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Initial Approach to Safety on Cruises Ships: Structure of the Sector [PDF]

open access: yesTransNav, 2018
The importance of safety on ships is beyond dispute, however, there are some types of ship for which this matter deserves special consideration. One of these types of ships are passenger cruises, due to the high number of human lives that travel on board.
Alfonso Arranz   +2 more
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The cruise shipping industry in the corporate mergers and overpanamax eras. A comparison with the container shipping industry [PDF]

open access: yesBelgeo, 2004
After container shipping, the cruise shipping industry has entered recently into the overpanamax era, in a typical quest for economies of scale, at the same time as it was searching for economies of scope, including through corporate mergers.
Jacques Charlier
doaj   +3 more sources

Damage survivability of cruise ships - evidence and conjecture [PDF]

open access: yesOcean Engineering, 2016
This paper delves into damage stability legislation as it applies to passenger ships. The Concordia accident, like many others before it, has shaken the maritime profession once again with many questions being asked without being able to provide credible
Vassalos, Dracos
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A Comprehensive Star Rating Approach for Cruise Ships Based on Interactive Group Decision Making with Personalized Individual Semantics

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022
This article proposes a comprehensive star rating approach for cruise ships by the combination of subject and objective evaluation. To do that, it firstly established a index system of star rating for cruise ships. Then, the modified TOPSIS is adopted to
Mingshuo Cao   +5 more
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Machine learning based method for analyzing vibration and noise in large cruise ships. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE
Cruise ships are distinguished as special passenger ships, transporting passengers to various ports and giving importance to comfort. High comfort can attract lots of passengers and generate substantial profits. Vibration and noise are the most important
Wenwei Wu   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Model for Estimation of Fuel Consumption of Cruise Ships

open access: yesEnergies, 2018
This article presents a model to estimate the energy use and fuel consumption of cruise ships that sail Norwegian waters. Automatic identification system (AIS) data and technical information about cruise ships provided input to the model, including ...
Morten Simonsen   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Cruise Ships Routing in Central Part of the Adriatic East Coast [PDF]

open access: yesTransNav, 2022
Strong expansion of cruise ships traffic and cruising destinations in the Adriatic makes the region ideal for cruise ships routing analysis. The aim of this paper is to detect real cruise ships traffic movement in order to understand how present cruise ...
Josip Dorigatti   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reducing a Human Factor in Cruise Ships Accidents by Improving Crew Competences [PDF]

open access: yesTransNav, 2021
In recent decades, there has been noticed a continuous growth of passengers on cruise ships. Technical as well as technological development follow this growth side to side as far as construction, transport of passengers and strict legal regulations are ...
Ana Gundic   +3 more
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Cruise Industry Trends and Cruise Ships’ Navigational Practices in the Central and South Part of the Adriatic East Coast Affecting Navigational Safety and Sustainable Development

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
The analysis of cruising trends in the Mediterranean regions shows that the Adriatic is the fastest growing cruise region in terms of the number of passenger movements and cruise ships’ port calls among all regions, particularly the central and south ...
Josip Dorigatti   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current situation study of cruise ship's appearance brand images based on hierarchical clustering method

open access: yesZhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2022
ObjectivesThis paper takes the perspective of user cognition to explore the current situation and influencing factors of the cruise ships' appearance brand images.MethodsBased on the hierarchical clustering method, experiments are designed that allow ...
Jiefeng LYU, Yiming ZHOU, Mozijing WANG
doaj   +1 more source

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