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Barriers impending introduction of autonomous vessels

ISSN printed: 1733-8670, ISSN on-line: 2392-0378
Pawelski, Jan1
URI: http://repository.scientific-journals.eu/handle/123456789/2745
2022-12-31
Today’s shipping industry is experiencing a shortage of properly trained and competent deck and engine officers. This problem is becoming more acute with each passing year and traditional methods to resolve it apparently do not work. It has become obvious that cargo vessels must be less dependent on human operators. The solution lies in the replacement of manned vessels with autonomous ones. The introduction of autonomous vessels encounters several barriers, which need to be analyzed to find ways to overcome them. It requires a multipronged analysis of existing regulations, technical limitations, cyber security, and co-existence of manned and unmanned vessels in waters with dense traffic. The most difficult problems lie in international regulations, which were written for manned vessels only. Such rules need to be reworked before the deployment of autonomous vessels can be sanctioned worldwide. Technical issues are being gradually resolved with the introduction of new technologies. Special attention should be given to the cyber security of autonomous shipping as it requires the transfer of very large amounts of data through wireless networks. Accommodation of manned and unmanned vessel traffic may require a new approach for ship routing to separate both kinds of traffic.
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Title

Barriers impending introduction of autonomous vessels

Pages

Figures

4

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0

ISSN printed

1733-8670

ISSN on-line

2392-0378

DOI

Type

Original scientific article

Journal

72 Scientific Journals of the Maritime University of Szczecin, no. 72 / 2022

Publisher

Scientific Journals Maritime University of Szczecin, Zeszyty Naukowe Akademia Morska w Szczecinie

Copyright Holder

Scientific Journals Maritime University of Szczecin, Zeszyty Naukowe Akademia Morska w Szczecinie

Published

2022-12-31

Recieved

2022-06-30

Accepted

2022-11-15

Funding

No data

Keywords

autonomous vessel, autonomous shipping, MASS, marine autonomous surface ship, remotely operated vessel, unmanned vessels

URI:

http://repository.scientific-journals.eu/handle/123456789/2745

Language

English

Authors

Pawelski, Jan1

Affiliation

1 Maritime University of Gdynia, Faculty of Navigation 3 Jana Pawła II Ave., 81-345 Gdynia, Poland, j.pawelski@wn.umg.edu.pl

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