Weather Navigation Returns to The PIER in Halifax
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Our research team travelled to Halifax (Canada) to participate in PINsight 2024, an innovation forum organised by The PIER under the umbrella of the Port Innovators Network (PIN). The event convened representatives from leading ports, accelerators, and technology providers to exchange best practices in digital decarbonisation.
During the technical session, we presented our weather routing solution: a decision‑support platform that fuses high‑resolution meteorological and oceanographic forecasts with multi‑objective optimisation to reduce voyage emissions, fuel consumption, and operational risk.
This visit marks our second collaboration stint at The PIER, reinforcing a partnership aimed at translating academic research into operational value for the global port community.
This research is supported by:
BBVA Foundation via the project “Mathematical optimization for a more efficient, safer and decarbonized maritime transport”.
Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación under grant TED2021-129455B-I00, “Optimization of maritime routes with real time oceanographic and meteorological data”.
