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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

© 2016 Rolls-Royce plc Oskar Levander

Disruptive change


Digitalization – Disruptive change

Internet of Things

Industry 4.0

Big Data


The dawn of the Ship Intelligence era

Digitalization in marine market


What is Ship intelligence

Asset management Optimisation & decision

support

Remote & Autonomous

operations

Enabling technologies


Shipping trends - Operation

Integrated part of supply chains


Shipping trends - Management

Asset management Health management


Integrating ship and shore


Shipping trends - Business

New Players & Digital alliance Consolidation


New roles in shipping?

Owning Running the business Managing


Shipping trends - Construction

System Integrator

Shipyard consolidations


Shipping trends - Construction


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


Unmanned

vessels


Unmanned trend in society

It is not IF, but WHEN…


Why Unmanned


Cost structure

27 %

17 %

3 % 2 %

7 %

4 %

2 %

38 %

General cargo annual costs

CAPEX

Manning

Insurance

Stores

Maintenance

Management & Administration Lubricating Oils

Fuel


Remote controlled ships - Features

No hotel systems

Lower power demand

Redundant machinery

More cargo

No deck house


Energy reduction

Reduced hotel load: 200 – 270 kW

Wind resistance: ~1% saving Lower weight: 700 – 1 000 ton

Lower operating speed?

- 10-15%


Cost - Transport

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0,50

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1,50

2,00

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Speed [kn]

Transport cost (cost / ton * nm)

Conventional

Unmanned

-22%

20 000 dwt general cargo vessel


Safety

Safer than before

Humans away from danger

No piracy victims

Human error factor

Fewer accidents


What is safe?


Cyber security


Remote and autonomous operation

Remote

Autonomous


Remote and autonomous operation


Remote control in port


Communication

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Remote Operation Center


Leading the development


Development areas

Operation optimization

Health & safety

management

Communications

Remote controlled

systems

Remote control center

Situational awareness

systems

Cyber Security


Rules and Regulations

SOLAS

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Legal aspects

Marine liability

Product liability


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


First movers



First movers



The dawn of the ship intelligence era



The best way to

predict the future

is to create

the future

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