Evaluating the Benefits and Costs of Broadband VMS+ IoT Solutions for Fishing Vessel Performance, Diagnostics, and Safety at Sea in New England

项目说明(摘要)： 美国和世界各地的大多数工业商业渔船仍然依赖于 过时的窄带船只监控系统(VMS)、甚高频无线电，有时 昂贵的卫星电话用于船只跟踪和紧急通信。他们有 几乎无法获得实时天气预报、风向信息、海浪高度，甚至 周围船只的位置。用于船舶诊断的船上传感器，船舶 性能和安全往往分散在船周围，而不是集成或经常 可用于实时通知和监控。为了应对这些挑战， 渔业伙伴关系支持服务(FPS)将与综合监测(IM)合作 和罗德岛州商业渔业中心(CFCRI)试验一种新型的 舰队上基于宽带/无线技术的船舶监控系统(VMS+) 罗德州联邦政府允许的20艘中型到大型商业渔船 小岛。 对于这个项目，我们将测试和评估这些传感器/监视器的核心集合，这些传感器/监视器与 船舶安全和性能的关键领域。这些包括：无线舱底警报，高 水警报器、温度传感器、AIS探头、发动机热像仪和甲板 用于活动识别(AI)和对机组人员进行记录的“智能”摄像头。IM将整合 这些传感器和监视器以及从任何标准中提取的其他传感器信息 已在船上的NMEA 2000设备(例如发动机、测深仪、导航 仪器等)，并将其整合到单个在线界面中(实时显示， 或‘船长门户’)通过直接去往/来自船只的开放的、加密的API。 预计这项研究将对参与研究产生重大的近期影响 船舶来自新的物联网工具，应可改善船舶监控和性能； 增强通信和连接；并促进远程诊断和 提高了海上安全。在这种类型的VMS+IoT之后，将产生更长期的影响 解决方案经过测试和评估，有关最佳使用和实践的信息 通过这个项目传播；到那时，我们预计更广泛的行业将 开始大规模采用来自多家供应商的这些技术，这些供应商可能 走进这个空间。FPS和CFCRI将在帮助翻译方面发挥关键作用 这项研究通过一系列专门的“安全技术”付诸实践 研讨会。

Project Description (Abstract): Most industrial commercial fishing vessels in the US and around the world still rely on outdated, narrowband vessel monitoring systems (VMS), VHF radios, and sometimes expensive Sat-phones for vessel tracking and emergency communication. They have very little access to real-time weather reports, wind information, wave heights, or even the location of surrounding ships. Onboard sensors for ship diagnostics, vessel performance, and safety are often scattered around the ship, and not integrated or often available for real-time notification and monitoring. To address these challenges the Fishing Partnership Support Services (FPSS) will work with Integrated Monitoring (IM) and the Commercial Fisheries Center of Rhode Island (CFCRI) to trial a new type of vessel monitoring system (VMS+), based on broadband/wireless technology, on a fleet of twenty mid to large size federally permitted commercial fishing vessels in Rhode Island. For this project, we will test and evaluate a core set of these sensors/monitors related to key areas of vessel safety and performance. These include: a wireless bilge alarm, high water alarm, temperature sensors, AIS probes, engine thermal camera, and deck ‘smart’ camera for activity recognition (AI) and keeping account of crew. IM will integrate these sensors and monitors with other sensor information pulled from any standard NMEA 2000 devices already onboard (e.g. engine, depth sounder, navigation instruments, etc.), and combine it all into one single online interface (real-time display, or ‘captains portal’) via open, encrypted APIs directly to/from the vessel. It is expected that this research will show significant near-term impacts for participating vessels from the new IoT tools that should improve vessel monitoring and performance; enhance communication and connectivity; and facilitate remote diagnostics and improved safety at sea. Longer term impacts will accrue after this type of VMS+ IoT solution is trialed, evaluated, and information about best use and practices is disseminated through this project; at which point, we expect the broader industry to begin adopting these technologies at scale from a variety of vendors who will likely come into this space. The FPSS and CFCRI will play critical roles in helping to translate this research into practice through a series of dedicated ‘Technology for Safety’ workshops.