Despite the concept of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) being in the limelight of
research and development effort within the shipping industry, there are still some existing …

The 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 …

While IMO's e-Navigation project's scope is to enhance safety of navigation by improved
ship-to-shore-cooperation, the EU's FP7 project MUNIN's aim is to develop a concept for an …

As the initiatives to develop and implement autonomous merchant vessels into the global
shipping industry are gaining momentum, their safety remains in the spotlight. It is argued …

During the last decade, a series of autonomous vessels projects have been conducted
strengthening the vision of the positive impacts on human safety, cost savings and …

The MUNIN project is doing a feasibility study on an unmanned bulk carrier on an
intercontinental voyage. To develop the technical and operational concepts, MUNIN has …

Maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) have gained increasing attention from both
academia and industry. The safety of MASS is a critical concern of maritime stakeholders …

This paper presents a numerical model for the smart detection of synchronous and
parametric roll resonance of a ship. The model implements manoeuvring equations …

Taking into account the autonomous navigation system design and today's state of the art
navigation with regards to weather and collision avoidance this paper presents the …

It is expected that the prototypes of unmanned merchant ships will be deployed in the next
few years. However, there is no specific research on whether the introduction of unmanned …