Ship Routing

Dear Colleagues,

Ship routing has recently gained rapidly growing attention, in both academia and industry, as an effective way to improve ship efficiency while keeping the schedule and ensuring safety and comfort onboard. Moreover, environmental aspects and limitations, especially in the Emission Control Areas, must also be taken into account.

This is a complex multi-disciplinary subject, requiring the integration of different fields of knowledge, e.g., engineering, logistics, computer science, business and management, etc.

This Special Issue aims at gathering the most promising research in this area, contributions focused on new challenges are particularly encouraged. A rapid reviewing process and open-access publication will be provided for high-quality papers on the following topics:

• Weather routing
• Voyage planning
• Ship scheduling
• Virtual arrival
• Shipmaster decision process
• Optimisation methods
• Assessment of ship performance in seaways
• Influence of environmental factors on ship routes
• Uncertainties and ensemble forecast
• Decision Support Systems
• Case studies
• Effect on improving efficiency
• Effect on safety
• Validations

Dr. Roberto Vettor
Dr. C. Guedes Soares
Guest Editors

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