{"title":"Decision-making for cable routing at detailed ship design through life cycle and cost assessment","authors":"Muki Park, B. Jeong, Mingyu Kim","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2020.1804212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2020.1804212","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper was to establish a practical approach to evaluating economic and eco-friendly designs for cable arrangement on the deck-side of offshore vessels. Three credible options were identified: acableway arrangement on the main deck alone; the arrangement using both the main deck and passageways; and the arrangement using passageway alone. Each design option was investigated, and their economic and environmental impacts were quantified in aholistic view by Life Cycle and Cost Assessment. The economic and environmental impacts were normalized into monetary values to evaluate the best design option overall. Results revealed that the cableway arrangement using only passageways was the best solution, showing that the total cost of the design was estimated at 308,573 USD, which was 130,010 USD less than the cost of the worst option using only the main deck. The case study proved the effectiveness of the proposed approach to determine an optimal design from avariety of choices, which offers insight into current problems that have underestimated the influence of ship designs on environmental impact. In order to enhance the cleaner production, the proposed approach can be widely applied to every part of shipbuilding such as designing of hull, piping and outfitting.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131329979","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":"Trend analysis of domestic and international regulations for electric propulsion system","authors":"Seongwan Kim, Hyeon-min Jeon, Jong-su Kim","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2020.1809949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2020.1809949","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT While regulations are being strengthened to prevent air pollution from ships in Korea and other countries, the Korean government has passed the Eco-Friendly Ship Act, which is effective from 1 January 2020. Therefore, for coastal ships constructed in Korea, the emission of air pollutants should be reduced by alternative fuel and improving their propulsion system. Accordingly, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries in Korea has announced a plan to promote the conversion of all 140 government ships into eco-friendly ships using liquefied natural gas or electric propulsion systems by 2030. To apply these propulsion systems, rules, and regulations of the Korea government must first be reorganized. In this study, the type and development trend of electric propulsion systems are reviewed, and trends in regulations for installing electric propulsion systems on ships in various countries, including the United States and Europe, and institutions, including the IEC, IEEE, and International Maritime Organization, are analyzed. Finally, the standardization of the regulation system is discussed to facilitate the introduction of eco-friendly ships to Korea, and relevant implications will be presented.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121152659","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":"Dynamic analysis and management optimization for maritime supply chains using nonlinear control theory","authors":"Truong Ngoc Cuong, Xiao Xu, Sang-Do Lee, S. You","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2020.1784530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2020.1784530","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT As world trade becomes ever more globalised and interconnected, the international maritime supply chains are experiencing challenges as well as enjoying greater business opportunities. Chaotic systems are always described by deterministic laws, however they produce completely erratic and divergent behaviors. The study of system dynamics and management strategy has been promoted to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of chaotic maritime supply chains. This paper deals with a nonlinear control theory for how to intensely explore complex dynamical behaviours in multi-echelon supply chain networks. Also, novel sliding mode controllers are designed to regulate the supply chain management to achieve the control and synchronization of chaotic behaviour of the system dynamics. Extensive numerical simulations have been conducted to validate the efficacy and reliability of the presented control algorithms for maritime supply chains under parametric perturbations and external disturbances.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"2673 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121351059","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":"The IMO Action Plan to Address Marine Plastic Litter from Ships and Its Follow-Up Timeline","authors":"Dae-jung Hwang","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2020.1779428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2020.1779428","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT On a global level, the pollution of the marine environment caused by marine plastic litter is becoming increasingly serious. Even if more than 80% of source of marine plastic litter comes from land-based activities, sea-based activities, such as losing fishing gear at sea, account for a significant amount of marine plastic litter. Accordingly, the discussion on the development of an action plan to address marine plastic litter from ships has begun since the IMO 73rd MEPC meeting. With regard to various measures to reduce marine plastic litter from ships at the international level, in this paper, the following issues will be introduced and discussed: (1) An accidental loss or discharge fishing gear (ALDFG) which has accounted for a significant portion of marine plastic litter from ships, (2) Encouragement for the ratification of the 2012 Cape Town Agreement (CTA) adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which outlines fishing vessel standards and includes other regulations designed to protect the safety of seafarers, (3) Development of a management system on containers lost at sea, which prevents a potential danger to maritime safety and a threat to the environment, particularly with regard to plastics, (4) Timeline of follow-up actions at the IMO level for the action plan to address marine plastic litter from ships. Finally, it emphasizes the fact that various and sensitive issues for solving marine plastic litter problems from ships still remain. Therefore, research in the aspect of related lpolicies and cooperation with related industries should be hightlighted based on the circumstances of each country.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131840795","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":"Autonomous shipping and its impact on regulations, technologies, and industries","authors":"Mingyu Kim, T. Joung, B. Jeong, Han Park","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2020.1779427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2020.1779427","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The introduction of the maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) accompanied by alternative fuels to the maritime industry is about to open a new era and lead to a new paradigm shift in terms of safety, security, and environmental protection. However, there are also some concerns on new technology which also can create new types of risks such as non-navigation risks and cybersecurity threats. This paper presents recent trends for developing autonomous vessels with the introduction of the latest projects around the globe. It also investigates the individual and combined impact of the MASS on regulations, technologies, and industries in response to the new paradigm shift in the maritime sector. Additionally, other key issues including safety, security, jobs and training, and legal and ethics are addressed to find a solution for an efficient, reliable, safe, and sustainable shipping in the near future. It is suggested that holistic approaches for developing the technology and regulatory framework are to be implemented, and the communication and cooperation of multiple stakeholders based on mutual understanding are vital for a successful arrival of the MASS in the maritime industry.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130291013","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 the necessity of integrated evaluation of alternative marine fuels","authors":"Hyungjun Kim, kwiyeon koo, T. Joung","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2020.1779426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2020.1779426","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT On 13 April 2018, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) published an initial strategy on reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships. The ambitious vision of this strategy is to reduce the total annual GHG emissions from international shipping by at least 50% by 2050 compared to 2008. One of the solutions to achieve this vision is to operate vessels on alternative marine fuels that generate less or no GHG emissions, like liquefied natural gas (LNG), hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, ethanol, biofuel, synthetic fuel, electricity (produced by battery), and so on. The challenge is that each alternative fuel has its own characteristic on various aspects. For instance, some alternative fuels may generate no GHG emission but can have higher risk than conventional marine fuel. Other alternative fuels may generate no GHG emission with relatively low risk, but the capital and/or operational expenditure can be significantly higher than other fuels. The main objective of this paper is to explore the properties of selected alternative marine fuels and to emphasize the necessity of integrated evaluation of them. It is concluded that the alternative marine fuels need to be comprehensively evaluated with respect to environmental impact, risk to human, and business value.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116516459","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 analysis of available solutions for commercial vessels to comply with IMO strategy on low sulphur","authors":"N. Cuong, P. V. Hung","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2020.1784080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2020.1784080","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The International Maritime Organization (IMO) strategy reduces ship emission to 2020 and zero in 2050, the ship-owners and ship operators are looking for economic solutions to meet the new emission requirements. The available solutions include using Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) or sulphur-free-fuel, switching form high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) to marine gas oil or distillate fuels, using very-low-sulphur fuel oil or compliant fuel blends and using scrubber/exhaust gas cleaning system on the ship, which allows operation on regular HSFO. The cost of changing and using fuel may be too high as a barrier for Vietnamese ship-owner. Therefore, advantages and disadvantages of available options need to analysis. In this article, the pros and cons of available options were analysed by using thematic PLEET analysis that considering political, legal, economic, environmental, technological and sociological aspects. The results show that using compliant blended fuel is a priority solution for the most Vietnamese commercial ship-owners as well as using LNG fuel will be a solution for building new ships. It is expected that this research would make any contribution to improving the efficiency of commercial ships to satisfy the IMO’s strategy.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125750643","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}
T. Joung, Seong-Gil Kang, Jongkap Lee, Junkeon Ahn
{"title":"The IMO initial strategy for reducing Greenhouse Gas(GHG) emissions, and its follow-up actions towards 2050","authors":"T. Joung, Seong-Gil Kang, Jongkap Lee, Junkeon Ahn","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2019.1707938","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2019.1707938","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT At the 62nd Meeting (2011) of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (henceforth MEPC), the IMO had adopted the proposed amendment adding to the MARPOL Annex Chapter Ⅵ making it mandatory the EEDI (Energy Efficiency Design Index) for new ships as well as the SEEMP (Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan) for all ships. This was eventually for reducing GHG emissions from international shipping vessels, and has been effective since the 1st of January 2013 for ships weighing 400GT. Notably, at the 70th MEPC, the plan to develop a roadmap for the comprehensive IMO strategy on reducing GHGs from ships was approved, and as such, the plans including its short-term, mid-term and long-term measures have been arranged in order to adopt the pertinent strategy by 2023. Following the approved roadmap, at the 72nd MEPC (April, 2018), the first stage of reducing GHG emissions from ships was selected/passed as the Initial IMO strategy for the reduction of GHGs from ships (henceforth Initial IMO GHG Strategy), and at the 73rd MEPC (October, 2018), subsequent programs following the Initial IMO GHG Strategy were arranged. In this paper, the following issues will be introduced and discussed 1) the initial IMO strategy for the reduction of GHG from ships, 2) the contents of the 73 ~ 74 MEPC meeting regarding the follow-up actions related GHG reduction programs until 2023 to be executed (including specific matters concerning the execution of potential short-term, mid-term and long-term measures) 3) the GHG reduction strategies, GHG response policies of IMO member states and 4) finally, trends in technological developments for GHG reduction from ships.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"121 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129013249","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}
Junkeon Ahn, T. Joung, Seong-Gil Kang, Jongkap Lee
{"title":"Changes in container shipping industry: Autonomous ship, environmental regulation, and reshoring","authors":"Junkeon Ahn, T. Joung, Seong-Gil Kang, Jongkap Lee","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2019.1678564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2019.1678564","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper proposes the strategy of container shipping industry in the foreseeable future. Container shipping presently encounters challenges such as excess container capacity, low-freight rate, high-fuel cost, and eco-efficient policy. In addition, the Fourth Industrial Revolution also affects the shipping industry via autonomous ship and reshoring phenomena. The hundreds of zettabytes big data enable deep-learning-based ship design as well as autonomous shipping; the various propulsion types become satisfied with the EEDI requirement; the small- and mid-sized containerships account for the significant portion of container fleets. By considering these key issues, the expectable changes are discussed for sustainable shipping.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130089606","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 basic study on standardization of fire-fighting drill scenarios on board","authors":"Hyo-Sang Sim, Weon-Jae Ha, Young-Soo Park","doi":"10.1080/25725084.2019.1698897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25725084.2019.1698897","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Fire-fighting drill is conducted by the crew assuming that fire is occurred on board; in most cases, engine room drill is carried out due to high possibility of fire occurrence. In general, fire-fighters attempt to extinguish the fire and if fail, the fixed fire extinguishing system is operated. In this connection, fire drill scenario is very important not only for improving crew’s fire-fighting competency but also for fire-fighters’ safety. During the drill, captain should decide fire-fighters’ entry and withdrawal. However, in most vessels, the time to withdraw from the fire scene is not indicated, but the decisions are left to the fire-fighters based on the air bottle’s low pressure alarm. In this study, for a basic study on standardization of fire-fighting drill scenarios, by the experiments on the training ship with apprentice officers and analysis of ship’s drawings, the time required for crew assembling, the arrival time to fire scene, the time to wear fire-fighter’s outfit, the moving time of fire-fighters in fire scene depending on the flat ground or the stairs, and the water pressure in fire hose were considered. Moreover, the allowable time for fire-fighting work was estimated by analysis of working time limitation based on the air consumption of the self-contained breathing apparatus. As a result, basic model standard fire-fighting drill scenario was developed showing the action guideline according to the time elapsed. The model standard scenario can be modified by each ship’s circumstance, and this will be a great assistance to ensure the safety of fire-fighters and ship.","PeriodicalId":261809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129436041","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}