HANSA 12-2017

Schiffstechnik | Ship Technology
shipyards and personal data (e.g. health
monitoring) from the crews and workers.
This might lead to perspectives on ship
design, construction and operation. We
can make quantitative and rational decision,
going beyond traditional intuition
and experience.
Research looks into new ways of interacting
with computers. New computer
architectures mimic the human brain
(neuro-synaptic computing). Future connection
of the human brain and the computer
may expand human capabilities; it
may be possible to transmit one’s intention
by downloading from the brain to a
computer. Inversely, it may be possible to
upload knowledge and skills. The craftsmanship
of workers may be transmitted
directly to the brain (such as neuro-feedback
technique) rather than through instructing
words or texts. Our notion of
training through a tedious process of
nurtured may become history. When this
comes to happen, it will have a major impact
to our society, especially to education
and training schemes.
In any case, ICT technology plays a key
role for innovations in various fields. Advanced
ICT skill will be required by our
maritime workforce and this has implications
also on education.
Kohei Matsuo (M.) bekam den »Inspiring VisionaryAward« von HANSA-Autor Hans Payer
und HIPER-Veranstalter Volker Bertram überreicht
Photo: HANSA
Transport and Logistics
A variety of players in the retail and logistics
industries are competing to build
new infrastructure and business models.
We see the emergence of large, highly automated
logistics facilities with the ultimate
goal to deliver products at customers’
specifications whenever and wherever
they want it. It is inevitable that this trend
will come to the field of shipping as well.
Land-based and sea-based logistics will
be tightly connected.
Various technology start to emerge to
make shipping more competitive, such
as the use of drones, unmanned operation
of ships and ports, new ship concepts
(such as cargo ships with changing hold
arrangement changes for each voyage), or
optimizing operations and logistics based
on Big Data analysis. In addition to optimized
transportation, we may also see
new business models such as adding value
to the cargo while transporting it.
IoT technology and Big Data analyses
are already used for condition based maintenance
schemes and performance monitoring
of ships. In the future, we will see
increasingly unmanned operation of ships.
Environment and Energy
Similar as for cars and planes, we will see
shipping move towards low and eventually
zero CO2 emission scenarios. The vision
of a future zero emission ship (ZES)
combines various energy-saving technologies
and sources of renewable energy,
such as wind and solar power, bio-fuels,
tapping into wave and tidal energy.
Hydrogen technology will play a key role,
as hydrogen allows effcient storage of energy
generated offshore, such as wave and
wind energy, solar power or even artificial
photosynthesis using offshore algae
farming.
In general, sustainable shipping will
play an increasing role. As we need to
protect and preserve the habitat environment
of our oceans, management of
biological resources and water in a sustainable
way will result in the demand for
a “Non-negative Effect Ship” (NES). Design
and operation of ships will then be
aligned with this ultimate goal.
Survey on individual element
technologies
• 116 promising future ship technologies
were grouped in 6 technical fields:
• Materials
• Design and construction of ships
• Ship operation and maintenance
• Transportation and logistics
• Propulsion and engines
• New ship types (Other technologies)
For each element technology, time span
of R&D and impact to maritime industry
were estimated, leading to priority
ratings for:
• CFRP material
• Self-healing material
• Virtual ship laboratory
• 3D printing (additive manufacturing)
• Laser technology (cutting, welding,
bending, etc.)
• Autonomous or unmanned ship
• Robotics (manufacturing robot, drone,
nano robots, etc.)
• Asset Visibility
• Big Data analysis of logistics data
• Superconducting technology
• Hydrogen energy
Author: Kohei Matsuo,
National Maritime Research Institute,
Tokyo/Japan, kohei@nmri.go.jp
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