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The process of directing the movements of watercraft from one location to another; the process, which is always present in some form when a vessel is on the move and not drifting, varies depending on the type of ship, its mission, and its region of operation.
The Global Marine winter navigation system market accounted for $XX Billion in 2022 and is anticipated to reach $XX Billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of XX% from 2023 to 2030.
Simulation Tool for Winter Navigation Decision Support in the Baltic Sea.A simulation tool for analysing winter navigation operations in the Baltic Sea as part of the Finnish-Swedish Winter Navigation System (FSWNS).
The tool’s goal is to model the FSWNS’s performance under various prospective future operating scenarios, thereby assisting decision making in topics impacting the FSWNS’s operation and development, such as icebreaking resources and ice class regulations.
To that end, the tool takes into account key performance factors and FSWNS characteristics such as prevailing ice conditions, ice-going capability and other technical characteristics of relevant merchant vessels, the availability of icebreaking resources, and the characteristics of specific icebreaking operations (e.g., convoys).
The tool would allow for the testing of various “what-if” situations, answering problems such as ideal engine power for safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly navigation, as well as optimal scheduling of icebreakers for effective and cost-effective assistance missions.
This model is part of an ongoing project to develop decision-support capabilities for winter navigation through simulation techniques. This work’s immediate extensions include expanding the operational region to include the entire Baltic Sea Region.
The investigation will also incorporate longer winter durations and several seasons. Convoys are introduced in the current version. Various forms of convoys and towing situations will be handled in the current study, including cases where two icebreakers are required at the same time.
Exploring deeper features of the ice data and incorporating them into the model is a significant expansion of this work. More ice-related elements are being added through complicated expressions for equivalent ice thicknesses.
The optimization of icebreaker-assistance missions is also an important aspect of the future effort. Finally, ship-level details are being developed for inclusion in the model. A novel mix of ship-level and system simulation is currently ongoing, allowing the influence of a single vessel’s dimensions and icebreaking capabilities on system traffic to be assessed.
