Evaluation of the using autonomous marine vehicles in the commercial maritime transportation from the point of view shipowners

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 223 - 244, 25.03.2025

Ramazan Eyüp Gergin

https://doi.org/10.51513/jitsa.1612848

Abstract

Technological changes contributing to development of the commercial maritime transport both affects the pecuniary elements of the enterprises and enhance the competitiveness. Technology of autonomous marine vehicles have been developing fastly in the last decade. But, the feasibility and application potential of the autonomous marine vehicles for commercial maritime transportation is not still clear. The main purpose of the research is to evaluate the criteria affecting the autonomous marine vehicles for using in the commercial maritime transportation point of view the shipowners. For the purpose, the criteria which affecting the autonomous marine vehicles for using in the commercial maritime transportation are determined with a literature search. Intuitionistic Fuzzy SWARA (IF-SWARA) method is utilized to importance weight of the criteria which affecting the autonomous marine vehicles for using in the commercial maritime transportation. According to the results of the application carried out, it was idetificationed that the most important criterion in regards to importance weight among the criteria which affecting the autonomous marine vehicles for using in the commercial maritime transportation was Operational Costs (ODA1) with 0.1913 importance weight.

Keywords

Autonomous marine vehicles, intuitionistic fuzzy mcdm, commercial maritime transportation

Otonom deniz araçlarının ticari deniz taşımacılığında kullanımının donatanlar açısından değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Ticari deniz taşımacılığının gelişimine katkı sağlayan teknolojik değişimler işletmelerin maddi unsurlarının yanı sıra rekabet güçlerini de arttırmaktadır. Otonom deniz araçları teknolojisi ise son on yılda hızla gelişmektedir. Ancak, otonom deniz araçlarının ticari deniz taşımacılığı için uygulanabilirliği ve uygulama potansiyeli hala belirgin değildir. Bu araştırmanın temel amacı otonom deniz araçlarının ticari deniz taşımacılığında kullanımına etki eden kriterlerin önem ağırlıklarının donatanların bakış açısıyla değerlendirilmesidir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda otonom deniz araçlarının ticari deniz taşımacılığında kullanımını etkileyen kriterler literatür araştırması ile belirlenmiştir. Otonom deniz araçlarının ticari deniz taşımacılığında kullanımını etkileyen kriterlerin önem ağırlıklarının hesaplanmasında Sezgisel Bulanık SWARA (IF-SWARA) yönteminden yararlanılmıştır. Yapılan uygulamanın sonuçlarına göre otonom deniz araçlarının ticari deniz taşımacılığında kullanımını etkileyen en önemli kriterin 0,1913 önem ağırlığı ile İşletme Maliyetleri (ODA1) olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

Otonom deniz araçları, sezgisel bulanık çkkv, ticari deniz taşımacılığı

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