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A Dynamic Business Modeling Approach to Port Sustainability: The Western Sicily Port Authority Case

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ports are critical nodes in global trade and economic development, yet they generate substantial environmental and social externalities—including greenhouse gas emissions, air, noise, and water pollution, and adverse impacts on host communities—that demand integrated and forward‐looking governance.
Martina Vivoli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intelligent VTS [PDF]

open access: yesTransNav, 2007
In this paper the author depicts new approach involving fuzziness in navigational situation assessment. Nowadays operator at maritime traffic monitoring station is assumed to have access to a great amount of data. The data comes from different places and
Wlodzimierz Filipowicz
doaj  

Design and Implement an Automatic Smart Buoy System for a Bulgarian Safe Beach Areas – Part 2 [PDF]

open access: yesTransNav
The Internet of Things (IoT) is undergoing rapid expansion, transforming industries and everyday life through interconnected devices and data-driven decision-making.
Ivan Dimitrov   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Carbon emission assessment of tunnel infrastructures: From construction to operation

open access: yesDeep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This study develops a lifecycle carbon accounting framework for tunnel infrastructures, covering design, construction, operation, maintenance, and dismantling. Applied to a subsea tunnel case, the framework reveals the carbon emission distribution among four typical tunnel types and highlights potential carbon offset methods for low‐carbon tunnel ...
Luyuan Long   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Innovative Approaches to Transport Challenges in Port Cities Based on Literature Review [PDF]

open access: yesTransNav
Port cities are critical nodes in global trade but face unique transport challenges issuing from their dual role as urban centres and maritime hubs. These challenges include congestion, pollution, and governance complexities, which intensify as global ...
Agnieszka Jankowska
doaj   +1 more source

Human pressure, habitat heterogeneity and species traits jointly determine the level of dark diversity in coastal fish communities

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Understanding how anthropogenic pressures and environmental gradients shape coastal fish communities is a central question in biogeography and marine conservation. Yet, the set of species expected to occur at a site given ecological conditions but being absent – the so‐called dark diversity – has received far less attention than observed species, even ...
Loïc Sanchez   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advances in the Prevention of Shipping-Related Air Pollution

open access: yesEnergies
This review looks at the advancements in shipping-related air pollution prevention in the context of ship life cycle assessment and energy efficiency. It discusses which design option is best for implementing various strategies to lower greenhouse gas ...
Yordan Garbatov, Petar Georgiev
doaj   +1 more source

Ocean Governance and Marine Conservation: Institutional Work as a Lever for Ocean Sustainability

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ocean governance presents one of the most complex environmental policy challenges of our time, requiring coordinated action across multiple scales, sectors and stakeholder groups. This paper applies institutional work theory to systematically examine how actors create, maintain and disrupt the governance arrangements underpinning ocean ...
Kedar Uttam   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oceans of Opportunity - Exploring Ireland’s Marine Resources: Review of Projects 2000–2005

open access: yes, 2006
This publication gives an overview of projects and some of the achievements of the research and development activity funded under the Marine RTDI in the current National Development Plan (2000–2006).
Marine Institute
core   +1 more source

Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) Migration in the Strait of Gibraltar: Evaluating Maritime Traffic Threats and Conservation Measures

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering
The Strait of Gibraltar (SG) is a key biogeographic and ecological corridor connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, enabling the seasonal migrations of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus).
Rocío Espada   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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