Operational Management of Intelligent Unmanned Vehicle Carrier “ZHUHAIYUN”

Abstract

The research status of operational management for research vessels is reviewed in this paper. The reviewed literature are analyzed from four topics, i.e., operation and management, evaluation of research vessel, voyage sharing and coordination, and others. By investigating four national organizations, research vessel owner, we summarized the operational management experience from five aspects, i.e., scientific survey, ship and research equipment asset, ship operation, ship and equipment safety, and the crew. Taking “ZHUHAIYUN” as an example, this paper uncovers that a ship with characteristic of research vessel and intelligent ship may face three challenges, i.e., without operational management experience for intelligent ships, lack of professional human resources, unestablished organization. To overcome these challenges, the current operational management practice of “ZHUHAIYUN” is introduced from five points, i.e., building the prototype of operational management center, establishing the ship management system, constructing professional team, and developing oceanic culture in the South China Sea. The results provide reference for operational management of both new-building research vessels and intelligent ships.

Keywords

• intelligent ship
• research vessel
• zhuhaiyun
• operation and management