Case Study · 2018

Tubarão → Pascagoula

Brazil · US Gulf
Tanker 2018 4,923.68 nm ECA touched
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1.67%
FOC reduction
350.48 vs 356.44 MT · −5.96 MT
−0.93%
Distance saved
4,923.68 nm optimised · −46.0 nm
−0.79%
Voyage duration
−3h 01m vs historical AIS
Voyage Summary

Tubarão to Pascagoula — 2018

16-day Brazil-to-US-Gulf transit on a tanker, October–November 2018. A benign-weather voyage: both the optimised track and the historical replay stayed entirely within Sea State 3–4 (peak significant wave height 2.21 m optimised, 2.16 m historical, mean 1.40 m). With no weather window to route around, the gains compress – the optimised track was 46 nm shorter, 3 hours faster, and burned 1.67% less fuel (350.48 vs 356.44 MT). A reference case for what routing optimisation delivers on a calm-conditions voyage.

Calm-weather gain Speed-current optimization
Sea-state profile

The conditions the optimised track held against

How the voyage performed across wave height and Douglas Sea State exposure — recorded waypoint-by-waypoint.

Metric Optimised Historical Delta
Mean wave height 1.40 m voyage average
Interactive Route

Explore the optimised track

Waypoint-by-waypoint against the historical AIS baseline.

Methodology

How this voyage was verified

The historical AIS track was pulled from public records and matched against the master’s own reports. The VF Engine then re-routed the same vessel under the weather as it actually occurred — not a forecast. Both tracks were scored by the same FOC prediction model and compared waypoint by waypoint. The 1.67% reduction is the delta sailed at the same speed band, under the same wind and wave conditions.

Read the full validation methodology
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