Project: A machine-learning method to support shipping operations in ice: applications to tactical voyage routing and strategic regulatory assessment

This project aims to develop a decision-support tool to improve shipping operations in ice-covered waters. The tool will support tactical navigation decisions to optimize routing in ice-covered waters on a time horizon of a couple of hours to a few days. It will have the ability to support decision making across a range of levels of ship autonomy, including providing on-demand routing advice to a bridge crew on board, serving as a primary source of tactical decisions, and autonomously navigating an optimal route from departure to destination.

Collaborators:

Project team:

  • Matthew Garvin, Research Engineer, Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering Research Centre, NRC
  • Dr. Brian Veitch, Professor and NSERC/Husky Energy Industrial Research Chair in Safety at Sea, Department of Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University
  • Dr. Dennis Peters, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University
  • Dr. Mashrura Musharraf, Assistant Professor, Aalto University
  • 1 PhD student, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Contact us

Allison Kennedy, Research Officer,
Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering Research Centre, NRC
Telephone: 709-631-8569
Email: Allison.Kennedy@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Dr. Jonathan Power, Senior Research Officer,
Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering Research Centre
Telephone: 709-772-8430
Email: Jonathan.Power@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

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