As pillars of logistics, supply chains, and transport networks, seaports have led to a substantial demand for countless economic advantages. The sustainability competitive advantage seaport businesses depend on their ability adapt changing business requirements, while Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0) is current phenomenon that connects the global market through smart technologies involving cy...

Today, the art of knowing how to listen is more urgent than ever. The perceptive sound system human being stimulated daily by countless artificial sounds that dominate natural ones. When it comes idea soundscape, terminology was initially referred composer and environmentalist Raymond Murray Shafer, who defined “soundscape” as a relationship between ear, humans, built environments, society. Thi...

The challenges faced by electricity grids suggest smart grids will have to coordinate its operation with other important initiatives in areas such as transportation. The smart grid relies on the use of network platforms where meter readings and data can be transmitted. On the other hand, concerning transportation systems the need to achieve a reduction of road congestion and traffic accidents a...

This Chapter focuses on Intermodal Freight Transportation, broadly defined as the transportation of a load from its origin to its destination by a sequence of at least two transportation modes, the transfer from one mode to the next being performed at an intermodal terminal. Container-based transportation services are an important part of intermodal transportation and the backbone of internatio...