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T19:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2018\/?p=217"},"modified":"2018-04-16T14:46:20","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T14:46:20","slug":"autonomous-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2018\/class-notes\/autonomous-ships\/","title":{"rendered":"Autonomous Ships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s much buzz about autonomous ships.<\/p>\n<p>Rolls-Royce, for example, has revealed concept designs for such a ship, shown above, that could be managed remotely from a control center. In response to queries by alumni, Capt. Robert H. Pouch \u201962,\u00a0NYNM\/USNR (Ret.) and former President and Chairman of Barber Steamship Lines\/Barber Ship Management, Inc., prepared the following brief:<\/p>\n<p>As with any major new concept, there are obstacles to the introduction of this type of system. Here are the challenges:<\/p>\n<p>We have all read about the Norwegian company [Massterly] that wants to place such a system on board a newly built coastal bulk carrier to be operational in 2020. However, no such equipment is apparently built, installed or approved by a classification agency or governmental authority.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Within these parameters, the basic challenges are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hacking is a large risk and its analysis is a major issue<\/li>\n<li>Labor union acceptance<\/li>\n<li>Marine insurer approval<\/li>\n<li>USCG\/Class Society Approval<\/li>\n<li>IMO acceptance<\/li>\n<li>Prevention and\/or management of on-board casualties while under way if limited crew is aboard<\/li>\n<li>Fire<\/li>\n<li>Contaminated fuel<\/li>\n<li>Stowage\/shifting cargo<\/li>\n<li>Stability<\/li>\n<li>Failure of steering gear or other fundamental operational equipment<\/li>\n<li>Control system monitoring<\/li>\n<li>Command and control issues arising between shipboard\u00a0control system and remote control shore based system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Timeline to bring a development project to market:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ship and electronic autonomous system and design architecture for shipboard and shoreside components: minimum two years<\/li>\n<li>Certification of operator, testing and training: one year<\/li>\n<li>Regulatory approvals: one year<\/li>\n<li>Under way audit\/testing of prototype installation: one year<\/li>\n<li>Total implementation time: five years<span class=\"articleEnd\">\u2588<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"photoCredit2\">Photo: Rolls-Royce<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s much buzz about autonomous ships.<\/p>\n<p>Rolls-Royce, for example, has revealed concept designs for such a ship, shown above, that could be managed remotely from a control center. 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However, no such equipment is apparently built, installed or approved by a classification agency or governmental authority.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2018\/class-notes\/autonomous-ships\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":404,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions\/404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}