Researchers from Novia’s Maritime RDI set out to answer a broad question about the limitations of shore-based intervention in connection with the Remote Pilotage MVP project.
In a recently published article in IOP Science the team presents a condensed version of their concept of operations, outlining the foundations of future designs of remote pilotage systems.
Their research follows three phases:
- mapping current pilotage practices and regulatory frameworks,
- analyzing human factors, especially how shared situational awareness impacts safety and efficiency, and
- combining the results to create a robust, globally applicable model for industrial-scale remote pilotage.
The article also lists twelve recommendations for ensuring safety, efficiency, and service quality in future designs of shore-based systems.
“As we enter the final phase of our research, we aim to complete our model by reflecting more deeply on the operational aspects of remote pilotage as well as on the user needs revealed by our human factors analysis,” says project manager Lukas op de Beke.
The article’s co-authors were research manager Mirva Salokorpi and project researcher and psychologist Jukka Häkkinen.
