Modeling tankers' optimal speed and emissions

Transactions - Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-109

  Gkonis, Konstantinos G ^a   Psaraftis, Harilaos N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Shipping emissions; Slow steaming; Speed optimization; Tankers; VLCCs

Indexed keywords

EMISSIONS ESTIMATION; KEY DETERMINANTS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; SHIPPING EMISSIONS; SLOW-STEAMING; SPEED OPTIMIZATION; VERY LARGE CRUDE CARRIERS; VLCCS;

COMMERCE; COMPUTER OPERATING PROCEDURES; COSTS; FUELS; MARINE ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SPEED; TANK TRUCKS;

TANKERS (SHIPS);

EID: 84884645274     PISSN: 00811661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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