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First steps on key concepts related to autonomous shipping within maritime education and training framework
(Universidad de Cantabria, 2024-08-16)
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Open AccessAdvancements in telecommunications, computing, and sensors are driving ships towards greater autonomy each day. New projects aimed at achieving fully autonomous transport are already shaping the fleets of the future, ... -
Life cycle assessment to address the environmental impacts of tourism in a Spanish tourist destination: The case of Rias Baixas (Galicia) holidays
(Elsevier, 2023-08-10)
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Open AccessTourism has grown steadily in recent decades, becoming a strategic sector for the economy in many countries. However, the environmental impacts associated with tourism have also experienced an upward trend. In this sense, ... -
Maritime accidents in fishing craft in Spain. A Peltzman effect?
(Universidad de Cantabria, 2022-01-29)
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Open AccessFishing has always been a basic activity in different societies, being one of the most dangerous jobs. Facing the problem of the high number of accidents and casualties in the Spanish fishing sector, we present an observational ... -
Visión descriptiva de los planes de contingencia en los puertos de interés general
(2019-06-12)
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Open AccessEn el ámbito de la gestión portuaria, los aspectos relacionados con la seguridad y más concretamente la coordinación y actuación eficiente sobre las emergencias, no están exentos de la elevada complejidad y especialización ... -
Generación eléctrica a bordo: Eficiencia, control y protección: Tres criterios aparentemente antagonistas que deben respetarse en el diseño”
(2022-06-30)
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Open AccessA power plant designed exclusively with efficiency criteria is not capable of adequately supplying the current demanded by the transverse bow thruster during start-up. A control criterion is needed for the excitation of ... -
Relationship between eroded volume and main scour hole dimensions near quay walls caused by internal counter-rotating twin-propellers
(2022-07-14)
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Open AccessThe present study aims at computing and analysing the eroded sediment volumes induced by twin-propeller jets near a vertical quay wall from the main geometric characteristics of the scour hole. Two different scouring ... -
DLT-based sustainable business models for the shipping industry
(Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali, 2022-05-17)
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Open AccessThis paper explores how distributed ledger technology (DLT), aka blockchain, might function as the technological basis for sustainable business models (SBM) in the shipping industry. More specifically, it examines the role ... -
A comprehensive ship weather routing system using CMEMS products and A* algorithm
(2022-07)
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Open AccessWe describe the implementation of a comprehensive software for Ship Weather Routing referred to as SIM- ROUTE. The A* pathfinding algorithm is used to optimize the sailing route as a function of the wave action. The aim ... -
Blockchain-based innovation in post-COVID-19 trade finance
(2021-08-25)
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Open AccessWhile trade finance has been recognized as a key enabler in international trade, there is a persistent gap between supply and demand. This gap threatens to widen after the shocks suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic, which ... -
Ship emissions reduction using weather ship routing optimisation
(2022-01-01)
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Open AccessA significant proportion of global carbon dioxide emissions are attributed to ocean-sailing ships and shipping emissions are predicted to double in less than 30 years. This paper investigates the benefit of using weather ... -
VDES, la fusión del pasado y del futuro: Comunicaciones digitales para los VTS.
(2021-11-02)
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Open AccessEl acrónimo en inglés VDES responde a: VHF Data Exchange System. Se presenta como un nuevo sistema de comunicaciones marítimas de alcance global, con mayor capacidad de transmisión y recepción, más seguro y fiable. Se ... -
Open-loop exhaust-gas cleaning system: analysis of effects produced on Barcelona port water pH
(2022-03-31)
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Open AccessThe implementation of a 0.5% mass/mass sulphur cap in fuels used by ships has become a reality. Furthermore, regulation 14 of the MARPOL Convention–Annex VI (amended) establishes that the limit on fuel used by ships operating ...