Purpose

The objective of this research is to examine the performance of weather routing service in the North Pacific Ocean based on a global container shipping company.

Design/methodology/approach

The data comprise two passages: one that departs from the port of Taipei to the port of Los Angeles (TPE-LAX) and another that departs from the port of Tacoma to the port of Kaohsiung (TCM-KSG). A weather routing service was utilized to compare the differences of the distance, sailing time and fuel consumed among different voyages.

Findings

Results indicated that the average speed of vessel in winter is faster than in summer. The vessels consumed much more fuel in the winter than they did in the summer. In terms of the distance of the passage, the results show that the ships' sailing distance across the North Pacific Ocean in the summer was shorter than it was in the winter.

Research limitations/implications

Due to the difficultly of practical data collection, relatively few sailing records were employed in this study. It is suggested that additional sailing records should be collected, which adopt weather routing recommendations, to more comprehensively analyze sailing performance in future research.

Practical implications

The study's findings offer valuable guidance to different stakeholders in the maritime industry (e.g. seafarers, marine hull and machinery companies, Protection and Indemnity Club (P&I), ocean container carriers and freight forwarders) to clarify their responsibilities in order to achieve desired sailing outcomes.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors' knowledge, the current study is the first research to utilize practical sailing data to provide objective evidence of sailing performance based on a weather routing service, which can assist various stakeholders to make optimal decisions.

中文翻译：

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北太平洋天气路由服务性能的实证研究

目的

本研究的目的是基于一家全球集装箱航运公司检查北太平洋天气航线服务的性能。

设计/方法/方法

数据包括两段：一段是台北港至洛杉矶港（TPE-LAX），另一段是塔科马港至高雄港（TCM-KSG）。使用天气航线服务来比较不同航次的距离、航行时间和燃料消耗的差异。

发现

结果表明，冬季船舶平均航速快于夏季。船舶在冬天消耗的燃料比夏天多得多。从航道的距离来看，结果表明，夏季船舶穿越北太平洋的航行距离比冬季短。

研究限制/影响

由于实际数据收集困难，本研究中使用的航行记录相对较少。建议应收集额外的航行记录，采用天气路由建议，以便在未来的研究中更全面地分析航行性能。

实际影响

该研究的结果为海运业的不同利益相关者（例如海员、船体和机械公司、保护和赔偿俱乐部 (P&I)、海运集装箱承运人和货运代理）提供了宝贵的指导，以澄清他们的责任，以实现预期的航行结果。

原创性/价值

据作者所知，目前的研究是第一项利用实际航行数据提供基于天气航线服务的航行性能客观证据的研究，这可以帮助各利益相关者做出最佳决策。