Unmanned merchant vessels in Man Over Board (MOB) operations
Korppi, Sami (2019)
Korppi, Sami
2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019121326455
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019121326455
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The aim of this work is to evaluate, how an unmanned ship could assist other vessels and persons in the sea in Man Over Board (MOB) situations. According to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, all ships have to assist other vessels or persons in distress regardless of the circumstances. Unmanned vessels cannot have an MOB situation themselves, but they can be of assistance to other vessels.
The development of unmanned ships has so far concentrated largely on navigation and situational awareness. The technology developed for navigation could be used also for managing distress situations. Distress situations require information of the surroundings of the vessel, communication and navigational functions.
In this work, the whole chain of events in a distress situation is evaluated: recognizing exterior distress signals or identifying a MOB situation, search of a person or life raft in the sea and assisting persons. The evaluation is based on international regulation, earlier research, expert views on technical and regulatory development and the writer's own experiences of working at the sea.
The development of unmanned ships has so far concentrated largely on navigation and situational awareness. The technology developed for navigation could be used also for managing distress situations. Distress situations require information of the surroundings of the vessel, communication and navigational functions.
In this work, the whole chain of events in a distress situation is evaluated: recognizing exterior distress signals or identifying a MOB situation, search of a person or life raft in the sea and assisting persons. The evaluation is based on international regulation, earlier research, expert views on technical and regulatory development and the writer's own experiences of working at the sea.