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Safety at sea
Artificial assistance at the helm
Buoyed by advancements in AI, automation technologies and navigation systems are becoming increasingly prevalent in shipping. Usage is minimal so far, but in the future, this technology could play a vital role in reducing the risk of cruise ship collisions. Jim Banks speaks to Tony Boylen, principal specialist in assurance of autonomy at Lloyd’s Register, and Dor Raviv, co-founder and CTO of Orca AI, about potential uses.
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he shipping industry is not always keen to invest in new technologies until their benefits are proved beyond all doubt, so it may be surprising that passenger ships and cargo freighters are already embracing the latest advances in automation, namely AI and machine learning. These two entities are today’s engines of automation, as they enable systems to learn from a mass of data too large for a human brain to process and utilise, and their potential for improving performance is being leveraged in every industry sector. Currently, their use in shipping is limited and experimental, but they could soon have a dramatic impact on the safety of vessels at sea. There are parallels with self-driving cars, which can navigate busy roads while passengers take a
back seat, though fully autonomous guidance of cargo ships or cruise vessels may not be the goal for the industry just yet.
“Autonomy really relates to the navigation of a ship using digital means, a vessel that is able to undertake a predefined voyage with a reduced level of direct on-board control,” says Tony Boylen, principal specialist in assurance of autonomy at Lloyd’s Register. “There are different levels of autonomy, ranging from on-board supervision and remote watchkeeping, to remote oversight of fully autonomous functions.”
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