Was thinking back on an old post here, http://hisuperferry.blogspot.com/2008/04/hi-superferry-mit-masters-thesis-on.html, quoting from that:
A very interesting MIT Masters Degree thesis on ferry selection. I cite it here:
"Assessing High Speed Waterborne (HSW) Services, Based on Synthetic Aspects of Route Characteristics, Transport Economy, and Vessel Performance"
http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/1721.1/36092/1/41094021.pdf
LEONIDAS M. TH. KAMBANIS File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat...break even analysis...'Superferry II'......dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/1721.1/36092/1/41094021.pdf
Leonidas Kambanis did another thesis for a second Masters Degree at MIT that is also very interesting. It is "Analysis and Modeling of Power Transmitting Systems for Advanced Marine Vehicles" http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/1721.1/36067/1/33950380.pdf
And is about the selection of propulsion systems for advanced marine vehicles taking into consideration design, cost-benefit, and propulsion for the needed purpose.
It is my belief that a commercial ferry for Hawaii should have about half the engine power of the Alakai and burn about half its fuel from a cost-benefit standpoint, given the route distances involved here.
Worth reading/reviewing are the above two thesises on ferry selection based on route conditions, distances, fuel consumption, and type of vessel, which I submit, was never properly done in this case. (That's right 'Kimo', was not properly done, or is it Tim?) It is one key reason why there should be new Scoping Meetings for the EIS in this case.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Best of this Blog
When I think back on it, I think this post was the best out of almost 500 that I did on this blog.
The post seems simple enough, but after searching the U.S. DOT database on all ferries in the U.S. and finding, "102 can transport at least 500 people at a time." I then had to Google every single one of those 102 ferries to find the ones that could transport at least 200 vehicles. It took many hours to determine, "Of those 102 ferries, only 5 operating in the U.S. can also transport at least 200 vehicles."
It was a useful effort, though, because it gave me a unique look into the total ferry operating environment in the whole U.S. Plus it nailed down the "closed class of one," which no one else had done publicly up to that point in time.
Hawaii DOT officials would do well to understand the whole ferry industry such as this in determining what should actually be studied in the new Chapter 343 EIS and what is realistic for Hawaii. Hulls A615 and A616 are not realistic for Hawaii as commercial concession vessels.
It sure would have been nice to have been paid as well as Belt Collins was to do this better work than what they have done on the subject matter.
Aloha, Brad
The post seems simple enough, but after searching the U.S. DOT database on all ferries in the U.S. and finding, "102 can transport at least 500 people at a time." I then had to Google every single one of those 102 ferries to find the ones that could transport at least 200 vehicles. It took many hours to determine, "Of those 102 ferries, only 5 operating in the U.S. can also transport at least 200 vehicles."
It was a useful effort, though, because it gave me a unique look into the total ferry operating environment in the whole U.S. Plus it nailed down the "closed class of one," which no one else had done publicly up to that point in time.
Hawaii DOT officials would do well to understand the whole ferry industry such as this in determining what should actually be studied in the new Chapter 343 EIS and what is realistic for Hawaii. Hulls A615 and A616 are not realistic for Hawaii as commercial concession vessels.
It sure would have been nice to have been paid as well as Belt Collins was to do this better work than what they have done on the subject matter.
Aloha, Brad
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