Governmental subsidy plan modeling and optimization for liquefied natural gas as fuel for maritime transportation

S Wang, J Qi, G Laporte - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental concerns are currently a major issue in the maritime transportation industry. A
practical approach to implementing green maritime transportation is to adopt liquefied …

LNG bunkering station deployment problem—A case study of a Chinese container shipping network

J Qi, S Wang - Mathematics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a promising measure to reduce shipping emissions and
alleviate air pollution problem, especially in coastal areas. Currently, the lack of a complete …

A Monte Carlo approach to the ship-centric Markov decision process for analyzing decisions over converting a containership to LNG power

AA Kana, BM Harrison - Ocean Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Promoting liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering for maritime transportation: Should ports or ships be subsidized?

J Qi, H Wang, J Zheng - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alternative fuels have been recognized as a promising method to alleviate the air emission
problem of the maritime industry. LNG, as one of the most promising alternative fuels in …

[PDF][PDF] Assessing alternative fuel types for ultra large container vessels in face of uncertainty

K Terün, AA Kana, R Dekker - … on Computer and IT Applications in …, 2022 - researchgate.net
This paper proposes the use of an approach inspired by Robust Decision Making (RDM) to
make a comparison between cleaner alternative fuels for ultra large container vessels …

Forecasting design and decision paths in ship design using the ship-centric Markov decision process model

AA Kana - Ocean Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a decision-making model for forecasting design and decision paths in
ship design by applying eigenvector analysis to the ship-centric Markov decision process …

[PDF][PDF] A ship egress analysis method using spectral Markov decision processes

AA Kana, DJ Singer - Proceedings of PRADS2016, 2016 - pure.tudelft.nl
This paper introduces a means of performing a ship egress analysis by applying eigenvalue
analysis to the ship-centric Markov decision process (SC-MDP) framework. This method …

Integraton of the methanol power propulsion and energy systems' temporal uncertainties in a Markov decision process framework

ASS Rigas, JFJ Pruyn, AA Kana - International Marine …, 2024 - proceedings.open.tudelft.nl
The ongoing technological development of methanol energy converters (EC) towards
decarbonization means that their dimensions and performance characteristics will be …

[PDF][PDF] Flexible strategies for maritime sulphur emission regulation compliance

CF Rehn, A Haugsdal, SO Erikstad - Proceedings of PRADS2016, 2016 - researchgate.net
This paper presents an analysis of different strategies for compliance to maritime sulphur
emission regulations. Abatement options mainly involve using heavy fuel oil with scrubber …

[PDF][PDF] A decision-making framework for planning lifecycle ballast water treatment compliance

AA Kana, DC Brefort, HC Seyffert… - Proceedings of …, 2016 - pure.tudelft.nl
This paper introduces a novel decision-making framework for planning lifecycle compliance
of ballast water treatment by applying eigenvalue spectral analysis to the ship-centric …