Introducing GIS to TransNav and its Extensive Maritime Application: An Innovative Tool for Intelligent Decision Making?

Abstract

This paper aims to introduce GIS, its definition, principle, application in any discipline particularly maritime, its process, data sets and features and its benefits to maritime and universities. Specifically, the paper intends to provide an overview of its wide applications in maritime including but not limited to marine transportation, marine environment, port management and operation, maritime education and training (MET) and maritime research. GIS simplest task is in mapping and visualization. But its most important function is in spatial analysis. Spatial analysis takes into account the location, geometry, topology, and relationships of geographic data, which lend itself to intelligent decision making. GIS is not just for researchers and students. GIS is especially useful for decision makers such as: managers, administrators, and directors of large and small projects. Scenarios are "seen" and analyzed even before events happen. To planners and decision makers, this is very important because they can assess the impact of events or scenario and may save a lot of time, effort, and money before implementing the actual project. An additional skill on GIS when learned or thought would certainly result to a technically competent maritime global workforce. The paper would provide ideas on possible areas for collaborations among TransNav member institutions for data sharing which may be processed and analyzed by a GIS specialist. http://www.transnav.eu the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation Volume 7 Number 4

Green maritime practices in an emerging economy towards the achievement of sustainable development: a Ghanaian context

“…The purpose of this training was to provide competent seafarers with the requisite skills and knowledge for manning vessels. Current developments in the maritime industry have called for the need to bridge the gap between offshore and onshore maritime education and training (Baylon and Santos, 2011). Most maritime training institutions are currently offering onshore port management programmes to enhance the technical know-how of onshore maritime professionals (Dong, 2014).…”

“…The relationship between quality maritime education and training, green maritime transport and sustainable development. The positive relationship between quality maritime education and training, GMT and SD has been studied by various authors in the maritime industry (Khoreva and Wechtler, 2018;Mohammed, 2019;Baylon and Santos, 2011). Labour is regarded as the most essential asset (resource) in every organizational setting (Talapatra et al, 2018) that contributes directly or indirectly to success and development (Shaw et al, 2013;Kulkarni et al, 2006).…”

“…According to Mohammed (2019), the STCW Convention for Seafarers not only provide the basic outline and standards for the training and certification of seafarers but also enhances their knowledge about GMT policies and practices that need to be followed. The introduction of onshore maritime educational programmes in the maritime educational system (Baylon and Santos, 2011) has enhanced the port supply chain system and maritime sustainability (Lau et al, 2018). The adoption of GMT practices enhances the environmental, economic, social, financial and operational performance of maritime stakeholders and ensures the sustainability of the industry (Lai et al, 2011;UNCTAD, 2018).…”

Multi-Objective Optimization Based Collision Avoidance Algorithm for an Intelligence Marine Navigation

“…Sea routing as a kind of routing is a spatial problem. As Roger Dangermond (Baylon and Santos, 2013) (founder of the ESRI, the maker of ArcGIS) has said, "The applicability of GIS is limited only by the imagination of those who use it". GIS simply can be considered as science and technology of understanding, modeling and analyzing spatial problems.…”

“…This problem should be solved in a minimum possible time and present a set of optimal routes to navigators of ship for determining the best possible route. The collision with obstacles in sea has been historically considered as the cardinal problem of marine navigation and now in 21st century is time to solve this problem using intelligence algorithm and available GIS context, GIS has applications in different marine issues that are presented by Baylon and Santos (2013), through providing intelligence marine navigation systems.…”