DECEMBER 2018 • FOGHORN 41 MEMBERNEWS IMTRA COLORS 2016 Primary Use Secondary Use Blue Pantone 647 96C 54M 5Y 27K Pantone Cool Gray 7 20C 14M 12Y 40K Pantone Cool Gray 2 5C 3M 5Y 11K Black 0C 0M 0Y 100K Pantone 368 65C 0M 100Y 0K Pantone 629 36C 0M 9Y 0K The Trusted Source for Quality Systems THRUSTERS • LIGHTING • SEATING • TRIM CONTROL • WIPERS • CONTROLS www.imtra.com 102 121,4 56 Innovative technology developed by PVAAssociate member Rolls-Royce was on display earlier this month when an European ferry operator suc- cessfully demonstrated the world’s first fully autonomous ferry in Finland. The car ferry Falco, used a combina- tion of Rolls-Royce Ship Intelligence technologies to successfully navigate autonomously during its voyage. The return journey was conducted under remote control. During the demonstration, the Falco, with 80 invited VIP guests aboard, conducted the voyage under fully autonomous control. The vessel detected objects utilizing sensor fusion and artificial intelligence and conducted collision avoidance. It also demonstrated automatic berthing with a recently developed autono- mous navigation system. All this was achieved without any human inter- vention from the crew. The ferry is equipped with a range of advanced sensors that allows it to build a detailed picture of its sur- roundings, in real time and with a level of accuracy beyond that of the human eye. The situational awareness picture is created by fusing sensor data and it is relayed to ferry opera- tor’s remote operating center on land, some 50 kilometres away. From there, a captain monitors the autonomous operations, and can take control of the vessel if necessary. During the autonomous operation tests, Rolls-Royce has so far clocked close to 400 hours of sea trials. The Rolls-Royce Autodocking system is among the technologies that has been successfully tested. This feature enables the vessel to automatically alter course and speed when ap- proaching the quay and carry out automatic docking without human intervention. During the sea trials, the collision avoidance solution has also been tested in various conditions for several hours of operation. Earlier this year Rolls-Royce and Finferries, the Finnish-state operator of the car ferry, began collaborat- ing on a new research project called SVAN (Safer Vessel with Autonomous Navigation), to continue implement- ing the findings from the earlier Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications (AAWA) research project, funded by Business Finland. The Falco is a 53.8-metre double- ended car ferry, which entered service in Finland in 1993. It is equipped with twin azimuth thrusters from Rolls- Royce. To see this demonstration, go to https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=JW57ZMjL_fc. n Rolls-Royce Technology Made the World’s First Fully Autonomous Ferry Possible in Europe