Completed Projects (FY 2019)

List of projects completed by MTI in FY 2019

Ship Innovation

Participation in a research project for planning and developing plans for cooperative autonomous operation of jib cranes and hydraulic excavators for loading and unloading of wood chip carriers

Research on monitoring moisture, permittivity, and conductivity in lubricating oil of diesel engines (Phase 2)

R&D on condition monitoring and maintenance system for marine pumps and mechanical seals

Development of a method for improving safety and economy by preventing accidents of ship engine plants utilizing big data (Fourth year)

R&D on hull-structure-health-monitoring for large containerships (Fourth year)

Creation of a roadmap for the use of hydrogen-related technologies on ships (Phase 1)

Basic study for electrification of ships

Research on monitoring moisture, permittivity, and conductivity in lubricating oil of diesel engines (Phase 3)

Solutions

Development of a support system for voyage planning (Phase 3)

Study on visualization and prediction methods of demurrage risk

Development of data quality management system (Phase 1)

Development of anomaly detection module for LiVE applications (Phase 2)

Research on image recognition technology utilizing small-embedded devices

Basic research and performance verification of energy harvesting technology

LiVE for Chief Engineer (Windows ver.) prototype development and onboard trial implementation (Phase 2)

Study on the possibility of effective utilization of onboard tablets in the engine system (Phase 2)

Study on acquisition and accumulation method of marine meteorological data

R&D Driving

Actual ship trial utilizing parametric approach to simulate conditions in LNG tanks

Development of the LNG LiVE for Shipmanager (Phase 3)

R&D on technology for supporting safe transportation of LNG (Fourth year)

Simulation of the state inside the LNG tanks – Accuracy improvement verification

Research on modification of SIMS primary analysis processing scheme and verification of its effect (Phase 2)

Development of the LNG LiVE for Shipmanager (Phase 4)

R&D on LNG cargo pump open period

Marine Solutions

Research on AI platform related to autonomous ships (Phase 3)

Basic design of advanced ship maneuvering support system

R&D for obtaining concept certification from European classification in the development of manned autonomous ships

Research on ship collision risk judgement and autonomous navigation (Fourth year)

Research on overseas autonomous ship initiatives (Phase 1)

Basic design of advanced ship maneuvering support system (Phase 2)

R&D for obtaining concept certification from European classification in the development of manned autonomous ships (Phase 2)

Study on the use of target object recognition equipment utilizing cameras (Phase 0)

Research on cargo securing evaluation system (Phase 3)

Study on crewless autonomous ships (Phase 0)

Study toward autonomous navigation of coastal coal carriers (Phase 0)

Ship IoT

Improvements and function enhancements of NYK Data Lake for improving the data quality

Participation in Ship Open Simulation Platform JIP (First year)

Research on modification of SIMS primary analysis processing scheme and verification of its effect

Research on risk assessment methods and countermeasures for ship cybersecurity

Function enforcement of onboard infrastructure for data utilization (Phase 2)

Participation in the Smart Ship Application Platform (Phase 3)

Research with NTT toward the practical application of the next-generation ship IoT data platform

Study on the possibility of effective utilization of onboard tablets

LiVE for Chief Engineer (Windows ver.) prototype development and onboard trial implementation

Study on a new CH definition function by users for advanced engine data monitoring (Phase 2)

Participation in Ship Open Simulation Platform JIP (Second year, Phase 2)

Development of an X-Y alarm prototype and organizing the NYK’s anomaly detection alarm system

Research on organization of wireless communication network in engine room and data sharing methods (Phase 2)

Research on onboard communication environment based on future trends

Engine Solutions

Data utilization of internal pressure of main engine cylinder (Phase 2)

Development of automatic performance analysis tool for optimizing hull fouling maintenance

Development of application for promoting utilization of the main engine combustion chamber diagnostic tool

Actual measurement of consumption distribution of ship bottom paint – observation (Phase 1)

Improvement of accuracy of estimated paint consumption by utilizing operational profile

Development of performance analytics method utilizing SIMS data

Quantitative evaluation of performance analytics accuracy utilizing a new multi-layer-measurement-type-sea-speed indicator

Basic study on engine system integration (Phase 2)

Study on simplified observation method of hull fouling condition utilizing cameras

Confirmation of SIM data accuracy and automation of error factor correction processing (Phase 1)

Study on simplified observation method of hull fouling condition utilizing cameras (Phase 2)

Basic study on engine system integration (Phase 3)

Data utilization of internal pressure of main engine cylinder (Phase 2)

Singapore

Participation in a pilot project of tidal power generation