The Improvement of Rationing Running Time and Fuel Consumption for River Vessels in the Contex of Digitalization

The article presents a brief analysis of rationing the time of passage of vessels and convoys and fuel consumption on river transport in Russia and abroad. To improve the efficiency of the river vessels at the current stage of digitalization, the usage of the existing modern methods of calculating the standards of navigation and fuel consumption of vessels and convoys is the most appropriate for these purposes, taking into account the conditions of navigation on sections of waterways at the time of modeling. The article considers the ways of improvement of rationing based on the automated ship control system suggested by the author, for the functioning of which there is additional standard equipment on board a ship. The system provides control of the main parameters of the engine and speed along sections of waterways and fuel consumption. The effectiveness of its functioning is shown. To increase the efficiency of rationing significantly, the necessary methodological, algorithmic and software developments are identified.