Sea transport of goods and passengers is constantly undergoing a meaningful rise due to the globalisation of economy, thus provoking a trade speeding up and the specialization of ships and port terminals, with the support of the concept of comodality and its environmental face ecomodality. Ports, are the decisive and needed node in the transport chain, must serve the maritime transport as an infrastructure providing an smooth change between modes of transport. These aspects shall be framed by the quality and environment-friendliness criteria that administrations and society require. In this regard, protection of the port environment, safety and security have become key points for the development of modern maritime transport. In addition, the influence of human factor on board the ships has to be strongly considered as a decisive element for safe, secure and clean operations. The MT Conference should be attended by researchers, scientists, academics, professionals, entrepreneurs, and all people involved in shipping and also in maritime training from any country.

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  • Discussion of stern-first-method in ship handling for ship operation, education & training using fast time simulation 

    Benedict, Knud; Schaub, Michele; Baldauf, Michael; Gluch, Michael; Kirchhoff, Matthias; Krueger, Caspar (2022-06-21)
    Comunicació de congrés
    Accés obert
    Some port approaches require challenging manoeuvring strategies for arrival and departure, specifically under heavy wind and current conditions. In recent papers a discussion of the “Stern-First-Method” SFM was started ...
  • Covid-19 control measures and its impact on seafarers’ mental health 

    López López, María N.; Campa Portela, Rosa Mary de la; Bouza Prego, María de los Ángeles; Sánchez Girón, Javier Ramón (2022-06-21)
    Comunicació de congrés
    Accés obert
    The appearance of COVID-19 in maritime transport has been an exceptional challenge for all stakeholders in this sector, mainly for seafarers who have been caught between the need to keep supply chains operational and the ...
  • Bibliometric analysis of sustainable shipping in Web of Science database in 2020 and 2021 

    Žanić Mikuličić, Jelena; Slišković, Merica; Gudelj, Anita; Ukić Boljat, Helena (2022-06-21)
    Comunicació de congrés
    Accés obert
    The word sustainable became more and more important in maritime affairs especially in shipping. It has strong impact on environmental, social and economic sector. Throughout the years the number of researches on sustainable ...
  • Sustainability and strategic directions in maritime education and training provision: An exploration of employers’ perceptions 

    Thanopoulou, Helen A.; Tsioumas, Vangelis; Schinas, Orestis; Papachristos, Dimitris (2022-06-21)
    Comunicació de congrés
    Accés obert
    The paper explores the importance of sustainability from the perspective of prospective employers of future and existing Maritime Education and Training (MET) graduates. More specifically, it investigates employers’ views ...
  • Redirection aspects of Far East – Central Europe traffic flows: Facts, findings and future tendencies 

    Brčić, David; Vilke, Siniša; Kos, Serdjo; Žuškin, Srđan (2022-06-21)
    Comunicació de congrés
    Accés obert
    The multimodal door-to-door transport chain connecting Central Europe with Far East origins predominantly calls the North European ports. However, already the geographic features are dictating the reasonable possibility ...
  • The next step on the maritime education and training in the era of autonomous shipping 

    Campos Toresano, Cristina; Mujal Colilles, Anna; Castells Sanabra, Marcel·la (2022-06-21)
    Comunicació de congrés
    Accés obert
    The development of autonomous shipping is in continuous growth; technology evolution is going on faster steps and new projects are being developed looking for more efficient, more sustainable and safer shipping operations. ...
  • The impact of covid-19 on shipping industry studying economic factors 

    Martínez Marín, Jesús Ezequiel; Trilles Segura, Andrea; Fuentes Molina, Ivette (2022-06-21)
    Comunicació de congrés
    Accés obert
    The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of COVID-19 on shipping industry using a multiple-regression econometric model based on Ordinary Least Squares. The model has considered Valencia Containerised Freight Index ...
  • Influence of flooding boat deck compartment on the ship’s safety 

    Mironiuk, Waldemar (2022-06-21)
    Comunicació de congrés
    Accés obert
    At any time whether during combat or non-combat, naval ships are susceptible to damage. During combat, navy ships are susceptible to suffer damage to a particular degree on its armament, hull or even its technical equipment. ...
  • Static maritime enviroment representation of electronic navigational charts in global path planning 

    Sakan, Davor; Žuškin, Srđan; Rudan, Igor; Brčić, David (2022-06-21)
    Comunicació de congrés
    Accés obert
    In past years, numerous global path planning methods have been researched and applied in maritime surface navigation. Regardless of intended usage for either decision-support in manned, or autonomous vessel navigation, ...
  • Analysis of imo 2020 and the adaptation of shipowners operating in Spain 

    Martínez Marín, Jesús Ezequiel; Gutiérrez López, Ruben; Fuentes Molina, Ivette (2022-06-21)
    Comunicació de congrés
    Accés obert
    Shipping sector has always been pointed as one of the most contaminant ways of transport and this can be debated extensively. Ships emit emissions that contribute to air pollution worldwide and IMO is concerned about the ...
  • Analysis and discussion of maritime accidents in the spanish fishing sector 

    Torné Reverté, Alfredo; Isalgué Buxeda, Antonio; Martínez de Osés, Francesc Xavier (2022-06-21)
    Comunicació de congrés
    Accés obert
    In recent years, we have studied the serious and very serious maritime accidents registered by the Spanish fishing sector in all its modalities and areas. In several cases, the results obtained are different from the ...
  • Open loop exhaust gas cleaning system and its effect over the Barcelona port water PH 

    Díaz Delgado, Nelson; Martínez de Osés, Francesc Xavier (2022-06-21)
    Comunicació de congrés
    Accés obert
    Nowadays the air pollution prevention has become a priority objective in our society, but it is being expressly noteworthy into the maritime industry and shipping business. The last is because there is a strong regulatory ...

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