COLREG and MASS: Analytical review to identify research trends and gaps in the Development of Autonomous Collision Avoidance

• DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.117652
• Publication Date: 2024-04-01T10:20:14Z
• Authors: Chia-Hsun Chang; Isuru Bandara Wij...; Christos Kontovas; Zaili Yang

Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) face regulatory challenges, with some suggesting that the existing Collision Regulations (COLREG) present linguistic barriers for autonomous vessels' development and implementation. While academic research has focused on developing collision avoidance (CA), it is producing inconsistent results compared to conventional navigation practices. This study aims identify trends weaknesses in recent studies CA MASS by conducting a systematic review analysis of most relevant literature. The Conventional-Collision-Avoidance-Process (CCAP), which benchmarks manned modern ships' capacity compliance under COLREG industry requirements, used break down ship's process into 53 functions eight main categories. A total 32 papers were chosen through filtering based keywords, publication period, language, relevance. content literature was then grouped appropriate CCAP codes. Statistical graphical interpretations generated using collected data evaluated statistics digital contribution CCAP. uncovers significant trends, inconsistencies, could guide future towards comprehensive solutions MASS.