Project: Greater autonomy in the operations of ships and offshore platforms

Objective:

The project team has developed a suite of technologies that:

• dynamically positions and navigates the ship autonomously
• monitors environmental disturbances, predicts performance and provides decision support for facilitating safer operations
• uses advanced data analytics to minimize false alarms in the control room and improve the overall operations

Deliverable:

The deliverables include an artificial intelligence–machine learning technique based on a real-time smart localized ocean-environment sensing/monitoring system, a model-based dynamic risk assessment and a decision-support system tool for enhancing safety, autonomy and economic performance of ships and offshore platforms. This collaborative project will help ensure better performance of autonomous ships and drilling/production offshore platforms with enhanced operational safety and security.

Collaborators:

• Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering Research Centre
• Memorial University of Newfoundland

Project team:

• Dr. Shameem Islam, Senior Research Engineer, Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering Research Centre, NRC
• Dr. Syed Imtiaz, Department Head and Professor, Department of Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland
• 2 Masters students, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland
• 1 PhD student, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland
• 1 post-doctoral fellow, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland