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

By K. Wróbel, Jakub Montewka, Pentti Kujala. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2017

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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 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.

Subfields: Mechanical Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Statistics and Probability

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