Analyzing the economic benefit of unmanned autonomous ships: An exploratory cost-comparison between an autonomous and a conventional bulk carrier

Kretschmann, Lutz; Burmeister, Hans-Christoph; Jahn, Carlos

doi:10.1016/j.rtbm.2017.06.002

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“…The development of autonomous ships is aimed at economic, ecological, and social sustainability (Kretschmann, Burmeister, and Jahn 2017). The costeffective and eco-friendly operation, productivity improvement, the optimization of logistics, the development of maritime infrastructures, and enhanced safety and security are expected to result.…”

Section: Autonomous Shipmentioning

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Changes in container shipping industry: Autonomous ship, environmental regulation, and reshoring

Ahn

Joung²,

Kang³

et al. 2019

Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs

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This paper proposes the strategy of container shipping industry in the foreseeable future. Container shipping presently encounters challenges such as excess container capacity, lowfreight rate, high-fuel cost, and eco-efficient policy. In addition, the Fourth Industrial Revolution also affects the shipping industry via autonomous ship and reshoring phenomena. The hundreds of zettabytes big data enable deep-learning-based ship design as well as autonomous shipping; the various propulsion types become satisfied with the EEDI requirement; the small-and mid-sized containerships account for the significant portion of container fleets. By considering these key issues, the expectable changes are discussed for sustainable shipping.

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Section: Autonomous Shipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Changes in container shipping industry: Autonomous ship, environmental regulation, and reshoring

Ahn

Joung²,

Kang³

et al. 2019

Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs

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“…Alongside the energy transition, shipping is also progressing to an increase in autonomy in shipping operations, ultimately leading to autonomous shipping (Burmeister et al 2014;Kretschmann et al 2017). This transition is driven by the shrinking availability of suitably qualified seafarers and increasing pressure to reduce (personnel) cost, improve safety and eradicate accidents due to human failure.…”

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Naval Engineering and Ship Control Special Edition Editorial

Geertsma

2020

Journal of Marine Engineering & Technology

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“…Traditional technical or operational solutions, such as building larger ships or slow steaming, have reached their limitations to overcome various problems. The new generation of technology, such as autonomous vessels, is believed to be a potential cure for the difficulties faced by the shipping industry (Kretschmann et al, 2017).…”

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Autonomous Vessels: State of the Art and Potential Opportunities in Logistics

Góez

Guajardo

et al. 2019

SSRN Journal

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The growth in technology on autonomous transportation systems is currently motivating a number of research initiatives. This paper first presents a survey of the literature on autonomous marine vessels in general. By identifying the main research interests in this field, we define nine thematic categories. The collected articles are then classified according to these categories. We show that research on autonomous vessels has increased dramatically in the past decade. However, most of the published articles have focused on navigation control and safety issues. Studies regarding other topics, such as transport and logistics, are very limited. While our main interest is the literature on autonomous vessels, we contrast its development with respect to the literature on autonomous cars so as to have a better understanding about the future potentials in the research on autonomous vessels. The comparison shows that there are great opportunities for research about transportation and logistics with autonomous vessels. Finally, several potential research areas regarding logistics with autonomous vessels are proposed. As the technology behind remote-controlled or autonomous ships is maturing rapidly, we believe that it is already time for researchers in the field to start looking into future water-borne transport and logistics using autonomous vessels.

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Analyzing the economic benefit of unmanned autonomous ships: An exploratory cost-comparison between an autonomous and a conventional bulk carrier

Cited by 129 publications

References 6 publications

Changes in container shipping industry: Autonomous ship, environmental regulation, and reshoring

Changes in container shipping industry: Autonomous ship, environmental regulation, and reshoring

Naval Engineering and Ship Control Special Edition Editorial

Autonomous Vessels: State of the Art and Potential Opportunities in Logistics

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