Splash247: Researchers test automated vessel operations in Copenhagen Harbour

Researchers from the ShippingLab project SLGreen have carried out an experimental campaign in Copenhagen Harbour using the DTU (Technical University of Denmark) research vessel Dana IV.

During the test, the team collected live data from multiple sensors installed on both the vessel and on land. The setup mimics the future operation of a highly automated commercial vessel leaving port under the monitoring of a pilot station.

The experiment also marked the first opportunity to collect data using the project’s newly integrated land-based sensor platform, which combines camera-based sensing and mm-wave radar technology from Navtech Radar.

By combining and analysing data from both shipborne and shore-based sensors, the researchers can explore new opportunities in resilient pilot operations, monitoring the integrity of shipborne data transferred to the pilot station, and multi-view visualisation of ship operations through the fusion of shipborne and land-based data.

When Dana IV returns to Copenhagen later this month, the experiment will be repeated – this time capturing data from a vessel entering the port, creating two complementary data sets for the continued research in SLGreen.

ShippingLab is supported by Innovationsfonden, Den Danske Maritime Fond, DS Norden, and Lauritzen Fonden.