This paper presents a novel weather-routing system based on a multi-criteria setup.\nThe set of 3 conflicting criteria is: travel time, ship navigation added resistance (caused by wind\nand waves), and navigation risk/safety. To this aim, the International Maritime Organization\n(IMO) safety guidelines are exploited for the design of navigation risk criterion as a function of the\nMETeorological and OCeanographic (METOC) and sailing conditions. This risk is directly integrated\ninto the multi-criteria setup, as an innovative alternative to the systems proposed in the open\nliterature. The proposed methodology is tested in a real operational scenario in the Mediterranean\nSea. The obtained results show how the proposed system provides alternative routes with minimum\nrisk to the decision-makers, as well as other different alternative routes minimizing the other criteria.
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