Paper Info
Title
Automated stowage planning for large containerships with improved safety and stability
Abstract
Stowage planning for container ships is a core activity of shipping lines. As the size of containership increases, generating a stowage plan with good safety and stability for a large containership becomes increasingly difficult. In this paper, we present an automated stowage planning system for large containerships which consists of three modules: the stowage plan generator, the safety and stability adjustment module, and the optimization engine. This paper focuses on the safety and stability adjustment module which resolves the stability issues of a stowage plan by adjusting the distribution of container weights by stowing containers in alternative feasible locations and fine-tuning stability parameters through adjusting the ballast in tanks onboard. Using shipping data for a large 7000 TEUs containership on a multi-port voyage, we demonstrate that our system can generate stowage plans with improved safety and stability compared to those generated by experienced planners.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1109/WSC.2010.5678873
Winter Simulation Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
optimisation,stowage plan generator,stability issue,core activity,improved safety,ships,good safety,shipping lines,stowage plan,7000 teus containership,containers,optimization engine,automated stowage planning system,automated stowage planning,fine-tuning stability parameter,stowage planning,teus containership,large containerships,stability adjustment module,planning,stability analysis
Stowage factor,Ballast,Computer science,Stowage,Marine engineering
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
0891-7736
978-1-4244-9866-6
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.42
7
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Min Zeng150.80
Malcolm Yoke Hean Low269452.19
Wen Jing Hsu317413.70
Shell Ying Huang416119.52
Fan Liu561.16
Cho Aye Win661.16