Transportation for any country is a vital aspect of its social and economic life; it enhances trade needs whereby the country’s manufacturing, industrial tourism and distribution needs are served. Therefore, a vibrant, responsive, effective and efficient transport system will enhance Nigeria’s economic, developmental and strategic roles in the global system/economy. It is for this reason that T...

The first stage in the construction of an effective subsystem for monitoring technical state communication devices and navigation equipment is to analyze development modern information telecommunication systems public networks. analysis will make it possible find solutions problem improving safety. study aims develop a method device distributed based on self-contained vessel or unmanned aerial ...

The last decade has seen tremendous investments in new container ports, vessels, and linked onshore transportation systems. Due to the high level of customer service requested and the complexity of logistic processes in seaport container terminals, many terminal operators have attempted to improve the performance of their terminals by applying new technologies including automated equipment, adv...

High latitude agriculture is rainfed. Climate change could, however, increase water deficiency and initiate a call for development of irrigation systems as a part of field water management systems. This study aimed to develop a basic understanding about the current state of irrigation potential according to region by monitoring proximity of fields to waterways and characterizing their general c...

Aquatic birds are commonly affected by oil spills. Despite rehabilitation efforts, the majority of rehabilitated common guillemots (Uria aalge) do not survive, whereas mute swans (Cygnus olor) tend to have higher postrelease survival. Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) present in crude oil and diesel are immunotoxic in birds affecting cell-mediated responses to immunogens. Because it is a target ...

The strategy of passing much of European Union (EU) waste water through a sewage treatment plant (STP) before discharging it into rivers or lakes has done much to improve the quality of our inland waterways. But we still face a very worrying situation. Environmental problems have surfaced in conjunction with the STPs and their effluent recipients, and attention has turned to human pharmaceutica...

In connection with the need to develop and improve measures prevent eliminate oil spills in Lena Basin of inland waterways, article predicts spread pollution over water surface Olenek Bay Laptev Sea. The purpose this study is evaluate parameters products create situational mathematical models necessary for calculation control means (booms skimmers). Relationships were constructed estimate lengt...

Preliminary communication Automation of navigation at sea has partly been provided for with the use of integrated navigation bridge − INB. The functioning of INB is supervised by the officer who also takes the final decision during navigation. The complete automation of navigation can be improved by upgrading the existing equipment on board modern ships. To provide for automation of inland navi...

journey, same date, same time, same comfort class) is sold at different prices1. ∗We gratefully acknowledge travel funding from the CNRS and NSF under grants INT9815703 and GA10273, and research funding under grant SES 0452864 . We thank Anita Anderson, Alain Béraud, Catherine de Fontenay, Robin Lindsey, André de Palma, Emile Quinet, and Sarah Tulman for their comments and suggestions. We would...