Decision Support System for Ships in Degraded Condition

Project Information

DSS_DC

Grant agreement ID: 506354

Start date 1 January 2004

End date 31 December 2007

Funded under

• Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 4 118 890,00

EU contribution € 2 350 000,00

Coordinated by

NORSK MARINTEKNISK FORSKNINGSINSTITUTT
Norway

Exploitable results

Decision support system for damaged ships

There has been decision support system created for ships in degraded conditions consisting of following modules: Model for interaction and cooperation on board and on shore during emergencies This objective has been covered through the development of a number of emergency scenarios for a tanker and a cruise ship. The scenarios have been discussed with relevant crew and used as a basis for new system architecture for cooperative decision support. Alarm mapping and alarm prioritization The project has also carried out a survey on a tanker and on a number of cruise ships to check how the types and number of alarms influence the work processes both in normal and emergency situations. Physical architecture and the multi-function console The infrastructure and the MFC illustrated above will be implemented and demonstrated on board a tanker and a cruise ship and integrated with a number of DSS modules. Multi-function console (MFC) A central component of DSS-DC is the multi-function console. This may be implemented as a stand alone emergency and safety management system on less complicated ships or as an integrated status and information display on more complex ships. Degraded manoeuvring and propulsion – DMP The degraded manoeuvring and propulsion system (DMP) is a decision support system for the master of a vessel that is restricted in its ability to manoeuvre either due to damage or environmental effects or both. The DMP will attempt to automatically diagnose the extent of any disability in the ship by comparing the control signals and the actual manoeuvres. Hull damage and effects of weather and operation on hull strength The Collision/Hull Damage (CHD) module will provide information on-board and on shore related to the ship’s strength in damaged or degraded condition. Intentional grounding (DIG) This module will provide information onboard and ashore on the likely consequences if the vessel is grounded or stranded at a given site. Technical condition monitoring (TCM) In general the purpose of the TCM methodology is to provide an intuitive presentation of the present technical condition of a system (plant, ship, ship-system, etc). Weather and sea routing (WRA) The weather and sea routing advice module (WRA) is a decision support system for the master of a vessel to either plan a cruise or to evaluate different remaining opportunities for the vessel in a degraded condition situation. Ship-shore communication (SSC) The main idea with this module is to reduce workload for the crew with communicative tasks in a degraded condition situation. A second aim is to have the communication as efficient and as clear as possible.