Manoeuvring and Controlling Ships in the Vicinity of Structures

diving bell ship "Archimedes"
The picture shows the new diving bell ship "Archimedes", which will be used as an experimental carrier in the project.
Source: Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration

In the project, the R&D partners SCHOTTEL GmbH, SICK AG, the University of Rostock and Wismar University of Applied Sciences have set themselves the task of developing a functional demonstrator of a new type of AMP Manoeuvring System.

The Advanced Manoeuvring Pilots (AMP) focus on manoeuvring ships in the vicinity of underwater structures which, due to their shapes, can alter manoeuvring movements and make steering difficult when interacting with the ship. 

The software system to be developed by Wismar University of Applied Sciences, Department SAL, Institute ISSIMS for the generation of a test and the simulation environment as well as for the simulation-based manoeuvre planning, supervision/monitoring of the execution and adaptation to current deviations is an outstanding possibility for increasing the safety and effectiveness in the manoeuvring of real ships.

In this project, the specific requirements of manoeuvring in the vicinity of structures are to be solved in particular: In addition to the integration of the structural description, this requires the representation of the influence of the manoeuvring behaviour in the vicinity of real structures, both in the modelling for the simulation and in the simulation algorithms for the prediction of real ship trajectories.


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