• At least as safe as manned shipping? Autonomous shipping, safety and “human error” 

      Porathe, Thomas; Hoem, Åsa Snilstveit; Rødseth, Ørnulf Jan; Fjørtoft, Kay Endre; Johnsen, Stig Ole (Chapter, 2018)
      A paradigm shift is presently underway in the shipping industry promising safer, greener and more efficient ship traffic with unmanned, autonomous vessels. In this article, we will look at some of these promises. The ...
    • Automation and autonomous systems: Human-centred design in drilling and wells 

      Johnsen, Stig Ole; Holen, Siri Mariane; Aalberg, Asbjørn Lein; Bjørkevoll, Knut Steinar; Evjemo, Tor Erik; Johansen, Gorm Idar; Myklebust, Thor; Okstad, Eivind Halvard; Pavlov, Alexey; Porathe, Thomas (SINTEF Rapport;2020:01442, Research report, 2021)
      This report is based on an assignment commissioned by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) with the theme of human-centred design and human-machine interfaces in the development and implementation of autonomous ...
    • Interaction Between Manned and Autonomous Ships: Automation Transparency 

      Porathe, Thomas (SINTEF Proceedings;3, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) is on the research agenda of several countries. In Norway a 120 TEU autonomous container feeder is currently being built. Hopes are attached to safety as well as costs and efficiency ...
    • “Seafarers should be navigating by the stars”: barriers to usability in ship bridge design 

      Danielsen, Brit-Eli; Lützhöft, Margareta; Haavik, Torgeir Kolstø; Johnsen, Stig Ole; Porathe, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Navigating a ship is a complex task that requires close interaction between navigators and technology available on the ship’s bridge. The quality of this interaction depends on human and organisational factors, but also ...
    • Simplifying interactions between autonomous and conventional ships with e-Navigation 

      Porathe, Thomas; Rødseth, Ørnulf Jan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Ships in autonomous mode will for a long time interact with conventional ships with human decision-makers on the bridge. For safety it will be necessary to simplify this interaction and this paper discusses three areas ...