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ICT for Sustainable Shipping

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When Titanic hit an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland in 1912, information about drifting icebergs had not reached the ship officers and navigators, and it took a long time before nearby vessels received a request for assistance. Maxim Gorkiy, which sailed into an ice belt southwest of Svalbard in 1989, experienced a similar lack of information. The hull was damaged, and passengers, crew, and ships were rescued due to extremely good weather conditions and courageous on-scene commanders. For both accidents, had the navigators on board received information in time, they would have been able to choose another and safer route, and the accidents could have been avoided.

From the Titanic days up to now, the ICT maturity has grown rapidly. We are also heading for digital transformation in shipping, that we do not know the consequences of, but we know that shipping sector will be changed, and the ICT will be one of the most important driving factors for sustainability. In parallel with the development, we must ensure that the human interactions will be taken care of. Therefore, the introduction of new technology should include the “human in the loop,” the user aspects, and must have focus on the integration between Man, Technology, and Organization (MTO).

In this chapter we will describe some of the central ICT solutions used for sustainable shipping and the way they are operated and give examples on existing and future trends that influence sustainability where the ICT’s role in the process is elaborated.

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Abbreviations

4C:

Commitment, competence, continuous learning, collaboration

AI:

Artificial intelligence

AIS:

Automatic identification systems

AR:

Augmented reality

BP:

British petroleum

CFD:

Computational fluid dynamics

DNC:

Digital Nautical Charts

DSC:

Digital selective calling

ECDIS:

Electronic Chart Display and Information System

ENC:

Electronic Navigational Charts

FAL:

The convention on facilitation of international maritime traffic

GMDSS:

Global Maritime Distress and Safety System

GT:

Gross tonnage

IAMS:

Integrated alarm and monitoring systems

IAS:

Integrated automation system

ICT:

Information and communication technologies

IMO:

International Maritime Organization

IO:

Integrated operations

IOT:

Internet of Things

IPL:

Integrated planning and logistics

IT:

Information technology

ITS:

Intelligent transport systems

MIMS:

Maritime Information Management System

MSW:

Maritime Single Window

MTO:

Man, Technology, and Organization

OT:

Operational technology

PCS:

Port community system

RPM:

Revolution per minute

S-AIS:

Satellite AIS

SW:

Single window

TOS:

Terminal Operating System

TSW:

Trade Single Window

VR:

Virtual reality

VTMIS:

Vessel Traffic Management and Information Services

VTS:

Vessel traffic services

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    Kay Fjørtoft & Svein Peder Berge

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Fjørtoft, K., Berge, S.P. (2019). ICT for Sustainable Shipping. In: Psaraftis, H. (eds) Sustainable Shipping. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04330-8_4

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