In the field of intelligent ships, it is still a blue ocean!

03 | Intelligent ships represent the future direction of shipping

According to the "In-depth Research and Investment Prospects Analysis Report on the Development of China's intelligent ship Industry (2023-2030)" released by the Research Report network, in recent years, China has continued to strongly support technological innovation in the field of Marine ships, focusing on increasing domestic equipment research and development efforts. Domestic substitution has risen to a national strategy, and in the release of the "Smart Ship Development Action Plan 2019-2020", China has also clarified the key tasks to be solved in the development of smart ships.

In addition, with the rapid development of China's Marine industry and the rapid progress of science and technology, electronic information technology is playing a more and more important role in shipbuilding and the field, and has become an important support for the shipbuilding industry. At present, smart ships are also a clear focus of development in the "Made in China 2025", which represents the future direction of ships and is related to the transformation and upgrading of the shipping industry.

In 2021, the market size of China's smart ship industry was 40.48 billion yuan, down 22.62% from the previous year. In 2022, the market size of China's smart ship industry was 43.26 billion yuan, reversing the downward trend, mainly because of the gradual recovery of downstream demand.

In the past five years, the market size has been relatively stable. Intelligent ship hardware equipment is the specific carrier of intelligent ship, including various sensing equipment, communication equipment, navigation equipment and so on.

04 | The market demand for smart ships will continue to increase

From the perspective of China's ship ownership, in recent years, China's ship ownership has declined, but the overall level is maintained at a high level, and in 2022, China's ship ownership is 125,400, which continues to maintain a downward trend.

At present, the overall scale of China's shipbuilding industry has entered the ranks of the world's major powers. From the changes in the share of China's shipbuilding industry in the world shipbuilding market in recent years, it can be seen that the proportion of China's shipbuilding industry in the global market is rising significantly, and China has become one of the world's important shipbuilding centers. In the long run, with the intelligent development of the shipbuilding industry, the demand for smart ships will continue to increase.

05 Jingtai view | At present, the field of Marine AI is still a blue ocean

At present, the field of Marine AI is still a blue ocean, and domestic intelligent shipping has just started, and the intelligent upgrade of shipping is a track worthy of attention.

From the perspective of merchant shipping operations, smart ships are mostly still in the stage of application of intelligent ship technology. At the same time, there are experts working on autonomous smart ships, which may be the highest version of smart ships. There may be many transitional versions in the middle, such as remote-controlled ships. With the continuous improvement of ship automation, the operating system of shipping companies will also undergo subversive changes. The application of intelligent technology in merchant ships corresponds to the operating system of shipping companies, and shipping companies are constantly improving their operational capabilities and the entire operation plan through intelligent means.

As the inevitable trend of future ship development, intelligent ships are also the mainstream leading the development of the future shipping era. Although the existing technology level has not been able to achieve autonomous navigation and commercial operation, with the continuous progress of digital and intelligent technology, coupled with the rapid development of the Internet of Things, information technology, artificial intelligence, and 5G communication technology, the development prospects of intelligent ships are promising.