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MOL 'visualisation at sea' a step to remote control ships
来源：shippingazette.com 编辑：编辑部 发布：2017/12/08 10:46:25
JAPANESE shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced a joint project with Japan Radio and JSAT Mobile Communications that is another step towards autonomous vessel operation
In building a network that shares data recorded in voyage data recorder using Fleet Xpress provided by Inmarsat, a satellite telecommunications service, one can foresee transmitting orders from ashore to a ship afloat.
But as it stands what is envisaged its a real time way of recording and transiting vessel movement, engine rpm, voice communication on the bridge, image data, radar and electronic chart displays.
Conventionally, visual display recorders' (VDR) data is accumulated in its main unit onboard, so the data had to be stored in secondary storage such as hard disk drive and mailed to offices on shore.
This meant shore-side personnel could not access this data during the voyage. And varying postal systems at ports around the world made it difficult to get data on a timely basis.
The new network could receive and monitor VDR-collected information related to various nautical instruments and the main engine of the vessel, and determine the movement of the vessel on the nautical chart by transferring the data to ECDIS.
Past data recorded on VDR can be acquired ashore whenever needed by using satellite telecommunications.
Determining the current navigation status of the vessel allows deeper support from ashore, which in turn enhances operating safety.
In case of an emergency or a marine incident, the data on the vessel's movement from the time the incident occurred can be reproduced in the land-based ECDIS, and voice transmissions and radar images can be confirmed.
The information can be provided to concerned parties swiftly and accurately, in an environment that allows for immediate grasp of the sequence of events related to the incident. This also allows the cause of the incident to be determined more quickly.
MOL positions this success as a major step toward future remote vessel operation technology, having set its sights on expanding its use to every MOL-operated vessel, and continues research aimed at refining the concept of "visualisation at sea."
In building a network that shares data recorded in voyage data recorder using Fleet Xpress provided by Inmarsat, a satellite telecommunications service, one can foresee transmitting orders from ashore to a ship afloat.
But as it stands what is envisaged its a real time way of recording and transiting vessel movement, engine rpm, voice communication on the bridge, image data, radar and electronic chart displays.
Conventionally, visual display recorders' (VDR) data is accumulated in its main unit onboard, so the data had to be stored in secondary storage such as hard disk drive and mailed to offices on shore.
This meant shore-side personnel could not access this data during the voyage. And varying postal systems at ports around the world made it difficult to get data on a timely basis.
The new network could receive and monitor VDR-collected information related to various nautical instruments and the main engine of the vessel, and determine the movement of the vessel on the nautical chart by transferring the data to ECDIS.
Past data recorded on VDR can be acquired ashore whenever needed by using satellite telecommunications.
Determining the current navigation status of the vessel allows deeper support from ashore, which in turn enhances operating safety.
In case of an emergency or a marine incident, the data on the vessel's movement from the time the incident occurred can be reproduced in the land-based ECDIS, and voice transmissions and radar images can be confirmed.
The information can be provided to concerned parties swiftly and accurately, in an environment that allows for immediate grasp of the sequence of events related to the incident. This also allows the cause of the incident to be determined more quickly.
MOL positions this success as a major step toward future remote vessel operation technology, having set its sights on expanding its use to every MOL-operated vessel, and continues research aimed at refining the concept of "visualisation at sea."