Maritime transport faces multiple challenges, therefore it requires an interdisciplinary approach in order to respond efficiently to the interaction between diverse agents. This book presents interdisciplinary research, as well as operational experiences, which contribute towards the development of the field.
The substantial growth of maritime shipping has resulted in large quantities of good and products being transported around the world, creating a demand for innovative solutions for infrastructure and fleets.
A further increase in the scale and the size of container carriers and passenger cruisers also requires special facilities. These developments have presented a challenge for different types of technologies, as well as operational systems.
Maritime transportation ought to be integrated with other services such as railways, roadways and airports and, in some cases, river and canal traffic in order to achieve maximum efficiency.
It also needs to respond rapidly to the economic and political circumstances in different parts of the world.
These challenges often require extreme performances in terms of capacity, speed of delivery, energy consumption, environmental sustainability, as well as social and economic aspects.
A range of topics are covered, including: Ports and their operation; Routing and automatic control of marine ships; Responsible and sustainable port innovation and development along the 21st century Maritime Silk Road; Ports of the future - Sustainable intelligent ports for smart and autonomous ships and logistics; Pollution and the protection of the marine environment; Maritime education and training; Planning and management.
Edited by:
G. Passerini,
S. Ricci
Imprint: WIT Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 187
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
ISBN: 9781784663476
ISBN 10: 1784663476
Series: WIT Transactions on the Built Environment
Pages: 284
Publication Date: 26 November 2019
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
"Contents Section 1: Ports and their operation Ports' structural and operational benchmark: Methodology and application to the Mediterranean basin; Management and infrastructures in a maritime coal terminal: A decision-making methodology; Improvement in workability of terminals placed along the inner side of port vertical breakwaters by means of recurved parapet walls; Integrated observing systems supporting Civitavecchia port development Section 2: Routing and automatic control of marine ships Optimization approach to the guidance and control of marine vehicles; Improving the performance of weather routing algorithms; DREM-based online identification of a surface vessel dynamic model; Marine ships' control fault detection based on discrete H2-optimization; Stability analysis of ships' movement along optimal routes Section 3: Responsible and sustainable port innovation and development along the 21st century Maritime Silk Road Cultivating a friendly attitude: The Master's program of ""One Belt One Road"", a think-tank for international students at Harbin Institute of Technology; Chinese road to responsible innovation: Constructing a green port in Dalian; Sustainable port development based on the Blue Economy framework in China: The example of Qingdao port Section 4: Ports of the future - Sustainable intelligent ports for smart and autonomous ships and logistics Just-In-Time rail shuttle service feasibility study for the port of Valencia; Small and medium ports' activities modelling: Introduction to the PIXEL approach Section 5: Pollution and the protection of the marine environment Cost effective marine exhaust abatement for NOX, SOX and soot; Preliminary cost-effectiveness analysis of the measures put in place by EU Member States to implement the directive on reduction of sulphur content in fuels used by ships; Maritime environmental performance indices: Useful tools for evaluating transport supplier environmental performance?; Air pollution in Ancona harbour, Italy Section 6: Maritime education and training Using the Solar Splash competition to train the new generation of maritime engineers in solar power use; Maritime education in the age of autonomy Section 7: Planning and management Advantages of pre-clearance procedures in maritime transport; Global soybean trade, supply chain and tariffs; Nautical tourism and regional population: The Italian case Author index"
