An Overview of the Main Croatian Ports Important in Connecting Islands and the Mainland through the Prism of the RO-RO Technology [PDF]
Croatia has well-indented coast and numerous islands and it is challenging to connect 48 permanently inhibited islands and at the same time respond to the requests of the population of the islands and their tourists in the maritime passenger transhipment.
Astrid Zekić +3 more
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VELOS : a VR platform for ship-evacuation analysis [PDF]
Virtual Environment for Life On Ships (VELOS) is a multi-user Virtual Reality (VR) system that aims to support designers to assess (early in the design process) passenger and crew activities on a ship for both normal and hectic conditions of operations ...
A.I. Ginnis +14 more
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Environmental Performance Evaluation of Ro-Ro Passenger Ferry Transportation [PDF]
With increasing focus on the environmental performance of different transport modes (for example trucks, trains, ships and aircraft) it is of utmost importance that the different transport modes are compared on an equal basis so that the environmental ...
Kristensen, Hans Otto Holmegaard
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An integrated methodology for the design of Ro-Ro passenger ships [PDF]
The present paper provides a brief introduction to the holistic approach to ship design, defines the generic ship design optimization problem and demonstrates its solution by use of advanced optimization ...
Boulougouris, Evangelos +3 more
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Στατιστική ανάλυση ατυχημάτων κατά την περίοδο 1990-2012 [PDF]
Στην παρούσα εργασία θα ασχοληθούμε με τη στατιστική μελέτη και ανάλυση των ατυχημάτων όλων των τύπων πλοίων, κατά τη χρονική περίοδο 1990-2012. Οι τύποι πλοίων που συμπεριλήφθηκαν στην παρούσα μελέτη είναι οι εξής: Κρουαζιερόπλοια (Cruise ships ...
Bitha, Konstantina D. +1 more
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Risk evaluation for RoPax vessels [PDF]
The paper presents the results of a recent risk evalua-tion study for RoPax vessels, carried out as part of the activities of the SAFEDOR Integrated Project.
Konovessis, Dimitris, Vassalos, Dracos
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Risk analysis for RoPax vessels [PDF]
The paper presents the results of a recent risk analysis study for RoPax vessels, carried out as part of the activities of the SAFEDOR Integrated Project.
Konovessis, Dimitris +2 more
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Application of a new multi-agent Hybrid Co-evolution based Particle Swarm Optimisation methodology in ship design [PDF]
In this paper, a multiple objective 'Hybrid Co-evolution based Particle Swarm Optimisation' methodology (HCPSO) is proposed. This methodology is able to handle multiple objective optimisation problems in the area of ship design, where the simultaneous ...
Cui, Hao, Turan, O.
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Carbon dioxide emissions of Antarctic tourism [PDF]
The increase of tourism to the Antarctic continent may entail not only local but also global environmental impacts. These latter impacts, which are mainly caused by transport, have been generally ignored.
Amelung, B. +7 more
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Sensitivity analysis of the probabilistic damage stability regulations for RoPax vessels [PDF]
In the light of the newly developed harmonised probabilistic damage stability regulations, set to come into force in 2009, this article presents a systematic and thorough analysis of the sensitivity of the Attained Subdivision Index with reference to a ...
D. Vassalos +6 more
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