Synopsis: The presentation will discuss how autonomy supports shipping decarbonization and plays a part in delivering the IMO 2050 ambition and the further ambition of zero-emissions vessels.

Synopsis: With decarbonization becoming an increasingly prominent policy objective, this panel will discuss what role autonomous and smart shipping can play in achieving carbon emission reductions.

Synopsis: The speaker will provide an overview of the BAE Systems Pacific class unmanned surface vessel program, with particular focus on the challenges of warship integration and how the company intends to transition USV technology from research and development to meaningful operational capability. Examples will be drawn from a number of naval sea trials undertaken throughout 2019, including a live firing exercise and a warship integration activity undertaken on Royal Navy frigate HMS Argyll.

Synopsis: Most ship collision accidents occur in the nearshore area, such as ports and channels with high traffic. Conventionally, AROA (radar) and AIS are used for collision avoidance in an autonomous vessel. We have developed a computer-vision AI-based collision avoidance system for large merchant vessels. With regard to the collision avoidance controller, a change in maneuvering performance in the nearshore area is implemented. The container carrier case will be presented to prove the performance of the newly developed collision avoidance algorithm.

Synopsis: Artificial intelligence and autonomous systems are key disruptive technologies with widespread application potential and opportunities for transformation. However, the route to development and integration is made somewhat more demanding by a range of challenging questions spanning a multitude of domains. Adopting a bottom-up approach, this presentation looks at six core high-level functional groups: navigation, warfare, platform systems, maintenance, logistics and recoverability. The insights gained from this work can be used to challenge current design conventions and establish where the focus should be to provide a seismic step change for current and future naval platforms.

Synopsis: The presentation will discuss Denmark's work on enabling the 'periodically unmanned bridge' concept for SOLAS vessels. The focus will be on how to make it both safe and legal, not only for testing purposes but also for ordinary operation.

Synopsis: Little more than five years ago, ‘autonomy’ meant remote-control or a simple plotted route. Skip to today: autonomy refers to a vessel’s ability to understand and react to its surrounding environment in a COLREG-aware manner. L3Harris’s Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) team is developing a suite of autonomous capabilities to enable different mission types in various operational environments. This presentation will uncover the ‘autonomy toolbox’ required for safe and reliable autonomous navigation, including object identification, collision avoidance and precise line following.

Synopsis: Autonomous shipping is considered to be one of the most important technologies in the maritime industry. Remote control of autonomous ships is supported by communication solutions featuring long coverage, high throughput and low latency. Since 2016, 'LTE, WIFI and 5G Massive MIMO Communications in Maritime Propagation Environments' (MAMIME), the world’s first maritime 5G communications project, has been funded by the Norwegian Research Council and led by Super Radio AS. This presentation will outline the MAMIME project and related maritime 5G research with autonomous ships.

Synopsis: Autonomous shipping is driven by the need for sustainability. In this presentation Antoon van Coillie – who founded Zulu Associates, a platform to initiate, develop and invest in marine component of logistics chains – will explore the main areas of development pursued to achieve modal shift, such as autonomous inland barges and autonomous short sea shipping vessels, as well as alternative propulsion modes in order to achieve zero or near-zero emission propulsion in both cases.

Synopsis: With decarbonization becoming an increasingly prominent policy objective, this panel will discuss what role autonomous and smart shipping can play in achieving carbon emission reductions.