Future Maritime Transport: Trends and Solutions
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 December 2024 | Viewed by 10239
Special Issue Editors
Interests: port management; supply chain management; freight transport; maritime transport; sustainability
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Interests: maritime transport and safety; sustainability; shipping management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today, the maritime transport system is the main conduit of international trade. However, due to the pandemic, geopolitical conflicts, advancements in digital technologies and measures related to sustainable shipping, the maritime industry is facing significant challenges. The industry often needs to balance environmental issues and technological changes with economic concerns. In this context, this Special Issue aims to compile current theoretical and applied research on efficient, safe and sustainable maritime transport amid recent trends in the industry. This Special Issue is an excellent platform to discuss the latest research applicable to the maritime industry and to present up-to-date and relevant solutions or applications relating to, but not limited to:
- Maritime logistics;
- Port management;
- Maritime cybersecurity;
- Sustainable Maritime transport;
- Green shipping;
- Emissions control;
- Data analytics;
- Blockchain applications;
- Digital technologies;
- Disruptive technologies.
The Special Issue shall present high-quality and cutting-edge research and applications for the industry, facilitating global trade as a result.
Dr. Hui Shan Loh
Dr. Qingji Zhou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- maritime transport
- maritime logistics
- sustainability
- technology
- digital transformation
- resilient
- efficiency
- cybersecurity
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Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: Big data analysis for more accurate ship ETA’s: a model for ETA deviation prediction
Authors: Chris Maervoet*,; Thierry Vanelslander**; Marc Vervoort*
Affiliation: * Antwerp Maritime Academy
** University of Antwerp
Abstract: During the past decades, the focus in maritime supply chains has shifted from the individual company to an integrated chain. It is of utmost importance that the various chain actors are well aligned with each other, so as to make transport operations as smooth as possible, ideally without Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) deviations. To examine which drivers have to be tackled primarily so as to reduce ETA deviations, this paper examines for each individual ship type which parameters significantly influence delays. First and foremost, it is observed that seagoing vessels exhibit significantly greater delays than inland vessels. We also find that Chemtankers do not appear to be significantly impacted by their dimensions and geographic factors. Container ships, on the other hand, are insensitive to both geographical and meteorological factors. General Tankers, on the other hand, show the greatest delays. The output of the synthesizing PCA indicated that for all ship types the dimensions and meteorological factors have the greatest explanatory power in the context of delay predictions. The equations developed on this basis are able to calculate the chance of ETA deviations for each vessel type in the dataset. This result is therefore of great relevance to all actors in the maritime supply chains, as it allows planning much better and avoiding unnecessary asset and staff expenses.
Title: A Method for Obtaining the Set of Safe Maneuvering Strate-gies for Ships in Restricted Waters.
Authors: 张可
Affiliation: China Waterborne Transport Research Institute;Key Technology of Unmanned Ship System and Equipment Key Laboratory of Transportation Industry
Abstract: Abstract: In order to achieve autonomous navigation decision-making of altering course and changing speed for ships in restricted water areas, this paper constructs a model for obtaining a set of ship safety maneuvering strategies considering multiple factors based on the concept of ship reachability set. Firstly, the characteristics of restricted water channel restrictions, convention on the interna-tional regulations for preventing collisions at sea (COLREGs), ship encounter scenario, and ship maneuverability were analyzed. Then combined with the characteristics of restricted channel and ship maneuvering, the relationship between ship course and speed vector change and collision avoidance is analyzed and excavated by using the improved velocity obstacle method and vehicle rudder gradient method respectively, and the collision avoidance range of the ship under altering course and changing speed is obtained. The set of safe manipulation strategies for all obstacles in different situations is obtained. The simulation ex-perimental results show that the constructed model can accurately and intuitively reflect the set of ship safety maneuvers in restricted water areas, providing basis and support for autonomous navigation decision-making