Università Roma Tre

Overview of transportation engineering with an in-depth analysis on maritime transportation
- Transportation supply models
o Study area
o Zoning
o Graph
- Transportation demand models
o Generation model
o Attraction model
o Distribution model and matrix squaring
- Interaction models of supply and demand
o Assignment models
- Transportation system of access to maritime infrastructure
o Passenger and freight accessibility
- Logistics
o Logistics system
o Logistics platforms
- Types of maritime transport vehicles
o Vessel classification
o Vessel characteristics
o Vessel descriptions
- Types of shipping services:
o Active subjects
o Scheduled or on-demand services
o Hub & spoke - Point-to-Point
o Transhipment models
o Costs
- Intermodal Transportation
o Road-Rail / Road-Sea / Sea-Sea
o Containers and other types of cargo units for intermodal transportation
- Constituent Elements and Modes of Operation of Ports
o Layout of ports
o Elements of ports
o Vehicular movements in ports
o Types of handling equipment
o Port terminals
o Focus on container/ro-ro/ro-pax terminals
- Maritime routes
o Routes and navigation
o Highways of the sea
- Gigantism
o Ships and ports
o Italian ports
- Environmental impact of shipping
o Emissions by vessel type in port and during navigation
- Port infrastructure performance
o KPIs by Port, Terminal and Vessel
- Information technology tools for transport data analysis

Handouts and Slides provided by the teacher