Transport Systems Engineering

1. Introduction 2. Oceanography factors affecting navigation 3. Sustenance and stability of vessels 4. Architecture and locomotion of ships 5. Organisation and normative 6. Environmental and energetic sustainability 7. Maritime traffic control and routes management 8. Port terminals: typologies and operation 9. Container terminals: loading units and handling equipment 10. Dimensioning criteria of a maritime container terminal 11. Design of a container transfer area 12. Maritime transport in intermodal chains 13. Dimensioning criteria of passengers, Ro-Ro and bulk terminals 14. Ports’ morphology and design criteria 15. Sea-side port capacity calculation Project works on the topics above Technical visits

Principles and methods of physics and mathematics

Written lectures made available online by the teacher.

Active presence in the classroom and participation to visits and seminars

Oral discussion with presentation of project works.

Frontal lectures and practices integrated by technical visits