Abstract:Due to the advances in shipbuilding technology and the needs in the shipping industry, the ship dimensions have kept increasing, and so is the traffic in the ports, approach channels, and harbors. Increase in ship dimensions and traffic in restricted waterways results in challenges in waterway transportation safety. Safe maneuver of ships of overtaking and encounter is one of them. This paper addresses the problem of the path control of ships in parallel motion in restricted waters accounting for the hydrodyna… Show more
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