Maritime Energy Contracting for Clean Shipping

Maritime Transportation: Drivers for the Shipping and Port Industries

Maritime transport is composed of the maritime shipping and the ports dimensions. Areas of focus include establishing a vision for the future of maritime transport; identifying the innovative technologies, business models and policies that will drive change; overcoming barriers to innovation; and establishing governance structures at the global and national levels to foster the innovations that...

Operational Measures For Energy Efficiency In Shipping

1.Introduction Energy efficiency and environmental performance are mainstream issues for ship operators who are aiming through low carbon shipping and cost reductions. Although reducing fuel consumption seems to have priority, environmental considerations also push the shipping industry to operate in more efficient way. Strict legislations on GHG emissions and increasing fuel prices turn the fo...

Materials for Clean Energy Conversion

A heuristic and hybrid method for the tank allocation problem in maritime bulk shipping

In bulk shipping, ships often have multiple tanks and carry multiple inhomogeneous products at a time. When operating such ships it is therefore a major challenge to decide how to best allocate cargoes to available tanks while taking into account tank capacity, safety restrictions, ship stability and strength as well as other operational constraints. The problem of finding a feasible solution t...

Empirical Evidence for Integration and Disintegration of Maritime Shipping, Port and Logistics Activities