Title: The use of automatic communication system on an example of a conversation between m/v Corvus J and m/v Baltic Ace

Author/Authors: Anna Wójcik, Paweł Banaś

Place of publication: Annual of Navigation, vol. 25, pp. 267-274

Year: 2018

Keywords: automatic communication, reasoning mechanism, knowledge base

Abstract: Article presents the applications designed to perform automatic communication as a support for navigators steering their ships. Authors took into consideration the conversation between navigators in the collision situation that occurred at North Sea basin. The performed incorrect communication has been presented and alternative to it has been proposed. The results of simulation made with use of the prototype of automatic communication and negotiation system has been shown.

Title of monograph: European Navigation Conference 2017

Title of chapter: Proof-of-concept demonstrator to Improve Safety of Maritime navigation in the Baltic Sea

Author/Authors: Sarang Thombre, Robert Guinness, Heidi Kuusniemi, Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Paweł Banaś, Piotr Wołejsza, Olli Seppälä, Juhani Laukkanen, Philippe Ghawi

Year: 2017

Keywords: Decision support system, situational awareness, crowdsourcing, navigation

Abstract: This paper describes the proof-of-concept demonstrator implemented as part of the project Enhanced Situational Awareness to Improve Maritime Safety in the Baltic (BONUS ESABALT). The demonstrator represents the system as used in different classes of vessels including leisure craft (small boats), larger ships, and authority vessels. Various validation scenarios are implemented to demonstrate the system functionality, for example application of ESABALT to aid in recovery operations after an oil spill, rerouting in the presence of significant sea-ice, aiding vessel navigation in case of a GNSS interference event, and situations where multiple ships are in distress. The demonstrator is implemented on a laptop computer and using the FURUNO FFSC-200 software environment, FURUNO Finland FICE-100 ice radar and FOIL-200 oil radar, live ship data from AIS receivers, dashboard camera, and the FURUNO Navisimu simulator environment. The simulated data include AIS tracks, radar echo and tracks, and small boat tracks. The paper also describes the implementation challenges, quality of service factors, and results of the economic and non-economic viability analysis of the proposed ESABALT system for potential full-implementation in the future. This study shows that the system would be cost-effective and the benefits to international cooperation, maritime safety, and environmental monitoring would outweigh the management costs necessary to sustain it.

ISBN: 978-1-5090-5922-5

Title: Analysis and generation of messages in an automatic communication system at sea

Author/Authors: Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Paweł Banaś, Paulina Hatłas-Sowińska, Piotr Wołejsza

Place of publication: Archives of Transport System Telematics, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 38-44

Year: 2017

Keywords: automatic communication, message interpretation, navigation

Abstract: The development of unmanned remotely controlled and autonomous vehicles necessitates seeking new and improving existing systems of communications between such objects themselves and control or monitoring centers. This applies to maritime transport and other areas of transport. The article characterizes communication processes between the navigators on ships taking place via VHF in view of their automation. Some of the issues concerning analysis processes of message reception and generation of outgoing messages resulting from automatic reasoning are discussed. We also consider selected operations: message parsing, interpretation of data concerning the context and generation of outgoing message. An example is given of the analysis of the received message and corresponding answer.