Navigating the Future: Developing Smart Fairways for Enhanced Maritime Safety and Efficiency
The maritime industry is rapidly evolving with digital technologies, aiming to enhance efficiency, safety, and sustainability. Recent interest has focused on autonomous vessels and the digitalization of ports, yet fairway development has lagged behind. To effectively support the growing digital and...
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| author | Marikka Heikkilä Heidi Himmanen Olli Soininen Sanna Sonninen Jukka Heikkilä |
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| description | The maritime industry is rapidly evolving with digital technologies, aiming to enhance efficiency, safety, and sustainability. Recent interest has focused on autonomous vessels and the digitalization of ports, yet fairway development has lagged behind. To effectively support the growing digital and autonomous marine traffic, it is essential that fairways are also upgraded and modernized. Addressing this need, this study examines key elements of Smart Fairways, with a particular focus on Finland’s maritime infrastructure. This research contributes to the development of the Smart Fairways concept by identifying five foundational and ten advanced Smart Fairway service elements. The main finding highlights the foundational role of communication systems in the development of more advanced Smart Fairway services such as Enhanced Vessel Traffic Service, Port just-in-time Service, Remote Pilotage, and Digital Twin of the Physical Fairway. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-02c447c1cd1e4b43b17ee1d6e1f49b532024-02-23T15:23:18ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122024-02-0112232410.3390/jmse12020324Navigating the Future: Developing Smart Fairways for Enhanced Maritime Safety and EfficiencyMarikka Heikkilä0Heidi Himmanen1Olli Soininen2Sanna Sonninen3Jukka Heikkilä4Centre for Collaborative Research, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, FinlandDigital Connections, Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom, 00059 Traficom, FinlandFintraffic Vessel Traffic Services Ltd., 20101 Turku, FinlandFinnpilot Pilotage Ltd., PL 520, 00100 Helsinki, FinlandInformation Systems Science, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, FinlandThe maritime industry is rapidly evolving with digital technologies, aiming to enhance efficiency, safety, and sustainability. Recent interest has focused on autonomous vessels and the digitalization of ports, yet fairway development has lagged behind. To effectively support the growing digital and autonomous marine traffic, it is essential that fairways are also upgraded and modernized. Addressing this need, this study examines key elements of Smart Fairways, with a particular focus on Finland’s maritime infrastructure. This research contributes to the development of the Smart Fairways concept by identifying five foundational and ten advanced Smart Fairway service elements. The main finding highlights the foundational role of communication systems in the development of more advanced Smart Fairway services such as Enhanced Vessel Traffic Service, Port just-in-time Service, Remote Pilotage, and Digital Twin of the Physical Fairway.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/12/2/324fairwaysmart fairwaydigitalizationcommunicationinfrastructureremote pilotage |
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| title | Navigating the Future: Developing Smart Fairways for Enhanced Maritime Safety and Efficiency |
| title_full | Navigating the Future: Developing Smart Fairways for Enhanced Maritime Safety and Efficiency |
| title_fullStr | Navigating the Future: Developing Smart Fairways for Enhanced Maritime Safety and Efficiency |
| title_full_unstemmed | Navigating the Future: Developing Smart Fairways for Enhanced Maritime Safety and Efficiency |
| title_short | Navigating the Future: Developing Smart Fairways for Enhanced Maritime Safety and Efficiency |
| title_sort | navigating the future developing smart fairways for enhanced maritime safety and efficiency |
| topic | fairway smart fairway digitalization communication infrastructure remote pilotage |
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