Towards the assessment of potential impact of unmanned vessels on maritime transportation safety

dc.contributorAalto-yliopistofi
dc.contributorAalto Universityen
dc.contributor.authorWróbel, Krzysztofen_US
dc.contributor.authorMontewka, Jakuben_US
dc.contributor.authorKujala, Penttien_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Energy and Mechanical Engineeringen
dc.contributor.groupauthorMarine Technologyen
dc.contributor.organizationGdynia Maritime Universityen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T08:29:42Z
dc.date.available2017-05-11T08:29:42Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-01en_US
dc.description.abstractThe prototypes of unmanned merchant vessels are expected to come into service within the coming years. The main line of argument supporting their introduction pertains to the increase in navigational safety, which is expected to be achieved by reducing the frequency of human-related accidents on board ships, by removing the crews. On the other hand, the response of unmanned ship to potential accidents is still uncertain. With enthusiasm on one side and apprehension on the other, the literature lacks an objective study on the effect of unmanned ships on safety of maritime transportation. This paper constitutes an attempt to bridge the aforementioned gap by applying a framework based on what-if analysis to a hundred maritime accident reports. The aim of the analysis is to assess whether the accident would have happened if the ship had been unmanned, and once the accident had happened - would its consequences have been different. The results obtained reveal that the occurrence of navigational accidents (e.g. collision, grounding) can be expected to decrease with the development of unmanned ship. However the extent of consequences resulting particularly from non-navigational accidents (e.g. fire, ship loss due to structural failure) can be expected to be much larger for the unmanned ships when compared to the conventional ones.en
dc.description.versionPeer revieweden
dc.format.extent15
dc.format.extent155-169
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationWróbel, K, Montewka, J & Kujala, P 2017, ' Towards the assessment of potential impact of unmanned vessels on maritime transportation safety ', Reliability Engineering and System Safety, vol. 165, pp. 155-169 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2017.03.029en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ress.2017.03.029en_US
dc.identifier.issn0951-8320
dc.identifier.issn1879-0836
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dc.identifier.urihttps://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/25635
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:aalto-201705114019
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRELIABILITY ENGINEERING AND SYSTEM SAFETYen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 165en
dc.rightsopenAccessen
dc.subject.keywordAutonomous vehiclesen_US
dc.subject.keywordHazard analysisen_US
dc.subject.keywordMaritime accidentsen_US
dc.subject.keywordMaritime safetyen_US
dc.subject.keywordResilience engineeringen_US
dc.subject.keywordUnmanned shipsen_US
dc.titleTowards the assessment of potential impact of unmanned vessels on maritime transportation safetyen
dc.typeA1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessäfi
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