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Field notes, methodology essays, and the occasional opinion. We write infrequently and try to make it count.

✦ Featured · April 2026
Manoeuvring the "Corvo" without tugs: a probabilistic answer
Case note

Manoeuvring the "Corvo" without tugs: a probabilistic answer

Notes from the Vila do Porto study. How we coupled MatLab manoeuvrability models with a year of metocean data to estimate, with confidence intervals, how often the "Corvo" can berth autonomously, and where a second stern thruster would change the answer.

Sérgio Ribeiro e Silva · 9 min read

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Real-time voyage optimisation for CII compliance: notes from the SOOS programme
Decarbonisation

Real-time voyage optimisation for CII compliance: notes from the SOOS programme

Sérgio Ribeiro e Silva · 14 min
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Methodology essays, field notes, and the occasional opinion. No pitch decks, no webinars.