1.Project Title:
Development of Integrated Simulation Platform for Sustainable and Competitive Maritime Industry
2.Project Leader:
Hideyuki ANDO, Director of MTI
3.Co-Leaders:
| MHIMSB | Shingen TAKEDA Senior Vice President, CTO, Head of Marine Engineering Center |
|---|---|
| TSUNEISHI | Kazutaka SEKI General Manager, Ship Planning Dept. & Model Based Design Promotion Dept., Design Div. |
| JAMSTEC | Yasumasa MIYAZAWA Principal Researcher, Seasonal Prediction Center for Shipping Digital Transformation |
| JMU | Yutaka NISHIMURA General Manager, Corporate Planning Department |
| MITSUI E&S | Kazutaka SHIMADA Deputy General Manager, Engine Design Dept. |
| NMRI | Kunihide OHASHI Deputy Director, Fluids Engineering and Ship Performance Evaluation Department |
| TSUNEISHI AKISHIMA | Koyu KIMURA Director, Head of Research & Development Division |
| UOsaka | Atsuo MAKI Professor, Division of Global Architecture Graduate School of Engineering |
| KU | Takeshi ENOMOTO Professor, Disaster Prevention Research institute |
4.Project Outline:
The focus of ship demand will shift toward high-performance next-generation ships that adopt alternative fuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, energy-saving technologies such as wind propulsion, and advanced integrated control systems including autonomous navigation. Japan’s maritime industry faces the challenge of developing and supplying next-generation ships with increasingly sophisticated and complex functions in shorter lead time, while also expanding its shipbuilding capacity to meet growing global demand amid a declining labor force.
To address this, this research and development project will establish an “Integrated Simulation Platform” that enables simultaneous consideration of ship lifecycle and supply chain, at the initial development and design stages, to optimize ship design and construction plans. This project will promote the implementation of virtual engineering concept and techniques into the maritime industry.
Additionally, regarding weather and sea condition predictions that impact the safe and stable ship operations, a seasonal prediction technology, covering 1 to 3 months in advance, including extreme phenomena such as typhoons, will be developed and integrated into the platform.
5.Research and Development Items
Research on Implementation of Integrated Simulation Platform in Society
Leader: Hideyuki ANDO, MTI
Participating Organizations: MTI / MHIMSB / TSUNEISHI / JAMSTEC
Research on Preemptive Development Simulator
Leader: Kazutaka SEKI, TSUNEISHI
Participating Organizations: TSUNEISHI / MTI / TSUNEISHI AKISHIMA / NMRI / MITSUI E&S / MHIMSB / JMU
Research on Ship Design and Ship Building
Leader: Hiroshi TANAKA, MHIMSB
Participating Organizations: MHIMSB / JMU / NMRI
Research on Commissioning and Sea Trial
Leader: Kiyoko SUGIYAMA, TSUNEISHI
Participating Organizations: TSUNEISHI / MTI / MITSUI E&S / UOsaka / TSUNEISHI AKISHIMA
Research on Operation and Maintenance Simulator
Leader: Ryo KAKUTA, MTI
Participating Organizations: MTI / TSUNEISHI / TSUNEISHI AKISHIMA / UOsaka / MITSUI E&S
Research on Seasonal Meteorological and Oceanographic Forecast Simulator
Leader: Yasumasa MIYAZAWA, JAMSTEC
Participating Organizations: JAMSTEC / KU / MTI /
6.Project Period:
5 years from October 1st, 2025 to September 20th, 2030
Based on the components of the Integrated Simulation Platform, research and development will be promoted across six R&D items. In 2028, an interim evaluation including a stage-gate assessments will be conducted, and by 2030, the deliverables from each R&D topic will be integrated into the Integrated Simulation Platform (see diagram below), aiming for its demonstration in the design and construction of actual ships.
Components of the Integrated Simulation Platform
7.Project Budget:
Maximum JPY 12 billion
- Total budget for the R&D Project
8.Contact Information:
MTI Co., Ltd.
JCAST Project Management Office under K Program
E-mail: [email protected]
9.Related Links:
- JST Press Releases (in Japanese)
https://www.jst.go.jp/pr/info/info1772/index.html - “Development of Integrated Simulation Platform for Sustainable and Competitive Maritime Industry” has been selected as a R&D project under K Program
https://www.monohakobi.com/en/company/news/news_20250708/ - Additional Call for Proposals for R&D topic 6 of “Development of Integrated Simulation Platform for Sustainable and Competitive Maritime Industry” (in Japanese)
https://www.monohakobi.com/ja/company/news/news_20250902/