Author(s)

R.S. Burns

Abstract

An intelligent automatic guidance system for surface ships R.S. Burns ABSTRACT For the European maritime industry to retain an edge over its competitors, it must provide a cheap cost effective, efficient service to the customer. In providing such a service safety levels cannot be compromised and indeed should be enhanced. It is a false economy to employ poorly trained crews on ill-equipped ships as such operations carry increased risk of accidents, collisions and equipment failure, and frequently leads to loss of life and damage to the environment. The only realistic solution, as some industrial nations have realised, is to gain competitive edge by exploiting current and future technology to its full extent. This paper considers the possibility of a fully automatic intelligent integrated ship guidance system that is able to track, with a high degree of accuracy, a pre-defined state trajectory. Built within the system is the ability to make decisions when there i

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