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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Marine Transportation"”.
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Application of freight identification technologies to marine transportation
… the use of freight identification technology for marine container tracking. This research was also intended to evaluate the different forms of the technology and enlighten ocean carriers on the strengths and weaknesses of each technology. The various currently available products and the …
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Marine transportation for Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)
The objective of this report is to determine whether opportunities to use liquefied carbon dioxide carriers as part of a carbon capture and storage system will exist over the next twenty years. Factors that encourage or discourage the use of vessels are discussed. This study concludes that …
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Modeling the assessment of human factors and safety in the marine transportation system
… data are Lloyds of London, the P&I Club and some marine insurance companies. In order to understand the magnitude of human factor related accidents the USCG casualty database CASMAIN, which provides consistently gathered data for a period of more than ten years from (1981 to 1991), is analyzed. …
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Tramp shipping
… Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Marine Transportation, 1947.
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Development and assessment of integrated powering systems with alternative fuel choices for clean transportation
… using alternative fuels for aviation, rail, and marine transportation as follows: (i) alternative powering systems, such as fuel cells, on-board hydrogen production (ii) alternative fuel choices with hydrogen, methane, methanol, ethanol, and dimethyl ether; and (iii) different methods for waste …
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Modeling Vessel Behaviours By Clustering Ais Data Using Optimized DBSCAN
Today, maritime transportation represents substantial international trade. Sustainable development of marine transportation requires systematic modeling and surveillance for maritime situational awareness. In this research thesis, we present an enhanced density-based spatial clustering (DBSCAN) …
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Oil transportation in the global landscape : the Murmansk Oil Terminal and Pipeline proposal evaluated
Oil and transportation have been commingled since the first oil reserves were discovered. The importance of energy, namely oil, and the transportation of that energy from the producers to the consumers is persistently monitored and evaluated. Oil producers often seek novel transportation channels …
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MathCAD model for the estimation of cost and main characteristics of air-cushion vehicles in the preliminary design stage
… and shortages will make ACVs a desirable form of transportation in the future. In order to cover this future trend in marine transportation, a MathCAD model for the estimation of the main characteristics of Air Cushion Vehicles in the preliminary design stage is being developed. This model is …
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The history of the British Meteorological Office to 1905
… chapter the narrative describes how growth of marine transportation led to awareness of possible benefits from knowledge of wind patterns. Moves to collect marine weather statistics worldwide were supported with reluctance by Britain, but eventually resulted in the foundation of a new …
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A tool for evaluating the early-stage design of corvettes
… are based on littoral combat such as Anti-Submarine Warfare, Mine Warfare, and Anti-Surface Warfare. Numerous studies have focused on frigates and patrol boats in the history of naval architecture. However, few studies applied to corvettes. There is a trend in the ship building industry to …
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Air pollution and early deaths in the United States : attribution of PM₂.₅ exposure to emissions species, time, location and sector
… commercial and residential activities, road transportation, marine transportation and rail transportation. In the present work we go beyond aggregate sectors and now attribute exposure and early deaths to sectors, emissions species, time of emission, and location of emission. This enables …
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Elucidating strategies to design tailored chitosan surfaces with enhanced antibiofouling and biocompatibility properties via plasma assisted processes
… across different fields, including agriculture, marine transportation, the food, textile, oil and biomedical industries. Its negative effects incur in economic and human lives losses. Bacteria colonization is a main component in biofouling, and it is a process that starts with the bacteria …