HotStuff Version 5.0 – Revised methodology and additional voyage routes and ports
| Project start date: | 30 November 2010 |
| Project end date: | 15 June 2014 |
| Publication date: | 01 February 2017 |
| Project status: | Completed |
| Livestock species: | Sheep, Lamb, Grassfed cattle |
| Relevant regions: | National |
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Summary
The 'HotStuff' software for the assessment of heat stress risk on livestock voyages west from Australia has been revised, updated and expanded. The primary changes are:
- the addition of ports in the Mediterannean, the Black Sea, West Africa and Russia
- route options via the Suez Canal or West Africa
- inclusion of port risk as a parallel assessment of the risk during the discharge phase (actually introduced at Version 3)
- inclusion of more voyage weather data and reanalysis of all voyage and port data
- removal of the hard-coded limit of 5 knots on the assumed effective crosswind while sailing
- updating the software programming environment (Version 4 to 5)
More information
| Project manager: | Sharon Dundon |
| Primary researcher: | Stacey Agnew Pty Ltd |
