Performance Prediction Program for Wind-Assisted Cargo Ships​

Abstract: There is a growing need for developing new technologies to drive the global shippinginto a carbon-neutral industry. This Master’s Thesis presents a generic route optimizationmodel for cargo vessels with wind assisted propulsion systems. An earlystage tool to predict environmental savings by finding optimal routes for cargo vesselsequipped with any sailing device.Systematic studies are developed for the optimization parameters in order to observetheir influence on the optimization performance. The route optimization model is usedfor a wind-assisted cargo vessel for route crossing the North Atlantic as an example application.