In the global effort to reduce Green House Gases and carbon emissions, there is great
importance for the shipping industry to decarbonise and move forward into a greener future …

The carbon emission of shipping industry accounts for about 3% of the global total. With the
continuous growth of international trade, the decarbonization and carbon neutralization of …

Shipowners face the challenge of selecting shipyards to build a new ship, as shipyards are
highly similar in terms of capacity and capability but highly heterogeneous with a variety of …

Shipowners need to prepare for low-emission fuel alternatives to meet the IMO 2050 goals.
This is a complex problem due to conflicting objectives and a high degree of uncertainty. To …

Due to the increasing occurrence of maritime accidents and high-level requirements and
modernization of naval wars, the concept of ship environment adaptability becomes more …

A Monte Carlo approach to the ship-centric Markov decision process (SC-MDP) is presented
for analyzing whether a container ship should convert to LNG power in the face of evolving …

To decrease Europe's harmful emissions, the European Union aims to substantially increase
its offshore wind energy capacity. To further develop offshore wind energy, investment in …

Abstract Design space reduction decisions made in set-based design use perceptions of
feasibility to eliminate unfavorable design solutions from consideration. Perceptions are …

While the design practice in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry
continues to be a creative activity, approaching the design problem from a perspective of the …

The attention to ship energy efficiency and CO2 emission is significantly increasing. Both are
related to fuel consumption and can be assessed by ship energy efficiency operational …