Djoeke van Netten examines the interplay between privacy and secrecy in ships of Dutch East India Companies (1595-1799). Space aboard a ship was scarce rare privilege. starts with discussion sources available as well those lost to history. She then continues by examining what can be known about protection access (secret) information (private) belongings ships. Cases where violated secrets revea...

This paper treats a berth allocation problem in dedicated container terminals where feeder ships and container vessels are jointly served. When assigning quay space and a service time to each calling ship particular focus is put on the container exchange between feeder ships and vessels, so that the weighted number of containers delivered by feeder missing their intended vessel is minimized. Th...

November the 26th 1914, early in the morning. In the river mouth of the Medway, a fleet of impressive battle ships is ready to oppose maritime attacks on Great Britain. But everything is still quiet, at that moment. However, at a couple of minutes to eight, one of the ships is suddenly surrounded by flames, without the slightest previous warning. Next, a big explosion was heard for ten miles ar...

Car Logistics: The motivating case study is inspired by the operation of the sea port of Bremen, Germany. The port receives ships loaded with cars and has to organize their delivery. The operation of the system involves numerous entities (Ships, Cars, Gates, Landing Manager, Unloading Managers, Terminals, Treatment Areas, Delivery Managers, Delivery Gates, Trucks...), each responsible of specif...

With regard to a marine safety system, large vessels are generally loaded with INS (Integrated Navigation System). But although small and medium-sized ships are exposed to safety accidents in the sea, they are not carrying proper navigation devices and equipment. Accordingly, in order to develop INS for small and medium-sized ships(s-INS), an existing INS has newly been organized and integrated...

Nowadays, most merchant vessels use Heavy Fuel Oils (HFOs) for the ship propulsion. These fuels are cost effective but they produce significant amounts of noxious emissions. To comply with IMO & MARPOL environmental regulations, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is becoming an interesting option for the merchant ships. The purpose and scope of this paper is to describe the fact...