scholarly journals Practical solutions for LNG Fuelled Ships

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Lim ◽  
Z Hu
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Critical Parameters ◽  
Shipping Industry ◽  
Maritime Industry ◽  
Marine Fuel ◽  
Technological Readiness ◽  
The Future ◽  
Solid Foundation

Liquified natural gas (LNG) as a fuel source for shipping is a ready-made solution for the maritime industry. LNG is a clean fuel that meets the current environmental regulations set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to lower the sulfur content of marine fuel from 3.5% to 0.5% by January 2020. LNG is also competitive in terms of price and the increasing availability of fueling terminals. This technological readiness promotes the adoption of LNG powered ships, and the demand for such ships is increasing and is projected to increase in the future. LNG fuelled ships (LFS) comply with the tightened emission regulations, and major industry players have predicted that more than 10% of the world fleet will be using gas as a fuel by 2035. The rapid increase in the design and use of LFS has to be carefully monitored to ensure a successful transition. The design of ship and containment systems for LFS is usually carried out using risk-based design processes. Monitoring and advisory solutions are critical to ensure that changes take place in a safe manner. The experience and lessons learned from designing a suitable database framework and data analytics for traditional ship design are presented, and the knowledge transfer and applications for LFS are discussed. Additional critical parameters that are specific to LFS are discussed, and procedures required to ensure quality data collection to provide necessary solutions for the future fleet are presented. The importance of monitoring quality and quantity of the bunkering process with traditional fuel is outlined along with strategies to adopt and promote infrastructure readiness for the increase in LFS use. Data management and big data analysis for decision making is becoming increasingly apparent in many industries, including the shipping industry. Therefore, the inclusion of the systematic design of data acquisition and analytics systems for newly designed LFS is needed. This will accelerate data-driven knowledge generation and design improvements, promote safe and efficient ship operations, and provide a solid foundation for automation. The synergistic blending of solutions from fuel suppliers, engine makers, containment providers, sensor makers, logistics and government will be needed to ensure the global growth and sustainability of LNG fuelled shipping.

Implementation of 5G Communication Network for a Safe Operation of Autonomous and Conventional Ships

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 229-248
Author(s):  
Abdelmoula Ait Allal ◽  
Loubna El Amrani ◽  
Abdelfatteh Haidine ◽  
Khalifa Mansouri ◽  
Mohamed Youssfi
Keyword(s):  
Data Exchange ◽  
Data Rate ◽  
Base Stations ◽  
Low Latency ◽  
Shipping Industry ◽  
Maritime Industry ◽  
Communication Service ◽  
Safe Operation ◽  
The Future ◽  
Maritime Communication

The enhanced automation of the shipping industry has increased the demand of real data exchange. The ship-owners are looking more and more to optimize the operational cost of ship, to monitor remotely the cargo and to ensure a satisfactory level of safety and security, in compliance with the international maritime organization requirements. As per international convention for the safety of life at sea requirements, a conventional ship must carry a global maritime distress safety system, depending on the sea areas where it is operating. We assume that assuring a reliable communication service in the shipping industry is a challenging issue, in an era of internet of things and the need for a ship to be continuously connected to its ecosystem. This connectivity should be with a high data rate transmission. However, the future implementation of autonomous ship beside the existing conventional ship as an alternative for a sustainable maritime industry, requires the implementation of a reliable and cost-effective communication carrier, capable to transfer operational data on live basis from ship-to-ship and from ship-to-shore without interruption with a very low latency. To achieve this goal, we propose in this work, the implementation of 5G network as a maritime communication carrier, using unmanned aerial vehicle base stations, which are placed at optimum positions. This placement results in a maximization of uplink and downlink communication data rate, low latency and efficient optimization of transmission power. These make of 5G a potential maritime communication service carrier, capable to support the safe operation of deep-sea conventional vessels and the future deployment of autonomous ships.

Adapting Tactical Military Structures to the Current and Future Operational Environments

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-162
Author(s):  
Paul Tudorache ◽  
Lucian Ispas
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Organizational Adaptation ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
The Future ◽  
Military Units

AbstractUsing the lessons learned from recent military operations such as Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) from Syria and Iraq, we proposed to investigate the need for tactical military units to adapt operationally to grapple with the most common requirements specific to current operational environments, but also for those that can be foreseen in the future. In this regard, by identifying the best practices in the field that can be met at the level of some important armies, such as USA and UK, we will try to determine a common denominator of most important principles whose application may facilitate both operational and organizational adaptation necessary for tactical military units to perform missions and tasks in the most unknown future operational environments.

Lessons Learned after a Decade of Collaborative Nutrient Removal Research: What’s in the Future?

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (5) ◽  
pp. 615-623
Author(s):  
JB Neethling ◽  
David Clark ◽  
David Stensel ◽  
Julian Sandino ◽  
Roy Tsuchihashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Removal ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Future

Envisioning a Jewish Maritime Space

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Björn Siegel
Keyword(s):  
Interwar Period ◽  
Personal Networks ◽  
Shipping Industry ◽  
Jewish State ◽  
Shipping Company ◽  
Spatial Factors ◽  
Mass Migration ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
The Future ◽  
Theodor Herzl

This chapter examines the ideological and economic dimensions of the Zionist concept “conquest of the sea” that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s by focusing on the role played by Arnold Bernstein in the emergence of an example of a Jewish shipping industry during the interwar period. In 1895, Theodor Herzl characterized the future Jewish state as the end product of an organized mass migration and endorsed the notion of “conquest of the sea” as a necessary component of this process. The chapter first provides a background on the Palestine Shipping Company founded by Bernstein before discussing the spatial factors that influenced the emergence of a Jewish shipping industry. It suggests that the construction of a Jewish maritime “space” was guided by ideological clashes, economic and political interests, and personal networks.

Leadership development in health care: what do we know?

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Edmonstone ◽  
Jane Western
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Executive Directors ◽  
Managerial Leadership ◽  
Leadership Models ◽  
Strong Focus ◽  
The Future

The NHS in England has developed a strong focus on clinical and managerial leadership. The article describes both emerging ideas on leadership models and approaches to developing leaders as a background to the description of two evaluation studies of leadership programmes for executive directors and the lessons learned for the future.

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