Applying expert knowledge to containership stowage planning: an empirical study

Chien-Chang Chou () and Pao-Yi Fang
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Chien-Chang Chou: National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology
Pao-Yi Fang: Department of Maritime Information and Technology, National Kaohsiung Marine University

Maritime Economics & Logistics, 2021, vol. 23, issue 1, No 2, 4-27

Abstract: Abstract Several maritime accidents have been caused recently by inappropriate stowage planning of cargo ships, specifically large containerships. This study focuses on improving stowage planning to increase navigational safety. Whereas most previous studies have only considered the position of containers in a ship, the stowage planning developed here considers container positions both onboard and at the terminal. The role of navigational safety requirements—such as metacentric height, trim, heel, bending moment, torsional moment, draft and adherence to International Maritime Dangerous Goods code—code has also been largely absent from previous studies. Therefore, our study proposes stowage planning methods that meet the above safety requirements. An empirical stowage planning study, applied to five containerships of an international shipping company, is presented. The five cases illustrate the effectiveness of the stowage planning methods developed in this paper.

Keywords: Stowage planning; Containership; Maritime logistics; Transportation economics; Expert knowledge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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