The paper aims to investigate short sea shipping services as a competitive, sustainable
freight transport system which is able to respond to economic, social and environmental …

This study develops a procedure for performing multi-attribute decision-making ship
structural design of a multi-purpose ship. The already designed ship is further structurally …

The paper covered a study aimed at developing a risk-based conceptual ship design
method for bulk carriers, while taking into account the life cycle assessment and energy …

Abstract Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is a robust procedure for ranking options and
supporting multi-criteria decision making that determine the port that a shipping operator will …

RESUMO O objetivo do artigo é selecionar países referência para análise e
desenvolvimento da navegação comercial brasileira. O País é vocacionado para explorar …

Research performed on maritime cabotage in a worldwide context shows that 1) few
countries have adopted either pure protectionist or liberalised cabotage policies while 2) …

The competition between the various transport modes is characterized by the question of
economic efficiency of transport services on the one hand and (transport) policy objectives …

The recently released data on the Short Sea Shipping in the EU seas has shown a stable
trend in transportation growth. At the same time, the coaster fleet of the East Mediterranean …

The present study analyses uncertainties and their impact on ship design. A Sensitivity
Analysis (SA) is used to understand the uncertainty related to different stages of ship design …

Rather, the aim was from the very beginning to explore the evolution of European port policy
with due concern for the great transformation in ports and sea transport fueled in the past …