Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2024

DOI

10.1016/j.martra.2024.100117

Publication Title

Maritime Transport Research

Volume

7

Pages

100117 (1-4)

Abstract

This paper contributes to the literature by deriving upper and lower bounds on the fuel consumption in container shipping. The bounds are derived from sailing distances, port times, and the possible arrival times at ports/ the berth windows negotiated between the ocean carrier and the port operators. Crucially, the derived bounds can be used in conjunction with any of the common fuel consumption functions proposed in the literature. This latter is especially important since currently there is no consensus on a specific functional form for the fuel consumption function. The behavior of the bounds will be illustrated with numerical examples.

Rights

© 2024 The Authors.

This is an open access article under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.

Original Publication Citation

Ng, M. (2024). Note on fuel consumption in ocean container shipping: Bounds on fuel usage. Maritime Transport Research, 7, 1-4, Article 100117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.martra.2024.100117

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