FuelCast: Benchmarking Tabular and Temporal Models for Ship Fuel Consumption
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08217v1
- Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:38:46 GMT
- Title: FuelCast: Benchmarking Tabular and Temporal Models for Ship Fuel Consumption
- Authors: Justus Viga, Penelope Mueck, Alexander Löser, Torben Weis,
- Abstract summary: In the shipping industry, fuel consumption and emissions are critical factors due to their significant impact on economic efficiency and environmental sustainability.<n> Accurate prediction of ship fuel consumption is essential for further optimization of maritime operations.
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- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- Abstract: In the shipping industry, fuel consumption and emissions are critical factors due to their significant impact on economic efficiency and environmental sustainability. Accurate prediction of ship fuel consumption is essential for further optimization of maritime operations. However, heterogeneous methodologies and limited high-quality datasets hinder direct comparison of modeling approaches. This paper makes three key contributions: (1) we introduce and release a new dataset (https://huggingface.co/datasets/krohnedigital/FuelCast) comprising operational and environmental data from three ships; (2) we define a standardized benchmark covering tabular regression and time-series regression (3) we investigate the application of in-context learning for ship consumption modeling using the TabPFN foundation model - a first in this domain to our knowledge. Our results demonstrate strong performance across all evaluated models, supporting the feasibility of onboard, data-driven fuel prediction. Models incorporating environmental conditions consistently outperform simple polynomial baselines relying solely on vessel speed. TabPFN slightly outperforms other techniques, highlighting the potential of foundation models with in-context learning capabilities for tabular prediction. Furthermore, including temporal context improves accuracy.
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