The data displayed in the visualisation tool, SERVICE, is calculated in a holistic ship model, the Whole Ship Model, written in Python. The Whole Ship Model pre-calculates lots of detailed information for a range of ships with different design characteristics and operating parameters (sometimes 50MB to 100MB data files are used). Different ship design variants and efficiency methods representing different ships (or shipping fleets) to be quickly calculated.

For more information on the methods and calculations used to calculate and display the data see the following pages:
About the Whole Ship Model
About SERVICE

Efficiency Methods (calculated for use in SERVICE)

The work has developed from collaborations with different Universities and Shipping Stakeholders:
More on Ship Design Data Visualisation

All of the data calculated in the Whole Ship Model is written to one file that can be searched using SERVICE.