Assessing innovation in transport: an application of the Technology Adoption (TechAdo) model to Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS)

Maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) have received significant attention recently both by academia and industry to the point that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) started a regulatory scoping exercise. So far, most of the discussions have been solely focused on technical developments, thus overlooking the complex array of socio-economic and policy factors. This paper aims to fill this gap by comprehensively analyzing MASS development. The authors develop and apply a novel model of technology adoption (TechAdo) to holistically assess MASS as an innovation. By triangulating the data from elite interviews, with work at the IMO and a systematic literature search, they show that MASS is in development but still in its infancy. The authors' analyses show that factors in the enabling environment (social acceptance, regulation, and governance), along with human capital, are overlooked and need to be considered by research and policy.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.09.005
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X21002705
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2021 Tiago Fonseca et al . Published by Elsevier Ltd. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Fonseca, Tiago
  • 0000-0002-4923-7442
  • Lagdami, Khanssa
  • Schröder-Hinrichs, Jens-Uwe
• Publication Date: 2021-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 182-195
• Serial:
  • Transport Policy
  • Volume: 114
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0967-070X
  • Serial URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/096707X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Autonomous vehicles; Shipping; Ships; Technological innovations
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01785148
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 22 2021 9:02AM