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Ship routing a cruise in the Powered by IAMC-CNR - Operational Oceanography Group of the Institute for the Marine and Coastal Environment

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Overview

The Italian Ship company " Grandi Navi Veloci" has entrusted La Superba's safe routing to the Operational Oceanography Group of the Institute for the Marine and Coastal Environment (IAMC/CNR) in Oristano. The M/V La Superba is a cruise ferry, one of the world largest and fastest luxury cruise which can house close to 3000 passengers. La Superba connects to every day, crossing 800 km in the eastern Ligurian Sea, the Corsica Channel and the entire Tyrrhenian Sea. IAMC Researchers of the Operational Oceanography Group run numerical models to simulate the behaviour of various environmental parameters, providing to the Captain of La Superba daily forecasts for ocean characteristics and circulation, as well as waves along the transect. Downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from the lower resolution Copernicus Marine Service model as forcing conditions. IAMC uses Copernicus Marine products as boundary and initial conditions to force two sub-regional 3D hydrodynamic models for the Western (seas around ) and Central Mediterranean Sea ( Channel), and Sardinian Seas.

Wind, waves and currents and sea ice cover are crucial factors in choosing a route at sea. Advanced routing systems are being introduced in shipping, one result being that the skipper on board makes the crucial decisions about the route. Avoiding rough weather and having the best possible advance route planning can minimise cargo damage and mean more precise arrival times. Choosing the optimum route also lays the foundation for reducing fuel consumption.

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The Institute for Marine Environment at the National Research Council (IAMC-CNR) consists of 6 sections and a marine biology laboratory that traditionally deals with marine science issues, notably in biology, chemistry, Physics and geology, and studies on renewable resources (fisheries and aquaculture) and marine technologies.

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MEDITERRANEAN SEA PHYSICS ANALYSIS AND FORECAST

MEDITERRANEAN SEA WAVES ANALYSIS AND FORECAST

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Free and sustained ocean currents and waves IAMC-CNR - Operational Oceanography Group provision to feed ship routing software. of the Institute for the Marine and Coastal High quality information allowing consistent Environment Official Website fuel saving and lower CO2 emission. National Research Council Official Website More accurate planning of arrival time. Safer sailing routes for human beings and boat equipment.

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