Future of ships

The Norwegian Navy is testing autonomous boats with the intention of developing an autonomous mine clearing system:


When things don’t work it is good for the learning process, apparently. (You learn from your computer’s mistakes)

The vulnerability of digitisation and/or autonomous ships to hacking has been emphasised several times here on the forum.
Here is an article about the same danger in the offshore oil and gas industry:

More parties join the effort with RRM:

Thomas Wilhelmsen is not afraid of thinking new, nor to implement new technology for his shipping conglomerate:
https://splash247.com/wilhelmsen-our-aim-is-to-shape-the-maritime-industry/
With link to Maritime CEO magazine for subscribers to Splash.

Norwegian Maritime Unions join the Shipowners and government to determine the skill sets required by the seafarers of the future:

The Russians also want to be part of the development of autonomous ships:
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/marine-autonomous-and-robotic-systems-developers-roll-out-their-latest-projects-at-marinet-conference-in-hamburg/

Are insurers behind the curve when it comes to cyber security in the maritime sphere??:

Yes.

Cheers,

Earl

The worries about cyber security is over thanks to a bill signed by President Trump:
https://splash247.com/trump-signs-off-on-new-maritime-cyber-security-strategy/

It is yuge, tremendously unbelievable. Only he could do it because nobody knew it was a problem before he said so.

Follow the money. Oh, there isn’t any? Sorry about that.

Earl

Technology is ahead of legislation by far:
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/big-data-analytics-and-autonomous-vessels-when-will-legislation-catch-up/

Testing of RRM’s Intelligent Awareness System (IAS) has been carried out on a MOL ferry in the densely trafficked Inland Sea in Japan:
https://splash247.com/mol-takes-watch-keeping-into-the-future/

Don’t blame me, blame the Underwriters for the development of unmanned ships:

Here is some good news for those who have been worried that technology and autonomy will do away with jobs for seafarers:

Agreed

Are we getting close faster than anybody thought (or wished) possible?:

if you leave AI to make a decision it will just be an average of the data collected, its just statistics.
Will never beat a human, who can think.
saying that, never gets tired

Never daydreaming, get preoccupied on Facebook and not suffering from fatigue.
80 - 90% of accidents at sea is contributed to human error.

thats true and %99.99 for aircraft in the last 20 years

The first experience with Stena’s hybrid battery powered ferry is positive:
http://www.en.portnews.ru/news/266341/