Innovative Solution for Sustainable and Safe Maritime Transportation
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2021) | Viewed by 346
Special Issue Editors
Interests: risk and safety assessment of maritime transportation; safety of autonomous shipping; ice routing; human reliability assessment in maritime; Bayesian networks in maritime
Interests: safety of maritime transportation; autonomous ships; qualitative methods; STPA; STAMP; maritime education and training
Interests: e-navigation; safety of navigation; geodesy; cartography; ECDIS
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are calling for papers for a Special Issue of the journal Sustainability on research to shed light into Innovative Solutions for Sustainable and Safe Maritime Transportation.
Due to the continuous growth of global sea traffic in volume and number, sea areas are getting crowded, especially those where maritime routes merge or cross. This in turn leads to an increase of the likelihood of dangerous ship–ship encounters that may result in an accident with severe economic, societal or environmental losses. Concurrently, new types of ships with a skeleton crew or fully unmanned are emerging on the horizon, bringing novel navigation-related challenges.
Therefore, it is of utmost importance to keep the safety of maritime navigation at an acceptable level, adopting state-of-the-art methods and tools in order to make the further development of maritime transportation sustainable. To this end, continuous research efforts in the multidisciplinary field of maritime transportation safety are indispensable, aiming at scientific advances and practical developments improving ship, crew, and environmental safety in rapidly changing conditions.
Therefore, this Special Issue provides an excellent opportunity for researchers and practitioners to present and exchange their ideas and solutions for the maritime transportation safety-related challenges of modern shipping.
Dr. Jakub Montewka
Dr. Krzysztof Wróbel
Prof. Dr. Adam Weintrit
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Economic, societal, and environmental impact of maritime navigation
- Regulatory aspects improving safety of maritime navigation
- Risk-driven approach to maritime transportation systems design and operation
- Safety and efficacy of autonomous ships
- Human factors in maritime navigation
- Big data in maritime navigation
- Expert systems and application in maritime
- Cyber security in shipping
- E-navigation
