Trend modelling of wave parameters and application in onboard prediction of ship responses

This paper presents a trend analysis for prediction of sea state parameters onboard ships during voyages. Given those parameters, a JONSWAP model and also the transfer functions, prediction of wave induced ship responses are thus made. The procedure is tested with full-scale data of an in-service container ship. Comparison between predictions and the actual measurements, implies a good agreement in general. This method can be an efficient way to improve decision support onboard ships.