Support system for the operation and management of work vessels for which meteorological and hydrographic conditions are taken into account
Organization: Taisei Corporation
Taisei Corporation has developed an operation and management support system for vessels working on marine construction projects. This system functions by aggregating meteorological and hydrographic forecasts and performance and positional information for each vessel and then providing optimal navigational routes to each vessel.
The provision of detailed information to help set navigational routes, determine whether a vessel should be operated in stormy weather, and decide on ports of refuge – matters conventionally subject to experience-based decisions made by captains – in accordance with the situation affecting each vessel and taking into account meteorological and hydrographic spatial-temporal information, the location of the vessel, and the state of port congestion in each case, has made it possible to support a captain’s ability to made situational decisions, improve the efficiency of vessel operations, and ensure safety. Enabling the state of operations and making the expected dates on which cargo will be loaded and unloaded ascertainable for all applicable vessels also helps improve productivity through the streamlining of work processes.
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(Taisei Corporation, https://www.taisei.co.jp/about_us/wn/2018/180720_4396.html)
SIP Developing Innovative Technologies for Exploration of Deep Sea Resources
The Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) for Developing Innovative Technologies for Exploration of Deep Sea Resources is an ambitious national project spearheaded by the Cabinet Office to meet challenging development goals in terms of everything from basic research to industrialization in a manner that transcends the limitations of any given ministry or agency over a five-year period beginning in fiscal year 2018. Based on the results of the first phase of this program, which begun in fiscal year 2014, the aim is to progressively establish and demonstrate survey and production technologies related to rare earth sediment and other mineral resources and pave the way for formulating a business model toward the future.
(Source: https://www.jamstec.go.jp/sip2/e/)