The AUTOSHIP consortium is composed of 10 experienced partners with proved capability to develop and achieve the aims of the project covering a wide geographical representation from 5 European countries. The needed multidisciplinary roles were perfectly considered when the consortium was assembled, covering the essential parts of the developments (KET development,testing, manufacturing, environmental/cost/social life cycle analysis, logistics).
Role in AUTOSHIP:
PNO is the coordinator of the project and hence leader of WP1, Project Coordination and Risk Management. It is also the leader of WP9, where it is involved in the development of the Stakeholder and Market analyses, in the definition of the exploitation plans and in the facilitation of a successful dissemination and transfer of the project results to relevant stakeholders in Europe.
It will also support WP7 and WP8 where a Cost Benefit Analysis of the autonomous ship use case scenario will be completed according to the requested EU standards, along with the development of business cases and a roadmap for the implementation of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships in maritime logistics.
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Kongsberg Digital AS will have a key role providing and developing its simulator suites used for operator training, visualisation, operational evaluation & verification and virtual prototyping including algorithms and functionality for the autonomous vessel and shore control centres. Further, the company will provide Kognifai – a holistic digital platform as a foundation for operation of autonomous vessels, that will provide the infrastructure for advanced analytics and machine learning applications for the Shore Control Centre and other onshore stakeholders, to be able to get a real-time picture of the shi
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KONGSBERG NORCONTROL main work in the project will be to develop and deliver situational awareness, plan, and provide communication technology for the Shore Control Centre (SCC) to have full situational awareness of the area in which their autonomous vessels operate.
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SINTEF Ocean will be a WP leader for WP3 Common challenges, methodologies, standards and tools, WP6 Autonomous Ships public awareness and stakeholder engagement and WP8 Business perspective, Roadmapping and international shipping scale-up requirements. It will also take part as partner or task leader in several of the other WPs. SINTEF will be a relevant asset and know-how provider complementing the Industrial Partners and the Liaison Officer with the SAG (Stakeholder Advisory Group)
Role in AUTOSHIP
In AUTOSHIP, The University of Strathclyde will play a key-role as a leader of WP2 and WP7 whereas contribute to several tasks. It will have key contribution to the scenarios assessment for the 2 demonstrators, development of the framework for the safety and security assurance in Autonomous Shipping, regulatory framework mapping, development of the proposal on the required regulatory framework for submissions to IMO, liability analysis, socio-economic assessment of the autonomous shipping, and the scaling up of autonomous shipping in ocean going maritime transport. Further, through its extensive partners network will contribute to the dissemination of the project results, organisation of the conferences and publications in scientific journals.
Main Role and tasks in the project:
Eidsvaag AS (EAS) will have a key role in WP4, working with Kongsberg on the design, commissioning and demonstration of AUTOSHIP Short Sea Shipping use case and on its commercial introduction within 5 years from the project start (WP9). EAS will also support SINTEF in WP8 in the definition of functional requirements and KPIs for considering autonomous ships as part of a supply chain for establishing a generic business case and for producing the roadmap for successful introduction of autonomous vessels.
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Zulu Associates will provide the operational platform to develop the equipment and practices for the transition of crewed operation to autonomous operation in a real-life situation. A PSB will be used as test bed, not only under test environments, but also in a commercially active environment over an extended period in WP5 to be ready for its commercial introduction within 5 years from the project start (WP9). This will not only enable the consortium to develop all necessary equipment, but will also be used for monitoring the development and operational practices in close cooperation with the relevant authorities and potential clients (WP6-WP7).
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BUREAU VERITAS, as expert classification society, will have a key role in WP2, to map and analyse the existing regulations and rules to be considered for testing and developing the prototypes, also identifying gaps or need for revisions; in WP7 to assess liability scenarios and in WP8 to identify and formulate potential rules amendments and a proposal of the required regulatory framework for operating NGAS in national and international waters for submissions to IMO. Finally, it will be responsible for involving class in project activities (WP9).
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As waterway manager, De Vlaamse Waterweg (DVW) is responsible for the regional legislation concerning inland shipping. In AUTOSHIP, DVW will provide permission to test the Barge in the relevant Flemish waterways environment (WP5), will have a key role in the research on future legal requirements for unmanned vessels on the inland waterways (WP7) and the current legal gaps to enable unmanned shipping on the inland waterways (WP2). DVW will also be crucial in the roadmapping (WP8), having tested the outcomes of the AUTOSHIP research in the relevant Flemish environment.
