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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
2026
- Sun, R. et al. 2026. Geopolitical disruptions and maritime transitions: Environmental and economic costs of rerouting. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 203 104737. (10.1016/j.tra.2025.104737)
2025
- Rakshit, A. et al., 2025. A tactical traffic management solution for smart cities using reinforcement learning. Presented at: Proceedings of the International Conference On Innovative Computing And Communication New Delhi, India 14-15 February 2025. Published in: Hassanien, A. E. et al., Innovative Computing and Communications. Vol. 1434.Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems Springer. , pp.309-318. (10.1007/978-981-96-7523-4_22)
- Saxena, K. et al., 2025. A location-specific mobile framework for intelligent road traffic traceability systems. Presented at: 4th International Conference on Computing and Communication Networks (ICCCN 2024) Manchester, UK 17-18 October 2024. Published in: Kumar, A. , Swaroop, A. and Shukla, P. eds. Proceedings of Fourth International Conference on Computing and Communication Networks. ICCCN 2024. Vol. 1292.Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems Springer. (10.1007/978-981-96-3250-3_12)
- Sun, R. 2025. Modelling and estimation of in-port ship emissions: A scalable multi-stage data driven framework. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
- Sun, R. et al. 2025. A comprehensive analysis of strategies for reducing GHG emissions in maritime ports. Marine Policy 171 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 119722. (10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.119722)
- Sun, R. et al. 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)
2024
- Sun, R. et al. 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 2024. IAME 2024 Conference Proceedings. IAME.
- Yang, T. et al. 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) 14. (10.3390/wevj16010014)
Articles
- Sun, R. et al. 2025. A comprehensive analysis of strategies for reducing GHG emissions in maritime ports. Marine Policy 171 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 119722. (10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.119722)
- Sun, R. et al. 2026. Geopolitical disruptions and maritime transitions: Environmental and economic costs of rerouting. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 203 104737. (10.1016/j.tra.2025.104737)
- Sun, R. et al. 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)
- Yang, T. et al. 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) 14. (10.3390/wevj16010014)
Conferences
- Rakshit, A. et al., 2025. A tactical traffic management solution for smart cities using reinforcement learning. Presented at: Proceedings of the International Conference On Innovative Computing And Communication New Delhi, India 14-15 February 2025. Published in: Hassanien, A. E. et al., Innovative Computing and Communications. Vol. 1434.Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems Springer. , pp.309-318. (10.1007/978-981-96-7523-4_22)
- Saxena, K. et al., 2025. A location-specific mobile framework for intelligent road traffic traceability systems. Presented at: 4th International Conference on Computing and Communication Networks (ICCCN 2024) Manchester, UK 17-18 October 2024. Published in: Kumar, A. , Swaroop, A. and Shukla, P. eds. Proceedings of Fourth International Conference on Computing and Communication Networks. ICCCN 2024. Vol. 1292.Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems Springer. (10.1007/978-981-96-3250-3_12)
- Sun, R. et al. 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 2024. IAME 2024 Conference Proceedings. IAME.
Thesis
- Sun, R. 2025. 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