A-Navigation
A-Navigation is a new stage in the development of shipping and navigation technologies, heralding the era of unmanned navigation
Autonomous navigation technologies enhance navigation efficiency and safety by reducing the impact of human factor
Sitronics KT is developing breakthrough solutions for outfitting autonomous vessels as part of the USC-MF project;Sitronics KT is developing the world’s first commercial solutions for outfitting autonomous vessels as part of the breakthrough USC-MF project
While Steor is designing a platform for debugging and testing cutting-edge technologies
Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS)
architecture
A modern vessel carries dozens of hi-tech solutions ensuring safety and maximum awareness of the situation, both inside and outside
MASS
ENVIRONMENT
ANALYSIS
Information processing and integration subsystem
Automatically integrates the data from all navigation devices onboard the vessel, data from optical surveillance system, and satellite data
Search and surveillance system
Automatically detects and recognizes surrounding objects and transmits information about them
DECISION-MAKING AND MANEUVERING
Autonomous Navigation
System
Automatically detects navigational hazards and makes maneuvering decisions
Coordinated motion control system
Automatically maintains selected heading of the vessel
VESSEL STATUS MONITORING
Technical equipment monitoring system
The remote control center operator uses the system to monitor the engine and technical equipment
Remote control panel
Provides full-scale control of all MASS systems from the shore, i.e., outside the vessel, and can also be installed onboard the lead ship within a convoy of vessels
Onboard surveillance subsystem
Facilitates remote surveillance of ship areas and devices, automatically generates alerts, and can connect to preinstalled traffic safety cameras
MASS in Sea Transport Segments
Advantages
- Reducing the number of crew onboard, reducing the impact of human factor
- Prediction and prevention of accidents based on algorithms for maneuvering and divergence with dangerous targets
- Ecological disaster prevention
- Reduction of direct expenses for maintenance of merchant and industrial fleet
- Automatic and remote control of vessels directly from the shipowner’s office
- Centralized control of a vessel convoy at minimal cost
A remote control panel can be installed not only on-shore, but also on the lead ship to control the movement of other vessels within the convoy
The crew boards the MASS tech complex only for maintenance and are not involved in vessel control
Steor DSS Platform
An unrivaled platform for the development of unmanned navigation technologies using computer simulation in a virtual environment
Project completion will help lift the barriers to using MASS technologies through elaborating amendments to regulatory legal acts, eliminating shipowners’ concerns about network security, and increasing the proficiency of ship and port personnel
of shipowners will use MASS
by 2050
Maritime Outlook Report 2018 Research by Norwegian Shipowners’ Association
Advantages
The platform’s capabilities can be implemented both in the Russian civilian market and the international market
is scheduled for 2022
is scheduled for 2022
