Roadmap for
Remote Controlled Ships
Esa Jokioinen, Head of Blue Ocean Team, E&T, Marine
MUNIN Workshop – Professional Insight on Unmanned Ships
Norshipping, 3.6.2015
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Marine Trends
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Connectivity
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Ship Intelligence
REMOTE CONTROL/OPERATION
DECISION SUPPORT
NAVIGATION & POSITIONING
CONDITION MANAGEMENT
OPERATIONS OPTIMISATION
ONBOARD AUTOMATION
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Ship Systems
Ventilation
Air Conditioning
Elevators
Laundry
Food stores
Lightning
Life saving equipment
Outdoor deck systems
Exhaust gas treatment
Electric distribution
Ramps
Communication
Navigation
Cargo deck
Bridge automation
Propulsors
Steering gear
Deck equipment
Rudders
Gears and shaft lines
Winches
Stabilisers
Fuel system
Steam system
Switchboards Thrusters
Fire fighting systems
Energy management Automation & controls
Generators
Launch & recovery systems
Bearings and seals Auxiliary engines
Replenishment / fuelling systems
Ballast systems
Electric drives
Ballast water treatment
Sewage treatment
Main engines
Rolls-Royce scope
Adjacent to Rolls-Royce scope
Distant to Rolls-Royce scope
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System complexity
Storable data
points
Complexity / no.
Software code
lines
Software
integration
interfaces
Physical I/O
points
1980
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2010
2020
”Information web”
10.000 signals
100 computer screens
High-speed data communications
Remote access to shore centres
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Data we are logging
Vessel Operational
Performance Data
Vessel
Position Data
Selection of
Control Systems
data
Product usage
specific data
Other available data:
RCI data, safety records, Doc
Library, maintenance data,
ERP/Baan/SAP data, Design
data from PLM, test records,
service reports
Vibration, Oil
monitoring (particles,
moisture), speed, load,
steering angle
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Environmental
data
Fuel and efficiency
specific data
Product condition
specific data
(temp, pressures, etc.)
Unified Bridge
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Common Look & Feel Style-guide
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Aligned Product Design
Icon Dynamic
Positioning System
Acon Integrated
Automation System
DP & Joystick controls
Propulsion, thruster & steering controls
The new Icon DP, Acon IAS, Alarm Management System, Power Management
System and thruster controls are purposely designed for Unified Bridge integration.
Common functions:
Multi-function screens, common dimming, day/dusk/night mode
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Power Management
System
Integrated Alarm System
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oX – future bridge concept
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oX – Personal Preferences
1. Augmented Navigation
2. Adjusting HUD graphics
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oX – Augmented Reality
1. Augmented Navigation
2. Adjusting HUD graphics
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oX – Situation Awerness
1. Augmented Assistance
2. Remote Operated Sub-Systems
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Remote Control Opportunities
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Intelligent ship today
Fleet monitoring
Decision support
Weather routing
Onboard optimization
(energy, power management, etc.)
Common controls
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Condition based maintenance
E-Navigation
EHM on main components
AIS
Ship sensors
ECDIS
Intelligent ship tomorrow
Fleet optimization for best profit
Total fleet routing
(revenue (cargo), weather, current, ship
performance, bunker prices,
maintenance schedules)
Decision support
(collision avoidance, risk mitigation,
emergency reaction)
Remote control
Autonomous operation
Common automation
standard and user interface
E-Navigation
AIS
ECDIS
Automatic mooring
Automatic cargo handling and
optimization
Fully sensored (ship awareness), feedback to operator
EHM on all ship systems
(machinery, ship systems, payload systems,..)
Predictive maintenance
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Remote Controlled Ships
Making ship transport more efficient and safe!
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Remote Controlled Ships
• Reduced crew costs
• Access to competent crew
• Improved ship efficiency
• Improved safety
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Unmanned Trend in Society
It is not IF, but WHEN...
Marine is only following todays trend!
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Crew Trends
Crew size for ocean going ships
300
Number of crew
250
200
150
100
50
0
1850
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1900
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1950
2000
2050
Crew Competence
How to best utilise the skills of the crew?
• What is the core skill of the crew vs. what do they
spend their time doing?
Crew is often the 2nd biggest element in ship
running costs after fuel
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Remote Operations
Better working environment
• Safe
• Comfortable
• Close to family and friends
Attract young people to shipping
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Safety
A remote controlled ship must be as safe or safer than a
conventional ships!
• New technology to aid the navigation of ships
• Most marine accidents are related to human errors
• Redundant machinery with predictive maintenance schemes
will improve reliability
• Automatic safe mode if loss of control occurs
Unmanned operation is not suited for all types of ships –
we will still have seafarers at sea in the future
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Safety
What is safer?
– 20 persons onboard a vessel in the North Sea in a raging storm, or
– 2 persons in a control room on land?
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Remote Controlled Ships - Features
No deck house
More cargo
New possibilities
• New machinery locations
• Novel machinery types
• Better cargo handling
• Etc…
No hotel systems
Communications
• Water production
• Water heating
• AC
• Sewage treatment
• Etc…
• Ship-to-shore
• Ship-to-ship
• IT security
• Etc…
Lower costs
Better weight distribution
Redundant machinery
Lower LWT
Lower power demand
• Lower resistance from
reduced LWT
• Lower hotel load
• Etc…
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Remote Control or Autonomous?
Remote control
• Port operations
• Navigation in congested
areas
• Advanced manoeuvring
situations
• ...
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Autonomous operation
• Navigation at open sea
• Total ship traffic overview
• Route and speed
optimisation
• ...
ROADMAP for Unmanned Ships
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Key Development Areas
Communications
Remote control center
• Ship-to-shore and ship-to-ship
• Communication infrastructure
• Data filtering and processing
• Operations management
• Situational awareness interface
• Human interaction interface
Operation optimization
• Fleet optimization
• e-Navigation and route optimization
• Performance management
• Decision support systems
Health & safety management
Remote controlled systems
• Machinery, propulsion and auxiliary
systems
• Cargo handling and payload systems
• Mooring
• Ship level integration of functions
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• Remote diagnostics and predictive
maintenance
• Reliability and redundancy
• Safety and security systems
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Situational awareness systems
• Obstacle detection, classing and tracking
• Near field path planning and execution
• Environmental condition monitoring
• Situational awareness interfacing with
remote control center
International Regulatory Obstacles
2015
2020
2025
2030
2035
EXAMPLES OF
CONFLICTS WITH
PRESENT
INTERNATIONAL
RULES AND
REGULATIONS
REISSUE
2024?
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Remote machinery control
o
Remote machinery monitoring
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o
Remote watch-keeping
Automated ship-shore administration
Remote machinery diagnostics
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Fleet monitoring & control
o
Remote deep sea navigation
Machine collision avoidance
Autonomous deep sea navigation
Shore-side Bridge Proxy
Timeline
2020
2025
Remotely operated local vessel
2030
Remote controlled unmanned
coastal vessel
Reduced crew with remote support
and operation of certain functions
2035
Autonomous unmanned
ocean going ship
Remote controlled unmanned
ocean going ship
Unmanned ships will most likely start with local applications!
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Early Opportunities with Remote Operations
REMOTE SUPPORT AND
OPERATIONS WILL ENABLE LEAN
SHIPS WITH REDUCED CREW
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•Remote service support
•Remote machinery operation
•Automatic watchkeeping
•Automatic mooring
Fundamental Changes in Shipping
Historic changes:
– From sail to steam
– Coal to diesel
– Introduction of the container ship
– Cross Atlantic airflights (end of the ocean liners)
– etc.
What will be the most fundamental changes in shipping
in the near future?
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The most fundamental change in shipping:
UNMANNED SHIPS
Ship Intelligence will
make shipping more
efficient and safer!
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The best way to
predict the future
is to create
the future
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