%D 2019
%T Exploring the barriers and opportunities of the trend towards autonomous shipping
%X The trend towards high automation has also reached the shipping sector, leading to an increasingly gaining momentum for the concept of unmanned and autonomous vessels. This study specifically explores the barriers and opportunities of the trend towards autonomous shipping for two points of view: the general shipping sector and a port environment (case study port of Hamburg). The insights are additionally examined under the umbrella of transition theory. While the possibility to improve navigational safety is the most prominent opportunity, dismal social prospects (e.g. demise of seafaring profession) and the constrained compatibility of the existing legal and regulatory framework (e.g. conventions tailored to manned shipping) stand out as barriers. The results of this thesis are aimed at contributing a new perspective to the yet emerging body of knowledge on the concept of autonomous shipping to aid shipping stakeholders in future decision making and support planners in preparing shipping environments respectively.
%L theses_frw1476
%A Janis Habdank