Kumar, R. Prasanna2025-02-282025-03-312025-02-282023-01-01https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3288-7_3https://dspacenew8-imu.refread.com/handle/123456789/2308Tanker vessels are ships that transport liquid cargo in bulk, typically stored in large tanks as opposed to containers or barrels. The most popular cargo for these vessels to transport is crude oil and its refined products. The timely departure of the vessel from the terminal is crucial for the efficient operation of the tanker trade today, and the cargo transfer is sped up by remotely operating the cargo valve operations in the terminal and the ship. The connecting of the pipes between the vessel and the terminal is one of the manual processes involved in this significant cargo transfer. It may be necessary to connect the same loading arm to various vessel manifolds multiple times when parcel tankers carry multiple cargoes and cargo discharge is scheduled sequentially. The length of time a vessel spends in the terminal is decreased by automating the alignment and coupling the loading arm with the vessel manifold. Depending on the source of power, either electrical or hydraulic assistance is used to move the loading arms. As all terminals are outfitted with video cameras that are trained on the loading arm for the terminal’s safety and security requirements, this chapter suggests a new approach to automating this operation. By using an object detection model on this video input, the loading arm and manifold flange can be recognized. Following the recognition of the objects, the distance between the two connecting flanges is calculated, which starts the loading arm’s motion toward the vessel manifold. The distance between the flanges is calculated and continuously monitored through the video in order to determine how far the loading arm can move. The fitting of the loading arm with the vessel manifold is ensured by the flanges’ automatic locking once the distance between them reaches zero. This chapter focuses on modern fuels such as LPG and LNG that were carried on tanker vessels and on the relationship between 3D Euclidean reconstruction and camera design. Reconstructions have been made, and the results have demonstrated that, in the event of an error, the larger the turn point, the lower the quality of the reconstruction.enArticle