Maritime Transport
Instructor information
Module leader: Prof. Stefano Ricci, Prof. Luca Rizzetto
Course information
ECTS: 6 credits
Status: Elective
Semester: 2
Hours: 30/18 (lectures/exercises)
Link: course page
Objectives
The course aim is to provide with basic elements of knowledge concerning the maritime transport system and the educational elements to study the railway complex system operation.
Syllabus outline
- Introduction
- Waterways
- Ships floating and stability
- Ships architecture and motion
- Navigation control and routes management
- Port basins: morphology and dimensioning criteria
- Port terminals: typologies, operation and dimensioning
- Container terminals: units and handling devices
- Units transhipment plants
- Port container terminals dimensioning
- Sea-side port capacity
- Normative and economic issues
Essential reading list
- Lecture notes provided by the instructor
Recent theses
- Hamlet Abbaszade (2019-2020) Effects of oil tanker accidents on the marine environment and compensation system
- Mohammadmahdi Khezripoor (2018) Vertically Doubled Container Lifting by Portainers
- Giacomo Giannetti (2016) Durres port traffic analysis and projects for landside accessibility