Modernization of the Infrastructure of Marine Passenger Port Based on Synthesis of the Structure and Forecasting Development

Abstract

Passenger seaports are new starting-points of urban development. They form a new independent industry, become new incentives for improving urban infrastructure and increase the tourist attractiveness of the city itself and the region. In view of changes in passenger service processes, changes in route ferry and cruise networks, due to COVID-19, the heads of ports and terminals set new strategic tasks to determine the directions for infrastructure modernization and forecast development. The regions of the Adriatic and Baltic Seas were chosen as the experimental base. To find new answers, it is necessary to solve the problem of synthesizing the structure of a sea passenger port, taking into account all processes and services, the influence of the external environment, building a system of target functions and limiting conditions. Thus, the necessity of forming informed decisions on modernization based on the construction of new mathematical models is substantiated. A new function has been introduced that describes the influence of the external environment. Particular attention is given to the study of the mutual influence of the city and the sea passenger port in order to determine the need to improve transport accessibility and change the near-port transport space. The presented models of structure synthesis and target functions, models including functions of the influence of the external environment on the system “city infrastructure-sea passenger port-ferry company” allow at a qualitatively new level to solve the problem of forecasting development and form a system making decisions to improve the position of the passenger terminal in the sea region. The developed models and synthesis problem formation are applicable to sea passenger ports and terminals in other regions of the seas. The models are applicable both at the stage of creating a new marine terminal and during the study and subsequent modernization of the infrastructure. The presented new models allow the port manager to give answers to the questions of strategic development of sea passenger ports in sea regions.

Infrastructure Changes of the Sea Passenger Port Based on a Digital Transport Model

“…This provision also directly applies to the seaports of passengers as major centers of development of cruise and ferry lines, cruise industry and transport processes. On the basis of the authors' works [3,5,6], it can be concluded that by the 1980s, it became obvious that without proper research and analysis of seaport development, it is impossible to manage, design and forecast sea development of passenger ports effectively. Forecasting of development is one of the key areas as it allows us to obtain answers to such questions as: 1.…”

“…It is well known that theoretical approaches to port development have been developed over the years, during which various researchers attempted to explain the complex process of port development by proposing various models of a qualitative, descriptive nature. In the models considered by the authors [1][2][3][4][5][6], it was implied that the sea passenger port represents a certain stage of development of the main cargo port. However, today, the situation is quite different.…”

“…Today in practice, is not required a retrospective explanation of the reasons for the created situation and their influence on the characteristics of this or that port, but what is usually necessary in applied theory: practical recommendations on the choice of development directions and establishment of limitations of its capabilities. The authors' article [6] presents a new formulation of the problem of synthesis of the structure of the sea passenger port, taking into account the functions and processes both for handling cruise ships and processes for handling passengers and accompanying cargo traffic in the port terminal.…”

COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Maritime Cruise Industry

“…A significant number of scientific papers [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] have been devoted to the research in the field of sea cruising. The works [1,2,5,6,11,12,13] provide the results of research into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the functioning and development of sea cruising.…”

“…The works [1,2,5,6,11,12,13] provide the results of research into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the functioning and development of sea cruising. Also in scientific works [3,4,7,8,9,10] justification and analysis of development of cruise transport and the industry as a whole are carried out. The team of authors Aleksandar Radic, Michael Lück, Amr Al-Ansi, Bee-Lia Chua, Sabrina Seeler, António Raposo, Jinkyung Jenny Kim and Heesup Han have considered important issues of sanitary and epidemiological standards on board liners to ensure passenger safety.…”