Technological advances in satellite altimetry offer the potential for providing timely ocean current information which could be used when optimizing strategic ship routes. However, the time to collect and process the raw data and deliver the processed information to the end user makes the...

Anticipating the availability of good quality ocean current data in the near future, we formulate the problem of routing an ocean vessel through currents to minimize fuel consumption, propose methods to increase the efficiency of the solution techniques, and simulate voyages to investigate the...