Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Spatial Simulation of Disruptions in Maritime Shipping and Effects on Global Supply Chains

 

Suggested by: Johannes Scholz in cooperation with Matthias Winter (FH Oberösterreich)



Keywords: maritime transportation, disruption, spatial simulation

Objective: Extend an existing simulation model of global maritime shipping by adding geometries of a routing graph and hurricane trajectories. Use the spatial simulation to evaluate the effect of heavy storms on the timeliness of the shipments, which represent the global flow of goods from a well-known retailer.

Short description: The existing model captures the global flow of material from ports of lading (mainly Asia) to ports of unlading (US, Europe, Australia). It is validated using shipment data from the retailer. Your task is to apply data from storm events (hurricanes and typhoons), i.e. the track of the storm (trajectory) and the affected area (polygons). Use it to model the effect of the events on maritime transport. Quantify the delay of the shipments that is caused by storm events in different regions having different magnitudes.

Start: Anytime

Prerequisites/qualification: Spatial simulation







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