We model cost-effectiveness of control strategies for reducing SO2 emissions from U.S. foreign commerce ships traveling in existing European or hypothetical U.S. West Coast SO(x) Emission Control Areas (SECAs) under international maritime regulations. Variation among marginal costs of control for individual ships choosing between fuel-switching and aftertreatment reveals cost-saving potential o...

Transportation of cars by sea is mainly performed by specialized vessels. These vessels are purpose built for transporting cars and trucks, but some also transport other rolling equipment (high and heavy) and non-containerized cargo (break bulk). In this paper we introduce a routing and scheduling problem for deployment of the fleet of roll-on roll-off (RoRo) vessels. This problem is based on a...

BACKGROUND There are no international rules regarding which medical supplies to bring when the nurseon- duty is called to emergencies outside a cruise ship's infirmary. Ideally, one First Response Bag should contain all that is needed to manage the initial 10-15 minutes of any medical emergency until the patient can be safely transported to the ship's infirmary. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd rece...

INTRODUCTION From a beginning of atomic shipbuilding (the 1956) in Russia built about 250 atomic submarines (NPS), 5 ships and 9 civil atomic vessels. In connection with expiry of the term of maintenance and conclusion of the contracts about limitation and cutting of offensive arms of Russia from the extremity of the 1980-th years acutely there was a problem of their utilization. Utilization of...

Analysis of brucellosis epidemics in ships of the Mediterranean fleet in the nineteenth century are most easily explained by aerosol transmission in grossly overcrowded, hot and humid confined spaces.

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...

Large complex systems, such as power plants, ships and aircraft, are composed of multiple systems, subsystems and components. When they are considered as embedded in operating systems such as a fleet, mission readiness and maintenance management issues are raised. PHM (Prognostics and Health Management) plays a key role in controlling the performance level of such systems, at least on the basis...

In the recent article ‘Who was James Lind, and what exactly did he achieve’, Iain Milne refers to John Woodall’s, the Surgeon General of the East India Company, book The Surgions Mate published in 1617. Woodall recommended ensuring that ‘There is a good quantity of lemon juice sent in each ship’. Bowen et al. in their book ‘Monsoon Traders: The maritime world of the East India Company’ recount ...

This paper reports on the development of an innovative agent-mediated electronic marketplace, which is able to efficiently handle transportation transactions of various types. Software agents of the proposed system represent and act for any user involved in a transportation scenario, while they cooperate and get the related information in real-time mode. Our overall approach aims at the develop...

The airline fleet assignment problem involves assigning aircrafts to flights to maximize profit. Different fleet assignment solutions cause dramatically different performance in subsequent crew planning and operational processes. We have developed an integrated fleet and crew robust planning method to provide fleet assignment solutions that are both friendly to crew planning and robust to real ...