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Towards autonomous ships
Oskar Levander, VP Innovation, Rolls-Royce Marine
Marine Board of the National Academies, Spring Meeting
Woods Hole, 7.6.2016
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Disruptive change
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Digitalization – Disruptive change
Internet of Things
Industry 4.0
Big Data
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The dawn of the Ship Intelligence era
Digitalization in marine market
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What is Ship intelligence
Asset management Optimisation & decision
support
Remote & Autonomous
operations
Enabling technologies
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Shipping trends - Operation
Integrated part of supply chains
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Shipping trends - Management
Asset management Health management
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Integrating ship and shore
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Shipping trends - Business
New Players & Digital alliance Consolidation
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New roles in shipping?
Owning Running the business Managing
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Shipping trends - Construction
System Integrator
Shipyard consolidations
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Shipping trends - Construction
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Goals of ship intelligence
Efficient and
safe operations
Integrated
transport
systems
Data to value
Health and performance Personnel
management
Automated and
Streamlined functions
Transparent business
performance
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Unmanned
vessels
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Unmanned trend in society
It is not IF, but WHEN…
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Why Unmanned
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Cost structure
27 %
17 %
3 % 2 %
7 %
4 %
2 %
38 %
General cargo annual costs
CAPEX
Manning
Insurance
Stores
Maintenance
Management & Administration Lubricating Oils
Fuel
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Remote controlled ships - Features
No hotel systems
Lower power demand
Redundant machinery
More cargo
No deck house
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Energy reduction
Reduced hotel load: 200 – 270 kW
Wind resistance: ~1% saving Lower weight: 700 – 1 000 ton
Lower operating speed?
- 10-15%
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Cost - Transport
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nt / to
n *
nm
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Speed [kn]
Transport cost (cost / ton * nm)
Conventional
Unmanned
-22%
20 000 dwt general cargo vessel
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Safety
Safer than before
Humans away from danger
No piracy victims
Human error factor
Fewer accidents
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What is safe?
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Cyber security
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Remote and autonomous operation
Remote
Autonomous
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Remote and autonomous operation
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Remote control in port
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Communication
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Remote Operation Center
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Leading the development
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Development areas
Operation optimization
Health & safety
management
Communications
Remote controlled
systems
Remote control center
Situational awareness
systems
Cyber Security
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Rules and Regulations
SOLAS
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Legal aspects
Marine liability
Product liability
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Unmanned ships will start with local applications!
Remotely operated
local vessel
Reduced crew Remote controlled unmanned
coastal vessel
Fully autonomous ocean
going ship
Remote/autonomous
unmanned ocean going ship
Roadmap
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First movers
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First movers
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The dawn of the ship intelligence era
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The best way to
predict the future
is to create
the future
” ”