Opportunities Provided by the Informatıon Sector in the Development of Autonomous Ships
Abstract:
The IT sector, which gave its name to our era, has led to very important changes and developments in the Maritime Industry as well as in many other areas. These changes have been clearly seen in the management of ships and the structure of maritime trade in recent years. Developments in communication, one of the most important elements of the IT sector, have also significantly facilitated communication between ships and land. Today, especially the op portunities provided by wireless data communication and broadband technologies significantly affect the activities of Maritime Operations and the management of ships. As a result of these developments, there have been very important changes in the management of ships traveling in international waters in recent years and in the quality and number of seafarers working there. As a result of the opportunities provided by developing technology, it is now possible to manage and manage a large-tonnage ship, where dozens of seafarers used to work, with a staff of less than 20 people. This situation has led to very important changes in the structure of maritime trade and the management of ships. It is inevitable that the most important contribution of these developments in technology and informatics in the recent period will be seen in studies on “Unmanned Ships”. In an environment where labor costs are constantly increasing, unmanned land management of ships is an extreme ly important development area. Today, the technical possibilities and capabilities reached in the information sector easily allow this. Especially in the field of communication; Developments in the fields of Internet of Things, Artifi cial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Machine to Machine Communication, etc. offer very important opportunities to maritime operations in this regard. The important issue in this regard is to benefit from the developments in the information sector to the maximum extent. In this way, it will be possible to evaluate the possibilities and capabili ties of existing ship systems in the best way and to use ships autonomously in a very short time.
