ship exhaust emission inventories and their associated externalities constitute valuableinformation resources towards policy making and management of the influence exerted by shipping on airquality. to this extent, the container terminal at the greek port of piraeus by virtue of its shipping significanceand its urbanised character was selected in order to provide an estimation of the emissions ...

Simulator-based training in maritime education is a highly structured and technological advanced learning activity. By analyzing video recordings of exercises in a navigation course, the study specifically explores: a) the use of different tools and technologies in maritime training, and b) how the instruction shapes and are shaped by the temporal organization of the events. The results highlig...

Remote detection and characterization of laser beams propagating in maritime atmospheres is discussed. A model for off-axis scattered laser light based on Mie scattering from maritime aerosols is presented and compared with angle and time-resolved measurements from a pulsed laser source. We demonstrate that the direction of the source can be determined from the angle-resolved intensity and that...

While maritime transport ensures about 90% of world trade volumes, it has not yet attracted as much attention as other transport systems from a graph perspective. As a result, the relative situation and the evolution of seaports within maritime networks are not well understood. This paper wishes verifying to what extent the hub-and-spoke strategies of ports and ocean carriers have modified the ...

The Mycetophagidae (hairy fungus beetles) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada are surveyed. Seven species in the genera Mycetophagus, Litargus, and Typhaea are found in the region. Six new provincial records are reported including Mycetophagus punctatus and Mycetophagus flexuosus, whichare newly recorded in the Maritime Provinces. The distribution of all species is mapped, colour habitus photog...

Maritime safety has a huge impact on the world economy and our everyday lives. The vast majority of world cargo is carried by sea by huge container-carriers. Cargo ships carrying hazardous loads pose serious threats to the environment. The disaster and damage caused in the event of major sea collisions can be difficult and costly to deal with. In our research we took a broad look at the problem...

Maritime shipping containers are important to a number of different industries as they facilitate the reduction of transportation costs. To address the needs of shippers, empty containers need to be repositioned globally between seaports. Since the cost of empty container repositioning (ECR) constitutes a significant element of the total cost of running a global container fleet operation, the p...

An attacker’s ability to covertly control a maritime surface vessel by broadcasting counterfeit civil Global Positioning System (GPS) signals is analyzed and demonstrated. The aim of this work is to explore civil maritime transportation’s vulnerability to deceptive GPS signals. It is shown that, despite access to a variety of high-quality navigation and surveillance sensors, modern maritime nav...

Over the past two decades, maritime transportation and container traffic worldwide has experienced rapid and continuous growth. With the increase in maritime transportation volume, the issue of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission has become one of the new concerns for port managers. Port managers and government agencies for sustainable development of maritime transportation considered "green ports" t...