Essays about: "maritime policy"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 32 essays containing the words maritime policy.

  1. 6. Data Driven Energy Efficiency of Ships

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för informationsteknologi

    Author : Tarik Taspinar; [2022]
    Keywords : Local outlier factor; k-nearest neighbors; random forest; gradient boosting; support vector machines; ensemble learning; ship speed optimization; genetic algorithm; DEAP; HyperOpt;

    Abstract : Decreasing the fuel consumption and thus greenhouse gas emissions of vessels has emerged as a critical topic for both ship operators and policy makers in recent years. The speed of vessels has long been recognized to have highest impact on fuel consumption. READ MORE

  3. 7. A new age in seafaring? Analysing the Dutch approach to incentivise a zero carbon fleet

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Suzanne Oostdam; [2021]
    Keywords : environmental policy; policy effectiveness; sustainable shipping; ecological modernisation theory; sustainability science; the Netherlands; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Contributing 3% of global annual carbon emissions, the shipping sector has to do its part to keep the global temperature under the maximum increase of 2°C. To fulfil this target, the Netherlands conceived the ‘Green Deal on Maritime and Inland Shipping and Ports’ in 2019. READ MORE

  4. 8. Putting a New Spin on Shipping

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : David Newman; [2020]
    Keywords : wind ship propulsion; Flettner rotor; human factors; technological innovation system; operational experience; Technology and Engineering; Social Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns Flettner rotors, a wind propulsion technology for commercial shipping which has recently gained momentum due to its ability to reduce fuel consumption, and consequently CO2 emissions, in a polluting sector of industry. Flettner rotors are able to reduce average fuel consumption by up to 20% and can be operated on a wide variety of ship types and sizes through both retrofit and installations on new builds. READ MORE

  5. 9. Mahan in a New Millennium

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Peter Thomsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Seapower; naval strategy; maritime strategy; Mahan; event study;

    Abstract : In 1890, the American naval officer and scholar Alfred Thayer Mahan formulated as a theory that seapower brings prosperity. This thesis in War Science tests whether Mahan’s theory remains valid in the modern day. A multi-disciplinary approach is taken, wherein a financial event study method is employed for hypothesis testing. READ MORE

  6. 10. Justifying Japan’s Securitized ODA

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

    Author : Wichuta Teeratanabodee; [2020]
    Keywords : securitization of aid; Official Development Assistance; Japan’s ODA; bilateral aid; critical discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : While the global foreign aid trend has shifted closer to security, the Development Assistance Committee prohibits donor countries from giving aid for military purposes or the donor countries’ security interests. Many scholars observed that several projects of Japan’s Official Development Assistance are, to a large extent, military aid or driven by national interests. READ MORE