Multicriteria Ship Route Planning Method Based on Improved Particle Swarm Optimization–Genetic Algorithm by Wei Zhao, Yan Wang, Zhanshuo Zhang, Hongbo Wang

“…With the continuous prosperity and development of the shipping industry, it is necessary and meaningful to plan a safe, green, and efficient route for ships sailing far away. In this study, a hybrid multicriteria ship route planning method based on improved particle swarm optimization–genetic algorithm is presented, which aims to optimize the meteorological risk, fuel consumption, and navigation time associated with a ship. …”
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Predicting the Motions of a Fishing Boat Caused by Improving the Stern Part using a Hybrid Particle-Grid Scheme by Suandar Baso, Hidemi Mutsuda, Yasuaki Doi

“…Improving a ship’s stern part could help to reduce greenhouse gases and costs. However, a ship sailing in actual conditions experiences disturbances that can affect its performance. …”
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Formal Analysis and Principal Architectural Character of Caunus Theater by Yasemen Say Özer, Nevzat Oğuz Özer

“…Its harbor's location was strategically important for ships sailing between Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean. …”
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‘True, Publick and Notorious’: The Privateering War of 1812 by Faye M. Kert

“…So successful were they, that from July 1812 to February 1815, privateers from the United States, Britain, and the British provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (as well as those sailing under French and Spanish flags) turned the shipping lanes from Newfoundland to the West Indies, Norway to West Africa, and even the South Pacific into their hunting grounds. …”
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Unlocking the Ocean 6G: A Review of Path-Planning Techniques for Maritime Data Harvesting Assisted by Autonomous Marine Vehicles by Liang Zhao, Yong Bai

“…However, path planning for maritime data harvesting is one of the most critical issues to enhance transmission efficiency while ensuring safe sailing for AMVs; yet it has rarely been discussed under this context. …”
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Method for Prediction of Extreme Wave Loads Based on Ship Operability Analysis Using Hindcast Wave Database by Tamara Petranović, Antonio Mikulić, Marko Katalinić, Maro Ćorak, Joško Parunov

“…The method is employed on the example of a passenger ship sailing across the Adriatic Sea (Split, Croatia, to Ancona, Italy). …”
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SharpGAN: Dynamic Scene Deblurring Method for Smart Ship Based on Receptive Field Block and Generative Adversarial Networks by Hui Feng, Jundong Guo, Haixiang Xu, Shuzhi Sam Ge

“…Complex marine environment has an adverse effect on the object detection algorithm based on the vision sensor for the smart ship sailing at sea. In order to eliminate the motion blur in the images during the navigation of the smart ship and ensure safety, we propose SharpGAN, a new image deblurring method based on the generative adversarial network (GAN). …”
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Sliding mode controller with improved AGA for supercharged boiler drum water level control by Zhilong DING, Peng WANG, Yonggang WANG, Boqun SU

“…ObjectivesIt is difficult to control the drum water level of a supercharged boiler due to the strong load disturbance in the sailing process. In order to ensure the stability of the drum water level, it is necessary to study drum water level control methods under strong load disturbance. …”
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Emission Control Routes in Liner Shipping between Korea and Japan by Je Ho Hwang, Dal Won Kang

“…In this study, the ECR is defined as eco-friendly shipping routes that recommend maintaining a specific level of speed while sailing. Based on the navigation trajectories of 55 O/Ds, which were extracted by the automatic identification system (AIS) data of 135 container ships for each port call during one year, the ECR domains were designated. …”
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Spatial and temporal variability of the evaporation duct in the Gulf of Aden by Qi Zhang, Kunde Yang, Yang Shi

“…Based on the analysis, it was found that the local EDH significantly affects the radar detection ability beneath the evaporation duct for ships sailing in the Gulf of Aden.…”
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Intelligent Task Allocation and Planning for Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) Using Self-Attention Mechanism and Locking Sweeping Method by Jing Luo, Yuhang Zhang, Jiayuan Zhuang, Yumin Su

“…This integration enables the algorithm to determine the minimum practical sailing distance in obstacle-filled environments. …”
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Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of an Impact Dissipative Layer for Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites by Cristina Alía-García, Álvaro Rodríguez-Ortiz, Patrick Townsend, Juan C. Suárez-Bermejo

“…This study presents the option of an effective low-impact energy dissipating material applied to GFRP (glass fiber reinforced plastic) composite laminates using auxectic technology in the case of planing hull vessels that use the same high-speed light materials that repeatedly impact the surface of the water when sailing, producing a slamming phenomenon. Research shows that the option to modify the laminate with an auxectic layer protects the laminate from damage. …”
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Eliminate the Queuing Time in the New Suez Canal: Predicting Adjustment on Ships’ Arrival Time under Optimal Non-Queuing Toll Scheme by Pey-Yuan Sun, Chen-Hsiu Laih

“…Once a tolled ship could enter the canal at the scheduled time without queueing, the ship owner could accurately control the sailing schedule, and the use of the ship could be more efficient.…”
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Caffa as Thalassopoliteia: The Genesis of the Civic “Maritime Identity” in a Late Medieval City by Alexander Georgievich Emanov

“…Following the study, the author reveals the essence of the thalassopoliteia of Caffa in the pre-modern world which involved the establishment of Caffa’s territorial power over the entire coastline of the Crimean Peninsula in the form of the “Great Chora”; control over maritime communications, requirements of obligatory calls to the port of Caffa for all vessels sailing the Black Sea; creation of a maritime logistics network in the form of ports, harbours, berths, and anchorages for the export of local products, which was served by ships, loaders, and the metrological service of Caffa’s port; introduction of the semaphore signaling system within the “Great Chora” of Caffa ensuring safety of navigation in the Black Sea; neutralisation of piracy, corsairing, and maritime actions of hostile countries, reimbursement of damages to affected citizens of Caffa; creation of a naval chain of fortresses and fortifications with locations of fast-moving battle triremes; development of shipbuilding and ship repair infrastructure both in the port of Caffa and in its subordinate ports; formation of the institution of Caffa’s thalassopoliteia, a special “maritime identity”, the birth of the idea of “contract with the sea”.…”
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Inland waterway cargo vessel energy efficiency in operation by Milan Kalajdžić, Matija Vasilev, Nikola Momčilović

“…Depending on water level scenarios and during the selected month of sailing, the total amount of CO2 emitted is estimated to be between 22.7 t and 29.9 t, while the necessary average speed reduction (i.e., slow steaming) per sectoral voyage for the requirement compliance is calculated to be in between 4.8%-26%. …”
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An Artificial Neural Network-Based Method for Prediction of Ice Resistance of Polar Ships by SUN Qianyang, ZHOU Li, DING Shifeng, LIU Renwei, DING Yi

“…Accurate prediction of ice resistance plays an important role in ensuring the safety of ship sailing in polar navigation in ice areas. In recent years, machine learning has been widely used in the field of ships, among which artificial neural network (ANN) is a common method. …”
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Asia’s Cauldron: The South China Sea and the end of a stable Pacific, 18‘ edition. By Robert D. Kaplan. Random House, New York. 2014. ISBN 978-0-8129-9906-8. 225pp. Paperback, $18.... by Masood Ahmed

“…The title page shows a picture where top half consists of Junk, ancient Chinese sailing ship and the bottom half consists of modern cargo ship alluding to the centrality of maritime trade that gives South China Sea its global importance since ancient times. …”
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Historical Period Stone Anchors from Mombasa, Kenya: Evidence of Overseas Maritime Trade Contacts with Asia and Middle East by Caesar Bita

“…These winds caused long distance seasonal sailing along the East African coast and beyond to the rest of the ancient world. …”
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Optimizing Matching Area for Underwater Gravity-Aided Inertial Navigation Based on the Convolution Slop Parameter-Support Vector Machine Combined Method by Shuoqi Wang, Wei Zheng, Zhaowei Li

“…The results show that sailing in the selected area can accurately match the trajectory and reduce the positioning error.…”
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Energy Management of Hybrid Diesel/Battery Ships in Multidisciplinary Emission Policy Areas by Mohsen Banaei, Fatemeh Ghanami, Mehdi Rafiei, Jalil Boudjadar, Mohammad-Hassan Khooban

“…The variant emission policies in different sailing areas and the impact of physical and environmental phenomena on ships energy consumption are two interesting and serious concepts in the maritime issues. …”
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