HotStuff Version III - Incorporation of Sea Surface Temperatures into open deck risk analysis

Summary

The existing methodology for estimating the heat stress risk for livestock destined for Middle Eastern ports has been used successfully for a number of years. While the methodology provides an adequate approach to mitigating heat stress risk while sailing, the approach does not explicitly address heat stress risk during discharge for open decks. The described study extends the existing methodology to address this issue. Risk estimates for both the sailing and discharge components of the voyage are incorporated in the revised methodology as well as the functionality for the separate treatment of each Middle Eastern port and for voyages discharging at multiple ports.
As part of the study, the software has been moved to a more up-to-date development environment and updated to incorporate the new methodology, improve a range of features and fix a number of problems with the previous version.