17-03-04

Maritime Informatics
– enabler for efficient, safe, and
sustainable sea transports

Mikael Lind
Gothenburg University & Viktoria Swedish ICT
(Mikael.Lind@viktoria.se)

THE CRITICAL PROBLEM

•  Burning fossils causes global warming

•  Commercial shipping cannot readily transiMon
to renewables
•  Need to pursue energy efficiency
•  The invisible fuel
•  Challenging and changing environment
•  Safety constraint
•  The mariMme industry needs a research
agenda to address these issues

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IMPORTANCE OF SHIPPING

•  MariMme transport is essenMal for the world

economy
•  Approximately 90% of the world’s trade
carried by sea
•  Economic impact of USD 436 billion
•  4.3% growth rate in 2012
•  2.7% of esMmated global CO2 emissions in
2007
•  Will grow 2-3 Mmes by 2050

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Some facts and improvement potential

•  A container vessel consumes 240 tons of fuel at full speed

(23 knots) and 40 tons of fuel at 10 knots
•  20 % of all ships anchor 18 hours in average outside
Gothenburg
•  Savings for a large shipping line (40 000 port calls per year)
is between 65 MUSD and 130 MUSD for just-in-Mme arrival
•  It is esMmated that 25% of total turnaround Mme (TTT) in
ports are unnecessary Mme. A reducMon of 17 % can take
away one vessel in a route of 5 legs, 5 ships, using 4 ships
•  A reducMon of 20 minutes of TTT would mean savings of
1,3 MUSD (for 800-900’ TEU / year) and 2,5 MUSD (for >
3,5 MTEU / year)

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MariMme
InformaMcs

The applicaMon of
informaMon systems
to increasing the
efficiency, safety,
and ecological
sustainability of the
world’s shipping
industry

Shipping company:
Vessel operaMon
Maintenance
Classifica-on society: Voyage
CerMficates of compliance (CoC) Crew
Cargo operaMon Cargo owners:
… Cargo cerMficate/declaraMon
P & I Clubs: Cargo related contracts
Insurance Claims

Port:
Agent
VTS
Port Authority
Terminal Flagstates:
Security MariMme AdministraMon
ETA Pilot boarding
ETA Tugboats
Linesmen
Bunker/Sludge
Freshwater Government organiza-ons: Port State Control:
Garbage Customs Customs
Provisions Coast Guard Coast Guard
Crew change Police Police
Military Military
MariMme AdministraMon MariMme AdministraMon
Health AdministraMon Health AdministraMon

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The shipping industry is

a Capital creaMon
system

An economy (village,
…organizaMon, …,
earth) is a capital
creaMon system that
generates capital
through capital
conversion

Information management in sea transports

P Many compeMng autonomous actors with their own systems/
R soluMons
O Vendor specific soluMons
B
L Sub-opMmized informaMon sharing
E High entry barriers for new service providers
M
Lack of standards for informaMon sharing and service interacMon

N
E A common service distribu-on and informa-on sharing plaCorm
E promo-ng TRUSTED, NON-PROPRIATORY, AND FEDERATED
D COLLABORATION

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The need for synchronization and

optimization

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Conclusion
  SOEs arose to enable trading

  Shipping has been an SOE for

thousands of years

  IS research has enhanced hierarchies

and markets

  This research agenda addresses the

relatively neglected domain of SOEs

  Maritime Informatics as a new

subfield of IS