Integrated planning in autonomous shipping—application of maintenance management and KPIs

Abstract

Within the maritime sector, a vision has been established which comprise safe, sustainable and efficient waterborne transport (1), competitive European waterborne industry (2), and growth in transport volumes and changes in trade patterns (3). This vision, in combination of increasing interest for reducing operating costs, has resulted in the concept of “Autonomous Ship” and unmanned shipping. In order to realise this concept in the operation phase, a robust maintenance concept must be developed. The purpose of this paper is therefore to evaluate a maintenance management concept for unmanned shipping based on a storyboard approach. In particular both maintenance key performance indicators (KPIs) and technical issues such as leakage through piston rings are evaluated in this maintenance concept. The result in this paper is an Integrated Planning concept for unmanned shipping. This planning concept will enable faster and better decisions between the maintenance department and other offices which are responsible for operating the vessels. As a conclusion both leading and lagging KPIs must be included in IPL and aligned with existing Asset Management standards.