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Inland passenger shipping is one of the most convenient means of waterborne travel. However, recent serious accidents with passenger ships in China, have exposed a certain weakness in the country's inland passenger ship safety system. It is thus vital to overview the current conditions of China's inland passenger ship safety system, with regard to the different ship types, employment, management systems,...
This paper proposes a semi-autonomous bilateral control architecture for unmanned aerial vehicles. During autonomous navigation, a human operator is allowed to assist the autonomous controller of the vehicle by actively changing its navigation parameters to assist it in critical situations, such as navigating through narrow paths. The overall goal of the controller is to combine the stability and...
The Mediterranean ports play a crucial role in the long-term economic growth of the local and regional communities providing numerous maritime services. They are situated close to the international trade routes and are the main hubs with the necessary infrastructure for the accommodation of transhipment cargo, connecting with all regional ports. Thus, the protection of the ports' infrastructure may...
This paper reviews the state of the art regarding with the implementation activities and standardization of aeronautical telecommunications network (ATN) for the different air navigation services providers and governing bodies of civil aviation in the American and European environment and its contributions to the operational safety. It establishes a time perspective of the development of CNS/ATM (Communications,...
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted the following definition of e-Navigation: “e-Navigation is the harmonized collection, integration, exchange, presentation and analysis of maritime information onboard and ashore by electronic means to enhance berth to berth navigation and related services, for safety and security at sea and protection of the marine environment”. The paper present...
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