Competitiveness of autonomous ship and Norwegian maritime shipping industry
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description: In 2018, the Norwegian fertilizer company ‘YARA’ announced that they are going to build the world’s first fully-electric autonomous container ship with support of the Norwegian government and the cooperation of a few companies from Norwegian maritime industry. This zero-emission autonomous ship would be operational in 2020. This situation has made the Norwegian maritime shipping industry a pioneer.The interest of the maritime shipping industry in the autonomous ship (AS) is caused by the consequences of their intense activities on the environment. Being responsible for almost 90% of the world trade has a negative side. The huge amount of fuel consumption by logistics vessels has caused serious pollution and the future predictions are much worse than the current situation. The maritime shipping industry was looking for a solution that could reduce their negative effect on the environment and give competitive advantages against harsh competition within the shipping industry. It did not take a long time for them to realize the benefits of AS.The aim of this research was to determine the effect of AS on the Norwegian maritime shipping industry by focusing on competitiveness. Until now, the competitiveness of AS was never the main topic for any research. Furthermore, the research was looking for the challenges which AS can experience and the benefits which it can deliver. To be able to do that, this research combined a different kind of research methods such as exploratory, descriptive and explanatory researches. Moreover, the qualitative research design has been chosen for this research because it was the most convenient design to gain an in-depth understanding of AS and gain knowledge about the behaviours of the stakeholders and their shared beliefs about AS. Primary data collection is done by interviewing five key role players within the AS project. Secondary data collection is done by online desk research.The main findings were that AS will deliver competitiveness on…
abstract: In 2018, the Norwegian fertilizer company ‘YARA’ announced that they are going to build the world’s first fully-electric autonomous container ship with support of the Norwegian government and the cooperation of a few companies from Norwegian maritime industry. This zero-emission autonomous ship would be operational in 2020. This situation has made the Norwegian maritime shipping industry a pioneer.The interest of the maritime shipping industry in the autonomous ship (AS) is caused by the consequences of their intense activities on the environment. Being responsible for almost 90% of the world trade has a negative side. The huge amount of fuel consumption by logistics vessels has caused serious pollution and the future predictions are much worse than the current situation. The maritime shipping industry was looking for a solution that could reduce their negative effect on the environment and give competitive advantages against harsh competition within the shipping industry. It did not take a long time for them to realize the benefits of AS.The aim of this research was to determine the effect of AS on the Norwegian maritime shipping industry by focusing on competitiveness. Until now, the competitiveness of AS was never the main topic for any research. Furthermore, the research was looking for the challenges which AS can experience and the benefits which it can deliver. To be able to do that, this research combined a different kind of research methods such as exploratory, descriptive and explanatory researches. Moreover, the qualitative research design has been chosen for this research because it was the most convenient design to gain an in-depth understanding of AS and gain knowledge about the behaviours of the stakeholders and their shared beliefs about AS. Primary data collection is done by interviewing five key role players within the AS project. Secondary data collection is done by online desk research.The main findings were that AS will deliver competitiveness on…
author: Sason, M
language: en
date published: 2019
date modified: 2026-07-24T04:26:17Z
provider: U. of Salford
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: U. of Salford