Publication Date:
2019-03-11
Description:
This task will use outputs from the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) to develop a system for ship routing hazard mapping. Starting from knowledge of the environmental fields affecting vessel seakeeping, the system will estimate hazard and cost associated to known routes in the Atlantic Ocean. The system will employ model analysis or reanalysis of sea state (wave height, period, and direction), hydrodynamics (near surface ocean currents), and meteorological (wind) models. The system will produce an objective route hazard assessment, based on UNIBO experience in hazard mapping and probabilistic
approaches. The investigated routes will be selected based on the most relevant ones, according to the AIS (Automatic Information System) density maps. In particular, the existing CMCC ship routing code (VISIR) will be first of all validated through inter-comparison
with analytical benchmarks and other published models.
VISIR’s functionalities will then be extended for optimizing the operational costs (bunker) of large ocean-going vessels sailing along routes compliant with IMO safety recommendations. The same approach will be extended to computation of vessel operational costs along the route. This information will build up a database, queried by the end-user through a graphical interface for visualizing customized maps of route hazard and cost for user provided parameters [D8.10].
The fitness of AtlantOS for ship routing will be analyzed with a dedicated report [D8.14].
Type:
Report
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NonPeerReviewed
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info:eu-repo/semantics/book
Format:
text
