Towards unmanned cargo ships

Kooij, C.

doi:10.4233/7f26d675-4e27-4ddb-bc84-1daa0f3d2eb2

Towards unmanned cargo ships

A task based design process to identify economically viable low and unmanned ship concepts

Doctoral thesis (2021)

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C. Kooij Ship Design, Production and Operations

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Ship Design, Production and Operations

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:7f26d675-4e27-4ddb-bc84-1daa0f3d2eb2

Greedy algorithm Design process Unmanned ships Low-manned ships Autonomous ships

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2021

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English

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Research Group

Ship Design, Production and Operations

Abstract

Unmanned and low-manned transport has increasingly been studied this past decade. While there have been successful trials for autonomous navigation, unmanned cargo ships are not commercially available yet. First, this dissertation investigates how changes to a ship’s systems and organizational structure can affect the crew’s size and composition. Then, a cost benefit analysis determines the economic viability of these concepts. This research concludes with feasible intermediate steps between a conventional ship and a fully unmanned ship.

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