Fair automated assessment of noncompliance in cargo ship networks

A probabilistic model for accidental cargo oil outflow from product tankers in a ship-ship collision.

In risk assessment of maritime transportation, estimation of accidental oil outflow from tankers is important for assessing environmental impacts. However, there typically is limited data concerning the specific structural design and tank arrangement of ships operating in a given area. Moreover, there is uncertainty about the accident scenarios potentially emerging from ship encounters. This pa...

ship and cargo mortgage, two different legal viewpoints

although the subject-matter of cargo and ship mortgage are similar (providing financial security for creditors),the regulations of these contracts, differ from each other essentially  with regard to the conditionality of taking possession in  concluding the contract, the possibility of  endorsement and cession in mortgage document, the creditor s kind of real right ,the  preference of prior or ...

Optimization of Ship Cargo Operations by Genetic Algorithm

This paper addresses the optimization possibilities of cargo operations onboard ship in order to minimize the operational costs through optimal structure of resources required. Since the setup model consists of composite objective function with several decision variables whose solution is constrained in the field Z+, the method for direct finding of optimal solution does not lead to satisfactor...

The complex network of global cargo ship movements.

Transportation networks play a crucial role in human mobility, the exchange of goods and the spread of invasive species. With 90 per cent of world trade carried by sea, the global network of merchant ships provides one of the most important modes of transportation. Here, we use information about the itineraries of 16 363 cargo ships during the year 2007 to construct a network of links between p...

Factors Affecting Ocean-Going Cargo Ship Speed and Arrival Time