Modelação e Segurança do Tráfego Marítimo

Objectives

To understand the various problems of maritime traffic in various situations of ship encounters in the open sea or when constrained by restricted waters. To model, in general and specific terms, maritime traffic problems, as well as, to characterize the relative deviations between the model predictions and the actual conditions.

Syllabus

Marine traffic engineering. Analysis methods: past, present and future perspectives. Behavior of maritime traffic in encounter situations. Mathematical modeling. Analysis of maritime traffic in collision scenarios. Risk analysis. Modeling and assessment of collision risk in various encounter scenarios. Analysis of real and simulated scenarios. Decision theory in maritime traffic. Factors affecting the decision-making. Collision avoidance systems and maritime traffic separation schemes: influencing factors and design. Management and control of maritime traffic. Coastal and port Maritime Traffic services. Vessel Traffic System (VTS): concepts for sizing, implementation and management.

Cross Competence Component

The UC allows the development of transversal competences on: - Critical and innovative thinking and problem-solving approaches, in the development of seminars and the course project. - Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Skills (oral and written communication, organizational and teamwork, self-discipline, time management, perseverance, self-motivation skills) acquired by the development of seminars and the project, including its presentation and discussion. - Information and media literacy developed through information search and by using computer tools in the development of the project, preparation of the report and presentations. The assessment percentage associated with these competences is around 20%.

Ethical Principles

All members of a group are responsible for all group's work. In any assessment every student should honestly disclose any help received or sources used. In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.