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Methodology for ro-ro ship and fleet sizing with application to short sea shipping

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  • Tiago A. Santos
  • C. Guedes Soares

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A novel methodology is developed for determining the characteristics of a cargo roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ship and the fleet size required for a given short sea shipping route. The ship and required fleet size to satisfy the transportation demand (for each pair of speed and freight rate) are determined using a database of existing cargo ro-ro ships to obtain the main technical characteristics of the most suitable ship. The time charter, voyage costs and revenue are then calculated considering the technical characteristics of each ship. Fuel costs are corrected for the actual ship speed and loading condition. A number of restrictions in the transportation problem are considered leading to the exclusion of unfeasible solutions. The maximum profit over the period of a year is identified among the feasible pairs of speed and freight rate. This general methodology is applied in a case study that considers the route between Leixões (Portugal) and Rotterdam (Netherlands). The study allows the identification of the most suitable ship and fleet sizes for different market penetration levels and quantifies the impact on shipping company profit of changes in parameters such as fuel costs, time charter costs, emission control area, installed propulsion power and stacking factor.

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  • Tiago A. Santos & C. Guedes Soares, 2017. "Methodology for ro-ro ship and fleet sizing with application to short sea shipping," Maritime Policy & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(7), pages 859-881, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:marpmg:v:44:y:2017:i:7:p:859-881
    DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2017.1349349
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