ZHANG Baochen, Executive Vice President Of China Institute Of Navigation, Was Invited To Give A Lecture On “Intelligent Shipping” On The National Science Popularization Day At China Energy Group

The National Science Popularization Day was officially kicked off on September 15, 2022, and the related activity lasted for one week. In order to further integrate the promotion of scientific spirit with the development of enterprise science and technology innovation, on September 20, invited by China Energy Group Shipping Company, ZHANG Baochen, Executive Vice President of China Institute of Navigation (CIN), gave a lecture on “the development trend and progress of navigation science and technology” at the central group study of the Party Committee of the company and the intelligent shipping lecture on National Science Popularization Day 2022.

(Fig.1 at the event)

ZHANG Baochen, from a professional point of view, introduced 6 aspects including navigation and science’s connotation and extension, China’s development status, and international development trend and characteristics, the relationship between intelligent ships and intelligent shipping, the latest achievements of China’s ship intelligent navigation technology, and the forecast of China’s intelligent shipping technology and industry development, which enhanced people’s understanding for navigation science and technology and other important new technologies such as intelligent shipping.

(Fig. 2 ZHANG Baochen, Executive Vice President of CIN)

When elaborating the connotation and extension of intelligent shipping and the difference and connection of intelligent shipping, intelligent ship and intelligent navigation, ZHANG Baochen emphasized that the current translation of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) introduced by IMO is not accurate, because three of the four classes of MASS are not autonomous, and only MASS4 is autonomous, so MASS should be translated as intelligent navigation ship.

(Fig. 3 the definition of intelligent shipping)

In addition, ZHANG Baochen also introduced the achievements of the National Key R&D Program-12.1 Key Technology of Intelligent Navigation and Control of Ships Based on Ship-Shore Collaboration. The project has complemented a number of international and domestic technologies and achieved the independence and control of intelligent navigation system.

(Fig. 4 China’s first autonomous container ship-“Zhifei”)

In the forecast of the development of China’s intelligent shipping technology, ZHANG Baochen introduced that according to the “The Forecast of the Development of China’s Intelligent Shipping Technology and Industrialization” issued by CIN, by 2035, intelligent shipping technology and industrialization in China will generally reach the international leading level, and the new shipping industry of full intelligence will basically take shape, with the percentage of coastal remotely piloted and autonomous ships exceeding 30%.

The special lecture of National Science Popularization Day was hosted by XING Chenghai, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the shipping company. A total of more than 200 people, including leaders and staff representatives of the company, attended this lecture online or offline.