Safety of Marine Transport : Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation

Providing high-quality, scholarly research, addressing development, application and implications, in the field of maritime education, maritime safety management, maritime policy sciences, maritime industries, marine environment and energy technology. Contents include electronics, astronomy, mathematics, cartography, command and control, psychology, operational research, risk analysis, theoretical physics, operation in hostile environments, instrumentation, ergonomics, financial planning and law. Further, logistics, transport and mobility are addressed n this volume. The book provides a forum for transportation researchers, engineers, navigators, ergonomists, and policy-makers with an interest in maritime researches. Covering scientific, technological, political, economic, cultural and social aspects of maritime shipping, transportation and navigation, this booh publishes innovative, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research on marine navigation subjects and is set to become the leading international scholarly publication specialising in discussion and debate on maritime subjects. The work is especially concerned to put maritime studies in a broad international and comparative context and is addressed to scientists and professionals in order to share experience, expert knowledge and research results, on all aspects of navigation and sea transportation. Front Cover 1 Contents 6 List of reviewers 8 Safety of Marine Transport. Introduction 10 Chapter 1. Human Resource Management and Maritime Crew Manning 12 1.1. Sample Data from Shipping Companies: Women in the Turkish Seafarers Registry and Their Employment Situation 14 1.2. Attractions, Problems, Challenges, Issues and Coping Strategies ofthe Seafaring Career: MAAP Seafarers Perspectives 22 1.3. Plights and Concerns of Filipino Seafarers on Board Vessels Traversing Horn ofAffica and Gulf of Aden: AMOSUP and other Stakeholders Responses 32 1.4. Swedish Seafarers’ Occupational Commitment in Light of Gender and Family Situation 42 1.5. Web-based Databank for Assessment of Seafarers’ Functional Status During Sea Missions 50 1.6. Implementation of CSR Aspects in Human Resources Management (HRM) Strategies of Maritime Supply Chain’s Main Involved Parties 56 1.7. Analysis of Factors Influencing Latvian Seafarers’ Outflow Rate 62 Chapter 2. Maritime Education and Training (MET) 70 2.1. Investigation of Sea Training Conditions of Deck Cadets: a Case Study in Turkey 72 2.2. Sleep Quality, Anxiety and Depression Among Maritime Students in Lithuania: Cross-sectional Questionnaire Study 78 2.3. The Use ofthe Portuguese Naval Academy Navigation Simulator in Developing Team Leadership Skills 84 2.4. Paradigm Shift in Ship Handling and its Training 90 2.5. Experimental Research with Neuroscience Tool in Maritime Education and Training (MET) 98 Chapter 3. Sea Ports and Harbours 106 3.1. Trends in Environmental Policy Instruments and Best Practices in Port Operations 108 3.2. Decreasing Air Emissions in Ports – Case Studies in Ports 116 3.3. Port in a City – Effects ofthe Port 124 3.4. The Influence of lntemalizing the External Cost on the Competiveness of Sea Ports in the Same Container Loop 132 3.5. Development of Dry Ports: Significance of Maritime Logistics on Improving the Iranian Dry Ports and Transit 140 3.6. A Study on Rapid Left-turn of Ship’s Head of Laden Cape-size Ore Carriers while Using Astern Engine in Harbor 146 Chapter 4. Port Facilities 152 4.1. A Geographical Perspective on LNG Facility Development in the Eastern Baltic Sea 154 4.2. Influence of“Suezmax” Tankers Size Increase on Mooring Ropes at Existing Terminals 162 4.3. The Analysis of Dredging Project’s Effectiveness in the Port of Gdynia, Based on the Interference with Vessel Traffic 168 Chapter 5. Ship's Propulsion, Main Engine and Power Supply 174 5.1. Reliability of Fuel OilSystem Components Versus Main Propulsion Engine: An Impact Assessment Study 176 5.2. Impact of Electricity Generator on a Small-Bore Internal Combustion Engine at Low and Medium Loads 182 5.3. A Comparative Approach of Electrical Diesel Propulsion Systems 186 5.4. Method of Determining Operation Region of Single-transistor ZVS DC/DC Converters 192 Chapter 6. Maritime Law and Policy 196 6.1. The Implementation of a New Maritime Labour Policy: the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006) 198 6.2. A New International Law to Protect Abandoned Seafarers: Amendments to MLC, 2006 204 Chapter 7. Piracy 212 7.1. Effectiveness of Measures Undertaken in the Gulf of Guinea Region to Light Maritime Piracy 214 7.2. Counter Piracy Training Competencies Model 224 Chapter 8. Ship's Operations 232 8.1. Experimental Study for the Development of a Ship Hull Cleaning Robot 234 8.2. Assessment of Variations of Ship’s Deck Elevation Due to Containers Loading in Various Locations on Board 242 8.3. Tworty Box to Reduce Empty Container Positionings 250 8.4. Consideration on Dynamic Modelling of Ship Squat 260 Chapter 9. Safety of Transport 268 9.1. State of Safety in the Polish Land Transport 270 9.2. Surveys of the Influence of Telematics on the Land Transport Safety 276 9.3. Approaches and Regulations Regarding Significant Modifications in Transportation and Nuclear Safety 284 9.4. Optimization of the Transport Service of Pishing Vessels at Ocean Pishing Grounds 294 9.5. Selected Transport Problems of Dangerous Goods in the European Union and Poland 298 AUTHOR INDEX 306