Technology is in almost every sphere of human’s lives. Is present also in the shipping industry, especially with a higher level of autonomy.
The smart ship and autonomous technologies are examples of developments used in the modern marine sector.
Improvements in shipbuilding (megaships), advanced materials, smart shipping, propulsion, robotics, big data and sensors are making the work on the Earth’s waters easier.
Companies and ship engineers should be aware of these technologies to improve their workforce.
With the tech progression, the marine sector can be safer for the environment and still determine the global market’s escalation.
Technology can help solve environmental problems for shipping and improve operational efficiency. The current rate of innovation is high, especially with the introduction of digitalization and new transformative technologies of cyber-physical systems
Marine technology is defined as "technologies for the safe use, exploitation, protection of, and intervention in, the marine environment."
the technologies involved in marine technology are the following: naval architecture, marine engineering, ship design, ship building and ship operations; oil and gas exploration, exploitation, and production; hydrodynamics, navigation, sea surface and sub-surface support, underwater technology and engineering; marine resources (including both renewable and non-renewable marine resources); transport logistics and economics; inland, coastal, short sea and deep sea shipping; protection of the marine environment
The future presents many challenges, but also there are a lot of new opportunities for the maritime and shipping sectors.
Technology can help solve environmental problems for shipping and improve operational efficiency, while sustainable technologies can help develop ocean space and protect the environment.
The current rate of innovation is high, especially with the introduction of digitalization and new transformative technologies of cyber-physical systems. However, predicting which of these technologies will change shipping, logistics, ocean production and operations is challenging in itself.
From the earliest period of settlement, colonial Americans took advantage of cheap, available timber resources to build ships for fishing, commerce, and trade. Shipbuilding was particularly strong in New England, where, by the time of the Revolution, one new vessel was being launched every day. For most of the eighteenth century, ships were built according to traditional English construction practices, with few innovations. Shipping was dominated by smaller, slow-sailing carriers differentiated only by the number of masts, rigging plan, and size of hull. During the Revolution, construction of privateers provided shipbuilders with experience in designing faster, sleeker vessels. The post-Revolutionary economic recovery and
Marine technology is related to the marine science and technology industry, also known as maritime commerce.
The Office of Housing and Economic Development in the defined marine science and technology industry as any business that deals primarily with or relates to the sea.
A marine science industry includes businesses and technologies, research facilities, and higher education learning institutions. Companies and businesses involved in marine science and industry produce products such as ropes used for commercial fishing, undersea robotics, and stabilized sensor systems.
The marine science industry has five sub-sectors, namely marine instrumentation and equipment, marine services, marine research and education, marine materials and supply, and shipbuilding and design
Answering the need for speed, many builders modeled their ships after the "Baltimore clipper," a late-eighteenth-century Chesapeake design that maximized the amount of sail and cut through the waters with sharp ends and a deep keel. The deep keel proved problematic, as many ports had only shallow harbors. The solution was the centerboard, or "drop keel," which could be moved up and down in a watertight case to give the vessel a deep keel for fast sailing or a shallow draft for navigating in port.
The centerboard had been invented in the 1770s, but problems with the watertight case kept it from general usage until it was perfected in 1814.
The War of 1812 again provided shipbuilders with opportunities to design fast ships for privateers. After the war, high-risk ventures such as slaving, opium smuggling, and coffee and fruit trading kept shipbuilders competing to build faster ships with greater cargo capacities. This competition kept the fast-ship building tradition alive and proved crucial in establishing the basic designs for the great clipper ships of the 1840s.
Population growth increases the demand for food, energy and water, which will lead to an increase in the demand for water transport, renewable energy and water-based food production.
Water transport will remain the most economical means of transporting raw materials, finished goods, fuel, food and water globally. Infrastructure and links with all other modes of transport will grow and adapt in response. Maritime transport, including inland waterways, will also become an integral part of an efficient multimodal long-distance supply chain.
The growth of global trade and water transport activities will create significant new opportunities for the European maritime industry, which has a track record of providing sophisticated and innovative products and services with high added value.
The speed of innovation is accelerating, especially with the emergence of new digital industrial technologies known as Industry 4.0, which rely on transformational cyber physical systems (CPS) technologies.
These systems are a combination of several major digital innovations poised to transform the industry. These technologies include cloud computing, blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT) and sophisticated sensors, data collection and analytics, advanced robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Industry 4.0 will transform the management of interconnected systems and will become a key element in both smart manufacturing and delivery, as well as increasing competitiveness. However, predicting which of these technologies will change maritime transport and blue growth opportunities remains challenging for the future
Digitalization and communication technologies will create new services to support transport chains, and supply chains will become more integrated for all modes of transport. In the maritime transport sector
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