摘要: |
Having higher fidelity in sea bathymetry will allow for a more efficient route planning and navigation. Every measure to obtain more efficient routing considering the amount oftraffic and energy consumed by each ship can have great benefit for the industry and society in terms ofeconomy and environment (e.g. C02, SOx and NOx emissions). Besides the obvious benefit of shorter routes where bathymetry allows it there are other effects that can be better evaluated by improved bathymetry, namely the effects of squat. Squat is a hydrodynamic phenomenon affecting the ship when navigating in shallow waters with a downward force on the ship that will make it move closer to the seabed. In order to avoid groundings a correct estimation of squat is vital for the planning of safe navigation with an Under Keel Clearance (UKC) with sufficient margin to the seabed. The grounding of Queen Elizabeth II off Cuttyhunk Island is a prominent example of this. The second implication of squat is that it will increase the fuel consumption because of the added resistance of propelling the ship through the water. Both effects increase with reduced depth and increased speed. The project will build upon a combination of methodologies and data acquisition techniques developed during recent years. i.e. large scale analysis of AIS data, advanced route optimization, squat effect physics and high resolution bathymetrics. With better known bathymetry regarding resolution, coverage and applicability and better understanding and prediction ofthe effect of squat the voyages can be planned with an optimized UKC. The new lHO standard for bathymetric surfaces (8-102) will allow high resolution bathymetry data to be presented in an ECDIS. This will also provide the ability to monitor the dynamic UKC in real time but also predict the UKC when planning a route. |