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Overview
Ruikai Sun is currently a PhD Candidate at Cardiff Business School in the Logistics and Operations Management (LOM) section. His research topic is port emission estimation and forecast. He holds a BSc in Transportation from Shanghai Maritime University and an MSc in Engineering with management from King's College London. His research interests are in the areas of Port Management, Sustainable Port and Maritime Transportation.
Publication
2025
- Sun, R., Abouarghoub, W., Demir, E. and Potter, A. 2025. Impact of imputation methods for ship technical parameters on emission estimations in ports. Maritime Policy and Management 52(1) (10.1080/03088839.2025.2463635)
- Sun, R., Abouarghoub, W., Demir, E. and Potter, A. 2025. A comprehensive analysis of strategies for reducing GHG emissions in maritime ports. Marine Policy 171, article number: 106455. (10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106455)
- Sun, R., Abouarghoub, W. and Demir, E. 2025. Enhancing data quality in maritime transportation: A practical method for imputing missing ship static data. Ocean Engineering 315, article number: 119722. (10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.119722)
2024
- Yang, T., Sun, R., Rathore, R. S. and Baig, I. 2024. Enhancing cybersecurity and privacy protection for cloud computing-assisted vehicular network of autonomous electric vehicles: applications of machine learning. World Electric Vehicle Journal 16(1), article number: 14. (10.3390/wevj16010014)
- Sun, R. 2024. Modelling and estimation of in-port ship emissions: A scalable multi-stage data driven framework. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
- Sun, R., Abouarghoub, W., Demir, E. and Potter, A. 2024. Cost evaluation of the environmental impact of container ships during red sea crisis. Presented at: International Association of Maritime Economists 2024 Conference, Valencia, Spain, 26-28th June 2024IAME 2024 Conference Proceedings. IAME
Articles
- Sun, R., Abouarghoub, W., Demir, E. and Potter, A. 2025. Impact of imputation methods for ship technical parameters on emission estimations in ports. Maritime Policy and Management 52(1) (10.1080/03088839.2025.2463635)
- Sun, R., Abouarghoub, W., Demir, E. and Potter, A. 2025. A comprehensive analysis of strategies for reducing GHG emissions in maritime ports. Marine Policy 171, article number: 106455. (10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106455)
- Sun, R., Abouarghoub, W. and Demir, E. 2025. Enhancing data quality in maritime transportation: A practical method for imputing missing ship static data. Ocean Engineering 315, article number: 119722. (10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.119722)
- Yang, T., Sun, R., Rathore, R. S. and Baig, I. 2024. Enhancing cybersecurity and privacy protection for cloud computing-assisted vehicular network of autonomous electric vehicles: applications of machine learning. World Electric Vehicle Journal 16(1), article number: 14. (10.3390/wevj16010014)
Conferences
- Sun, R., Abouarghoub, W., Demir, E. and Potter, A. 2024. Cost evaluation of the environmental impact of container ships during red sea crisis. Presented at: International Association of Maritime Economists 2024 Conference, Valencia, Spain, 26-28th June 2024IAME 2024 Conference Proceedings. IAME
Thesis
- Sun, R. 2024. Modelling and estimation of in-port ship emissions: A scalable multi-stage data driven framework. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Research
- Port Management
- Sustainable Port
- Maritime Transportation
More information can be seen on my personal websites: https://ruikaisun.netlify.app/
Thesis
Estimating, Modelling, Forecasting GHG emission in port from ships
Supervisors
Wessam Abouarghoub
Reader in Logistics and Operations Management, Co-ordinator for Transport, Shipping Port and Maritime Research Group (TRANSPAM)
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Supply chain and Logistics Modelling
- Sustainability
- Transport engineering
- Artificial intelligence
- Operations research