Reducing emissions through speed optimization in supply vessel operations

This paper examines how optimizing sailing speeds can reduce supply vessels emissions in the upstream supply chain to offshore installations. The authors introduce several speed optimization strategies to be used in construction of periodic vessel schedules. The strategies consider vessel waiting times before the start of service at installations and at supply base. Tests carried out on real instances from Statoil’s activities on the Norwegian continental shelf indicate that a 25% emissions and fuel cost reductions can be achieved without fleet size increase.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2013.04.007
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920913000709
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Norlund, Ellen Karoline
  • Gribkovskaia, Irina
• Publication Date: 2013-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 105-113
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1361-9209
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Engine idling; Fuel consumption; Optimization; Pollutants; Routing; Scheduling; Speed; Supply vessels
• Geographic Terms: Norwegian Sea
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01491642
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 2013 12:30PM