W. Tyasayumranani, Tae-Hyun Hwang, T. Hwang, Ik-Hyun Youn
{"title":"Anomaly detection model of small-scaled ship for maritime autonomous surface ships’ operation","authors":"W. Tyasayumranani, Tae-Hyun Hwang, T. Hwang, Ik-Hyun Youn","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2022.2154116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2022.2154116","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT As the human’s role in the operation of maritime autonomous surface ships (MASSs) is concentrated on less manpower, several issues have been raised regarding the capacity of single manpower. This indicates the necessity of developing monitoring technology for abnormal navigational situations to prevent maritime accidents. Since boating under the influence (BUI) of alcohol is one of the major causes of maritime accidents in Korea, this study focused on BUI of alcohol as abnormal navigation to be monitored. The model suggests a methodology for detecting BUI ships based on their trajectory and behavior. The trajectory and behavior-related features are extracted using AIS and geographic information system datasets and clustered to the anomaly and normal navigation patterns. The proposed model can aid the decision-making of humans monitoring the MASS in detecting abnormal ships in the vicinity of MASSs.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130995466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative safety assessment of LNG re-liquefaction systems applied on LNG carriers","authors":"N. Kapellas, B. Jeong","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2022.2147761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2022.2147761","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This research was aimed to evaluate the safety of the LNG cargo compressor room against unwanted gas leakage from two different re-liquefaction systems applicable for an LNG carrier: 1) the Partial (Full) Re-liquefaction System (P(F)RS) and 2) the combination of Partial Re-liquefaction System and Mixed Refrigerant Re-liquefaction system (PRS+MRS). To achieve this goal, quantitative risk assessment was carried out with the integration of system hierarchical modelling, statistical analysis, and CFD simulation. The frequency of initial leakages, occurring to each component of the re-liquefaction systems, was analysed, whereas for the consequence analysis, a CFD program of PyroSim was employed to simulate the gas dispersion in the confined room fitted with mechanical ventilation systems. In addition, various ventilation capacities were investigated with changes in their allocations in the room in order to determine these parametric influences on the results. The risk level of re-liquefaction systems was determined in a quantitative way. Research results clearly presented the importance of the proper arrangement of the ventilation systems. The risk levels were estimated at 5.6 E-3/year for P(F)RS whereas about 9.6 E-3/year for the PRS+MRS in consideration of current regulations. However, the increase in the ventilation capacity was found to reduce the risk levels. The research findings are highly believed to offer meaningful guidance into future safety regulatory frameworks.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114721144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Introduction of the International Maritime Policy Trend on Underwater Radiated Noise from Shipping","authors":"T. Joung, Dae-jung Hwang, Jung-Gyul Shin","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2022.2152991","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2022.2152991","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this paper, the discussion trend on Underwater Radiated Noise (URN) from Ships being discussed at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting was shared. In some countries, such as Canada and United States, marine mammals such as whales are severely affected by URN from Ships and Offshore plant facilities. In relation to the regulation of URN, internationally agreed regulations such as greenhouse gas reduction from Ships have not been developed, but awareness of seriousness of the URN is gradually increasing. Accordingly, international policy trends and technology trends for URN from Shipping, which are being dealt with in the IMO meeting, were reviewed. The technology for the URN is divided into measurement and reduction, and the reduction of propeller cavitation is being dealt with as a major technical element. Currently, the actual regulation to reduce the URN from ships is the “restriction on the speed of a ship” implemented at the individual national level. In order to develop coherent international rules and regulations, methods for measuring URN and technologies for URN reduction should be continuously developed.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121858772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A study on improving the efficiency of non-isolated buck-boost bidirectional DC–DC converter","authors":"Hyeon-min Jeon, C. Ji, Jae-Won Hur","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2022.2136866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2022.2136866","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In battery-based systems such as hybrid electric propulsion system for ships that use electric propulsion and DC grid, bidirectional converters are often used as interfaces between high-voltage power sources and low-voltage batteries for the purpose of storing excess energy and the fields of application for bidirectional converters are steadily expanding. This study proposes a new bidirectional converter with a high voltage conversion rate and low switch voltage stress. The proposed converter allows current to flow between modules by adding only one capacitor compared to a conventional bidirectional converter. To check the effectiveness of the proposed method, PSIM software by Powersim co. Ltd. was used to perform simulation tests. It was confirmed that the high voltage conversion rate was 4 times that of a conventional bidirectional converter in step-up mode and 1/4 that of a conventional bidirectional converter in step-down mode. Therefore, low-voltage components, such as MOSFETs, GTOs, etc., can be applied in the DC–DC converters thanks to the 1/4 voltage that is required in each switching time.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131550476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risk on design & installation of drag embedment anchor (DEA) for floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT)","authors":"Sang H. Yoon, T. Joung","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2022.2154931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2022.2154931","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this paper, the risks related to the selection, design, and installation of drag embedment anchors for floating offshore wind turbine systems were investigated and reviewed. For the anchor design, the contents related to the applied load angle were summarized. When the mooring line is damaged, the change of the applied load angle for the anchor increases the likelihood of subsequent mooring line damage. The uplift angle of the mooring line around seabed were also reviewed. During mooring anchors installation, the simultaneous installation of multiple anchors needs to be carefully checked in advance. The results of inspection after drag anchor installation are still uncertain. In particular, it was pointed out that a sufficient level of ship specifications should be secured as the anchor installation ships.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"215 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115207487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Decarbonization Trend in International Shipping Sector","authors":"B. Jeong, Mingyu Kim, Chybyung Park","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2022.2156155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2022.2156155","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper was motivated to review and discuss the current issues and challenges for decarbonisation in the international shipping sector. It was mainly focused on international and local efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shipping activities while introducing new strategies, agreements, and regulations to meet the target on GHG reduction levels. It firstly reviewed the impact of the Clydebank Declaration made at 26th UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, 2021. Then, the review was moved to UK and EU policies and activities. Findings from this research offer some insights into local governmental authorities and shipping companies in terms of how to respond to gradually stringent environmental regulations as well as their roles to make the shipping sector cleaner.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128158384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is LNG the solution for decarbonised shipping?","authors":"N. Agarwala","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2022.2142428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2022.2142428","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Paris Agreement has exerted tremendous pressure on the maritime industry to reduce carbon emissions. Since then, the industry has experimented with numerous technological, operational and incentive methods. Even though todate no concrete method or technology has proven to be a potent decarbonisation candidate, using LNG as a bunker fuel has shown some positive prospects in the reduction of atmospheric pollution. While the induction of LNG has been driven by a combination of environmental benefits and attractive fuel prices, especially for new construction, its actual use has received mixed acceptance. These mixed reactions have created a general sense of uncertainty about the benefits LNG can provide towards decarbonisation that has resulted in unease within the maritime shipping industry. Using desk-based qualitative research, the author analyses LNG as a possible fuel to achieve decarbonisation by the maritime shipping industry. In doing so, the evolving controversies associated with acceptance of LNG as a decarbonising fuel to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement have been analysed. Eventually, the future of LNG as an alternate fuel for the maritime shipping industry is evaluated and the role LNG can play as a future bunker fuel for decarbonisation of the maritime shipping industry is discussed.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"87 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131609004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jun-Sick Hwang, Jong-Shin Kim, Hyeon-min Jeon, Seongwan Kim
{"title":"A study on the application of hybrid propulsion system of small size fishing vessels in South Korea","authors":"Jun-Sick Hwang, Jong-Shin Kim, Hyeon-min Jeon, Seongwan Kim","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2022.2149176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2022.2149176","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In order to respond to strengthened environmental regulations, research on various eco-friendly technologies is actively underway in each industry. In particular, in the shipping sector, goals are set and regulations are strengthened step by step to reduce air pollutant emissions by ships. About 62% of the ships registered in South Korea are registered as fishing boats, of which 32% are aged for more than 21 years. Aging fishing boats are the main culprits of reducing fuel consumption efficiency and emitting air pollutants due to poor performance of the institution. In addition, the burden on fishermen is expected to increase as the South Korean government pushes to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which includes a ban on fisheries subsidies. Therefore, in this study, a target ship was designated and the operation pattern of the ship was analyzed to examine the feasibility of applying the engine-electric hybrid propulsion system to reduce air pollutant emissions from ships and increase fuel consumption efficiency.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130803214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paul C. Ezinna, Emmanuel E. Nwanmuoh, Uzochukwu I. Ozumba, Josiah Ogbuka
{"title":"Ocean carrier alliances and the impact on container freight rate","authors":"Paul C. Ezinna, Emmanuel E. Nwanmuoh, Uzochukwu I. Ozumba, Josiah Ogbuka","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2022.2125713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2022.2125713","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Container shipping is widely known as the most cost-effective means of transporting manufactured goods worldwide. However, the current dynamics of the shipping market which started around Q2 of 2020 due to COVID-19 disruption of global supply chain seems to be eroding this inherent benefit of Liner shipping. This study seeks to establish that whilst the outbreak of COVID-19 and disruption of global supply chain may be unplanned, blanking of sails by ocean carriers is planned. Explanatory research method was adopted for the study while market power served as the explanatory framework. Consequently, the study identified indicators of market power that reveal the stronghold of carrier alliances influence in the container shipping market. The study discovered as follows: (i) carrier alliances are critical part of modern shipping and evolving, (ii) skillful capacity management is the New Normal in container shipping, and (iii) final consumers bear the economic brunt of freight rate increases.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124458756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evacuation of ships: Discovering the mishaps behind the casualties","authors":"Antonios Andreadakis, D. Dalaklis","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2022.2129200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2022.2129200","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Safety of crew and passengers has always been a very critical issue for the shipping industry. At the beginning of the previous century, the tragic event of RMS Titanic sinking, can be considered as the triggering event for the introduction of the main regulatory intervention by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in terms of safety: The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). Since that point in time, with the aim to improve the procedures followed during a ship evacuation situation, numerous regulations have been adopted. Unfortunately, especially in relation to large passenger vessels and cruise ships, abandonment procedures remain today largely inefficient; in numerous occasions, an abandon ship situation has resulted into fatalities that were somehow considered avoidable, with the case of Costa Concordia standing out as an example. This paper is attempting to identify the main reasons and conditions behind the mishaps during the evacuation of modern passenger/cruise vessels. The purpose is to provide an understanding and shed light to the inefficiencies existing in the currently followed procedures. Furthermore, the psychological impact that is caused to passengers and crew in chaotic and life-threatening conditions, as the aforementioned situation, is discussed.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128238187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}