DSS-DC - Decision Support System for Ships in Degraded Condition
Overview
Background & policy context:
Integrating technologies for waterborne driving, piloting and manoeuvring assistance to improve safety and maximise the effective capacity of the infrastructure, including the secure transportation of hazardous goods.
Designing user-friendly driver interfaces based on human-centred design philosophies taking into consideration bio-mechanical ergonomics, injury reduction measures, environment perception and effective lay-out of signalling and piloting information for improved safety in waterborne transport.
Objectives:
The overall objective of DSS-DC project was to minimise the risk of loss of lives, damage to the environment and loss of value caused by breakdown of critical ship systems. The focus of the project was to develop:
1. Decision Support System (DSS) for handling of ships in degraded condition:
- loss of propulsion;
- damage to manoeuvring systems;
- flooding / damaged stability;
- sealoads / hull damage / structural integrity;
- grounding assessment.
2. Remote monitoring, decision support and crisis assistance;
3. Integrate on-board sensing and monitoring systems with modules for Technical Condition Management;
4. Consequence assessment of intentional grounding;
5. Onshore processing of data.
Methodology:
The project aimed at adding functionality to existing modules to make them function in an integrated environment, both on ship and shore.
The following work packages were defined:
- Project management
- Map processes, decision makers and information requirements
- System specification
- Man-machine interface and system integration
- DSS for operation with degraded manoeuvring-/propulsion-system
- DSS for operation with collision/hull damage
- DSS for intentional grounding
- Technical condition management
- Weather and sea routing
- Shore-ship data transfer and data handling
- Installation and demonstration
- Review and update system
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