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Autonomous ships for container shipping in the Arctic routes
Munim, Z.H.; Saha, R.; Schøyen, H.; Ng, A.K.Y.; Notteboom, T.E. (2022). Autonomous ships for container shipping in the Arctic routes. J. Mar. Sci. Technol. 27(1): 320-334. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00773-021-00836-8
In: Journal of Marine Science and Technology. Springer: Tokyo. ISSN 0948-4280; e-ISSN 1437-8213, more
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Keyword
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Autonomous ship; Arctic shipping; Multi-criteria decision-making; Northern sea route; Best-worst method

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  • Munim, Z.H.
  • Saha, R.
  • Schøyen, H.
  • Ng, A.K.Y.
  • Notteboom, T.E., more

Abstract
    This study investigates the competitiveness of various autonomous ship categories for container shipping in the Arctic route. We propose a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) framework using four ship categories as alternatives and eight criteria for competitiveness evaluation. We analyse collected data using the Best–Worst Method (BWM), one of the recently developed MCDM methods. The findings reveal that operating expenses, navigation aspects, and environmental protection are the three most important criteria for deploying autonomous ships in the Arctic route. Among the three investigated autonomous ships alternatives, the semi-autonomous ship operated from a shore control centre (SCC) is prioritized for Arctic shipping in the foreseeable future, when benchmarked against the conventional ship. The SCC-controlled semi-autonomous ship alternative is competitive in the majority of the considered criteria including operating expenses, capital expenses, navigation, ship-shore and ship–ship communication, search and rescue, and environmental protection.

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