Ports are no longer simple interchange points where goods are stored and prepared for their journeys by sea. Transport operators now consider the quays as gateways that goods must pass through in the safest and quickest way and novel information and communication technologies have to be implemented in order to achieve this. The performance of a single port can, additionally, influence the economy of an entire region. It is therefore very important to understand and manage the complex changes that are currently taking place in the ports industry and in its operation management sectors. In this book, which contains the proceedings of the 2002 Ports and Marinas International Conference, the latest changes in the field of design and building of ports are reviewed. Emphasis is placed on new technologies, while problems related to port operations are also highlighted. The papers featured are divided under the following headings: port management; environmental aspects; hydrodynamic aspects; construction and design of ports; marine engineering works; and container systems.
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Sprache
Verlagsort
Southampton
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 230 mm
Breite: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85312-923-0 (9781853129230)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Herausgeber*in
Wessex Institut of Technology
Section 1 Port management: Port development vs. technological development: the challenge of keeping the pace; Port expansion and public-private partnership: the case of Rotterdam; Enemy at the gates: Introduction of Multi-Agents in a terminal information community; Port management games; Inter-modality in the ports and sustainability of the EU freight transport; Institutional reforms in Lebanon's commercial ports: opportunities and challenges; Methods of comparative plotting of the ship's position; Implementation of marine regulations in decision support systems for vessel traffic services; Analytical models for Ro-Ro and Lo-Lo terminals in a multipurpose port; System simulation for the evaluation of the oil barge operation in Kaohsiung harbor, Taiwan. Section 2 Environmental aspects: Marina development and environmental impact assessment requirements - the case of Lefkada Marina; Critical aspects in the application to ports of directive 96/82/EC; Environmental management of port oil terminals; Evaluation of beeswax based petroleum bioremediation products; Study of fishery networks in Japan. Section 3 Hydrodynamic aspects: A DBIEM analysis of free surface oscillations in arbitrary shaped harbours; Finite element modelling of floating pier units in personal computers; Some considerations about the bound long waves evaluation; Long-term wind climate in a large oceanic island harbour. Section 4 Construction and design of ports: Klaipeda port entrance rehabilitation project; The development of a breakwater design at Caleta La Mision Port, Argentina. Section 5 Marine engineering works: Spreadsheet modeling of optimum maintenance strategy for marine machinery in wear-out phase subject to distance between ports as one of the maintenance constraints; UK port mitre gates - time for modernisation; Impounding gates for marina and harbour navigation use; Monitoring of marina construction, Gulf of Suez, Egypt; A jacket turning procedure applied to dock construction. Section 6 Container systems: The effects of the market concentration in the maritime transport on the strategies of the container terminal operators; Life cycle feasibility of a new type of container handling system; Towards the economic operation of a to be privatized ferry system - The case of the Rozenburg-Maassluis ferry in the Port of Rotterdam.
