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Latest research on maritime analyses - new seminar
On 17 December, SSPA will host a seminar, with the collaboration of Lighthouse, presenting the latest research on maritime analyses. To be able to reduce shipping accidents, environmental footprint, and maritime infrastructure costs, researchers need to continue to develop and test new methods and tools. Improved maritime analyses will allow experts to make predictions about the effects of certain changes made to routes, infrastructures or traffic patterns, and provide better decision support.
The seminar is a part of the research project MARIA – MARItime Analyses, that aims to identify, develop, test and make available improved maritime data analyses methods and tools. The seminar is aimed at industry, academia and the public sector interested in the area and is organised by SSPA, with collaboration of Lighthouse.
Seminar: Maritime traffic patterns, hydrodynamics and risk analyses in Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak
When: 17 December 2019, 10:30 till 16:00 hrs
Where: SSPA Sweden, Chalmers Tvärgata 10, Gothenburg
Programme (may be updated) and free registration: www.lighthouse.nu
The seminar will be in English, and a working lunch will be provided.
Welcome!
Illustration: The research project MARIA – MARItime Analyses aims to identify, develop, test and make available improved maritime data analyses methods and tools.
The research project MARIA – MARItime Analyses is financed by the European Regional Development Fund, Interreg, Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak.
Research project MARIA
This project aims to identify, develop, test and make available improved maritime data analysis methods and tools, to ultimately help reduce shipping accidents, the environmental footprint, and maritime infrastructure costs (construction and maintenance), especially for the region of Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak (ÖKS). The intent is to increase the accessibility/availability of shipping compared to road-based transport of goods, for reduced road congestion and noise.
Defining normal ship behaviour and safety distance to other ships in open waters
To assess how ship domains vary under different geographical settings and in different types of meetings, SSPA performed a case study. Our researchers studied over 600,000 ship encounters at 36 locations around the Swedish coast. The conclusion is that the ship domain has the shape of an ellipse with half axes radii of 0.9 and 0.45 nautical miles in open waters. In contrast to previous research, it has also been discovered that the ship domain is unrelated to the length of the ship.
Skin Friction database for the maritime sector
We have completed a research project with the aim to gain increased knowledge of the effect a rough surface has on skin friction. This project has also resulted in an interactive tool that can be used to estimate fuel consumption without requiring background knowledge in hydrodynamics. This tool will hopefully contribute to better surface treatment of vessels, that in the end can reduce costs and emission of greenhouse gases.
AIS in maritime research, new paper
A new research article is published in the journal Marine Policy. This paper provides an overview of how Automatic Identification System (AIS) can be used in different areas of maritime research. The researchers have identified and presents ten different research areas in which AIS is used today. In the future they propose making use of AIS data also in other research fields. Many stakeholders can benefit from the research in which AIS data is used.