1. INTRODUCTION. Written in block capitals on lined paper, the letter bore a postmark from a Northeastern seaport. " I have a problem that I would like to solve, " the letter began, " but unfortunately I cannot. I dropped out from 2nd year high school, and this problem is too tough for me. " There followed the diagram shown in Figure 1 along with the statement of the problem: to prove that the ...

Seaport container terminals are essential nodes in sea cargo transportation networks. As such, the operational efficiency of container terminals in handling containers passing through them plays a critical role in a globalized world economy. Many models and algorithms have been developed to address various decision problems in container terminals to help improve operational efficiency. These de...

Beirut, Sidon and Tyre were major centres of maritime trade from the Bronze Age onwards. This economic prosperity generated increased pressures on the local environment, through urbanization and harbour development. Until now, however, the impact of expanding seaport infrastructure has largely been neglected and there is a paucity of data concerning the environmental stresses caused by these ne...

Recently, socio-economic development of the Russian Arctic and Subarctic have form planning implementation a set large infrastructure projects under climate change. Currently, many businesses are implementing wide range information technologies, including area natural risks management, where it is required new technologies tools. The purpose research was geo-information support system for manag...

Due to the increasing freight volumes passing via seaports checkpoints, and increasingly reported delays in customs clearance procedure, dry port, emerged as one kind of solution to such situation, instead of extending the port scale under limited land use. The place located with dry port (sometimes inland port) can solve not only the congestion embarrassment faced by connected seaport, but als...

This paper presents a game theoretic model that analyzes resource allocation strategies against an adaptive adversary to secure cargo container transportation. The defender allocates security resources that could interdict an unauthorized weapon insertion inside a container. The attacker observes the defender’s security strategy and chooses a site to insert the weapon. The attacker’s goal is to...