Design of smart ships for the IoT

Ships vessels are like small or not so small, cities or industries. These kind of artifacts can take advantage of the developments on IoT to deliver smart vessels to improve operation, usability and profitability for shipowners, users and workers. To introduce the different possibilities of IoT in vessels it is needed to start from the initial concept and the initial design. This paper presents some ideas on how to make a ship conceptual design from the very beginning by taking into account the necessities of the different components of a ship in order to be connected in the world of the IoT. For making this design it is necessary to use advanced tools capable of incorporating the latest achievements in the IoT and to manage all this complexity.