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Preliminary results of a real-time weather and ship motion onboard monitoring system and data recording for a container ship
Published in C. Guedes Soares, T.A. Santos, Trends in Maritime Technology and Engineering Volume 1, 2022
M.A. Hinostroza, F.P. Santos, R. Vettor, M. Rodrigues, M. Vieira, C. Guedes Soares
Maritime transport is one of the most economical and energy efficient means of transportation as it allows transporting large volumes of goods with a low cost per transported volume (Wang et al. 2020). This industry is crucial to global supply chains and the world economy, transporting over 80% of world trade by volume, having traded more than 11 million tons in 2019 (UNCTAD 2021). This bulk of marine traffic has large implications in decreasing navigation safety and increasing ship’s operating costs, being the later largely influenced by bunker fuel and lubricating oil prices in an amount of 50% to 60% of that total operating cost, according to the World Shipping Council (Perera & Guedes Soares 2017).
Impact of Covid-19 on shipbuilding and shipping industry
Published in Selma Ergin, C. Guedes Soares, Sustainable Development and Innovations in Marine Technologies, 2022
Maritime transport plays and important role in international trade and the global economy. Around 80-90 per cent of global trade by volume and over 70 per cent of global trade by value are carried by sea and are handled by ports all around the world. Therefore, lack of demand in commodities and goods translated into decreasing need in maritime transport. Strict travel restrictions have been detrimental on airline and sea transportation due to absence of passengers. This setback in turn highly affected shipping and shipbuilding industry. Some countries have launched stimulus plans for many sectors which otherwise cannot survive.
The need for systematic and systemic safety management for autonomous vessels
Published in Pentti Kujala, Liangliang Lu, Marine Design XIII, 2018
O.A. Valdez Banda, P. Kujala, F. Goerlandt, M. Bergström, M. Ahola, P.H.A.J.M. van Gelder, S. Sonninen
Thus, what about the safety perspective of those? Marine equipment manufacturers have a positive view towards developing more advanced equipment for ensuring the safety of an autonomous vessel. For them, autonomous vessels represent the opportunity to transform the maritime transport in a more proactive industry (Kretschmann et al. 2017). This is aligned with the aim of making a clear step towards proactive maritime safety management, an objective constantly pursued by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) (Schröder-Hinrichs et al. 2013).
A systematic review of resilience in the maritime transport
Published in International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 2023
Because of the unexpected disruptions in maritime transport last year, freight rates frequently fluctuated, even reaching levels higher than before the financial crisis. Besides, port congestion is an essential topic during the COVID-19 pandemic. These events can increase transport risks and costs. Maritime transport is a complex system that significantly contributes to international trade and commodity circulation. Some potential hazards, such as extreme weather, piracy, geopolitics, epidemics, and financial crisis, may influence maritime safety and resilience. Under the background of potential threats, several elements are significant in improving resilience. Factors such as stable freight rates and oil prices, proper capacity, secure shipping channels, enough crew and dockers, energy diversity, and quick recovery times are beneficial to enhance maritime resilience that can handle various hazards and disruptions.
Port connectivity and competition among container ports in Southeast Asia based on Social Network Analysis and TOPSIS
Published in Maritime Policy & Management, 2022
The Southeast Asian container port system has demonstrated significant growth and development for over a decade, playing a pivotal role in international trade and shipping. With a container throughput of over 110 million TEU in 2018 (accounting for approximately 14.6% of the global volume), it is one of the busiest container port systems in the world. The container volume of this region increased by over 40 million TEU over a period of ten years, which is considerably higher than the growth of other regions, except for China (see Figure 1). Maritime transport is an essential mode of transportation, carrying a massive volume of cargo in international trade. Southeast Asia has favourable geographical conditions for connectivity to the global market, and a majority of maritime shipping routes pass through the major ports in this region. The Port of Singapore is the second-largest container seaport in the world; it is a hub port dominating container throughput in the region. Besides Singapore, seven container ports (located in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines) are listed among the top 50 global container ports. Some major container ports such as Port Klang, Tanjung Pelepas, Laem Chabang, and Saigon Newport are emerging as new competitors to Singapore and could become new hub ports (Boontaveeyuwat and Hanaoka 2010; Lam, Lee, and Yap 2008).
Digital empowerment for shipping development: a framework for establishing a smart shipping index system
Published in Maritime Policy & Management, 2022
Yi Xiao, Zhuo Chen, Levi McNeil
Maritime transport directly transports goods or passengers from ship to shore; however, it is a complex network involving many kinds of stakeholders, such as shipowners, operators, brokers, ship builders, suppliers, customers, forwarders, port authorities, and governments. Furthermore, based on freight types, maritime transport can be divided into four shipping categories: container shipping, tanker shipping, dry bulk shipping, and other. Different shipping categories have differences in ship types, stakeholders, loading and unloading, storage and so on. In addition to this complexity, when a ship is under sail, some factors, such as real-time weather conditions and tidal patterns, should be taken into account; when a ship is ready to dock, just in time port arrivals should be estimated. Therefore, it is essential to take measures to overcome the complexity and improve the efficiency of maritime transport.