Advances in Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation

Adam Weintrit, Full Professor, DSc, PhD, FRIN, FNI, Master Mariner, is head of the Navigational Department (since 2003) and Dean of the Faculty of Navigation (2008-2016) of the Gdynia Maritime University, Poland. He received his M.Sc degree from Gdynia Maritime University, Faculty of Navigation (1985), DSc and PhD degree (1992) and habilitation degree (2004) from Warsaw Technical University, Faculty of Geodesy and Cartography. He has over 30 years' experience in teaching and research works in the field of maritime navigation, sea transport, telematics, geomatics, hydrography, cartography, geodesy and safety at sea.
Adam has published more than 280 reports and papers in journals and conference proceedings and is the author of 18 books on navigation, including 5 handbooks on ECDIS and electronic charts and co-editor of 15 monographs. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal ofn Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation (TransNav).

Tomasz Neumann is Assistant Professor at the Gdynia Maritime University, Poland. He received his M. Sc. degree from the University of Gdansk in 2007. He has co-authored several books on marine navigation and maritime transportation with Adam Weintritt and is Associate Editor of the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation (TransNav).