Towards Autonomous Shipping – Exploring Potential Threats and Opportunities in Future Maritime Operations

This article presents findings from an ongoing research project aiming to study the future of shipping operations with a specific focus on issues related to human roles, responsibilities and the organization of work. A focus group with representatives for the Swedish shipping cluster (n = 6) and academia (n = 2) has been conducted to explore potential strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) with the developments towards autonomous shipping. The results show an overall concern for how to realize the transition between today’s maritime traffic and a future setting where vessels may be operated from shore. Technology to automate navigational tasks and increase the degree of autonomy in shipping are developing, but more attention needs to be paid to the transition of work that may accompany the ongoing developments. Clear roles, responsibilities and a definition of potential operator competences need to be formulated to ensure a human-centered development for safer shipping.

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  • https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20503-4
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  • https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-20503-4_57
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• Authors:
  • Praetorius, Gesa
  • Hult, Carl
  • Sandberg, Carl
• Conference:
  • International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation (AHFE 2019)
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2019-7-24 to 2019-7-28
• Publication Date: 2019-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: 1
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 633-644
• Monograph Title: Advances in Human Factors of Transportation: Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation, July 24-28, 2019, Washington D.C., USA
• Serial:
  • Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
  • Volume: 964
  • Publisher: Springer International Publishing
  • ISSN: 2194-5357
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/bookseries/11156

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Forecasting; Maritime safety; Ships
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01880619
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9783030205027
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 21 2023 9:51AM