Publications

Vettor, R., Tadros, M., Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2016), “Route planning of a fishing vessel in coastal waters with fuel consumption restraint”, Maritime Technology and Engineering 3, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T. A., (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 167-173

Multi-objective route optimization procedure is applied to a 29m vessel during its transit from a port in Portugal origin to a zone in Norway. Seakeeping responses at sea are assessed according with the strip theory and direct pressure integration is adopted for the estimation of the added resistance. The performance and the exhaust emissions of two similar four-stroke marine turbocharged diesel engines are calculated for different speeds and loads using a developed code implemented in Matlab. The simulation results are validated using data from a real engine. Finally, the integration of an operative weather forecast system allows the identification of the set of most favourable routes among which the Shipmaster can select the preferred one according to his/her experience and supported by a flexible ranking method.

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