Safe marine operations during the digital transformation

数字化转型期间的安全海上运营

• 批准号: 570684-2021
• 负责人: Veitch, Brian
• 金额: $ 6.72万
• 依托单位: Memorial University of Newfoundland
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=722397
• 关键词: Safe; marine; operations; during; digital

The digital transformation is having profound effects on Canada and indeed the world. The pace of change is increasing and Canada needs to prepare if we are to embrace the opportunities afforded by this fourth industrial revolution. Visions of the future include a digital St Lawrence seaway navigated by autonomous ships, and offshore energy installations operated remotely from onshore control centres. En route to the imagined future, the introduction of each new technology brings with it the potential to disrupt operations at the "sharp end" of the working environment where personnel execute their jobs. The project - Safe Marine Operations During the Digital Transformation - is concerned with the safety of complex marine operations as the requisite operating skills and performance expectations of personnel change over time due to continual disruptions arising from the digital transformation. Our goal is to ensure that transformative changes in workplace operations are made safely by developing a human-centred approach to assessing, predicting, and improving human reliability and performance. Our focus is on safety-critical marine operations that are dangerous or relatively infrequent and therefore difficult to prepare for through conventional on-the-job experience. We prototype two examples of technology that can be introduced on the bridge of ships: one to help the operator execute safety critical ice management operations, the other to aid safe navigation through pack ice. We use ship bridge simulators as the venue for experiments to assess the efficacy of the technology in terms of its impact on human performance and operations safety. Such experimental methods will help ensure that the technologies of the digital transformation will be demonstrably safer by design. We also investigate the utility of the simulators as means to improve human reliability and expertise in advance of shipboard operations. Such training technology will help ensure that personnel will be equipped with the expertise to operate safely at the sharp end of the digital transformation.

数字化转型正在对加拿大乃至世界产生深远影响。变革的步伐正在加快，如果我们要抓住第四次工业革命提供的机会，加拿大需要做好准备。未来的愿景包括由自动驾驶船只导航的数字圣劳伦斯海道，以及从陆上控制中心远程操作的海上能源设施。在通向想象中的未来的路上，每一项新技术的引入都有可能扰乱工作环境中工作人员执行工作的“尖端”的操作。项目--数字化转型期间的安全海上作业--涉及复杂海上作业的安全，因为由于数字化转型造成的持续中断，人员的必要作业技能和业绩预期会随着时间的推移而发生变化。我们的目标是通过开发一种以人为中心的方法来评估、预测和提高人的可靠性和绩效，确保安全地进行工作场所运营中的变革性变化。我们的重点是安全关键的海上作业，这些作业是危险的或相对不常见的，因此很难通过传统的工作经验进行准备。我们制作了两个可以在船桥上引入的技术的原型：一个是帮助操作员执行安全关键的冰管理操作，另一个是帮助安全地通过厚冰航行。我们使用船桥模拟器作为实验场所，以评估该技术在对人类性能和操作安全的影响方面的有效性。这些实验方法将有助于确保数字转型的技术在设计上明显更安全。我们还调查了模拟器的实用性，以此作为在舰船操作之前提高人的可靠性和专业知识的手段。这样的培训技术将有助于确保人员拥有在数字化转型的尖端安全操作的专业知识。