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http://dx.doi.org/10.7837/kosomes.2021.27.5.574

Estimation Model for Freight of Container Ships using Deep Learning Method  

Kim, Donggyun (Division of Navigation Science, Mokpo National Maritime University)
Choi, Jung-Suk (Division of Maritime Transportation, Mokpo National Maritime University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety / v.27, no.5, 2021 , pp. 574-583 More about this Journal
Abstract
Predicting shipping markets is an important issue. Such predictions form the basis for decisions on investment methods, fleet formation methods, freight rates, etc., which greatly affect the profits and survival of a company. To this end, in this study, we propose a shipping freight rate prediction model for container ships using gated recurrent units (GRUs) and long short-term memory structure. The target of our freight rate prediction is the China Container Freight Index (CCFI), and CCFI data from March 2003 to May 2020 were used for training. The CCFI after June 2020 was first predicted according to each model and then compared and analyzed with the actual CCFI. For the experimental model, a total of six models were designed according to the hyperparameter settings. Additionally, the ARIMA model was included in the experiment for performance comparison with the traditional analysis method. The optimal model was selected based on two evaluation methods. The first evaluation method selects the model with the smallest average value of the root mean square error (RMSE) obtained by repeating each model 10 times. The second method selects the model with the lowest RMSE in all experiments. The experimental results revealed not only the improved accuracy of the deep learning model compared to the traditional time series prediction model, ARIMA, but also the contribution in enhancing the risk management ability of freight fluctuations through deep learning models. On the contrary, in the event of sudden changes in freight owing to the effects of external factors such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the accuracy of the forecasting model reduced. The GRU1 model recorded the lowest RMSE (69.55, 49.35) in both evaluation methods, and it was selected as the optimal model.
Keywords
Shipping market; Container Freight Index; Prediction model; Long Short-term Memory; Hyper-parameter;
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