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Study Towards a 21st-Century Intelligent Ship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

Yukito Iijima
Affiliation:
(Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine)
Shogo Hayashi
Affiliation:
(Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine)

Extract

The current state of the shipping and ship-building industries indicates that they are having difficulty surviving. This is especially so in Japan, which imports oil, ores, food and most of the materials used in manufacturing products for the domestic and foreign markets. The issue of maintaining stable and effective transportation overseas is, therefore, vital.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright The Royal Institute of Navigation 1991

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