27 February 2007

Call for papers: Sustainable Sea Transportation: The New Research Agenda on Sustainable Ocean Systems

Call for papers: Sustainable Sea Transportation: The New Research Agenda on Sustainable Ocean Systems

A special issue of the International Journal of Ocean Systems Management

This special issue invites authors to submit articles focusing on particular context and topic areas in the field of sustainable sea transportation. The articles should be high-impact scholarly surveys of important research in the field of sustainable transportation. They should summarise recent research, delineate and explain the central issues, and highlight important directions for future inquiries.

Emphasis is placed on the problems of sustainable sea transportation that are associated with passenger and freight transportation management, policy design, health and safety and the sustainable exploitation of ocean resources in both industrialised and non-industrialised areas.

Context areas include, but are not limited to:
  • Sustainable freight transportation
  • Sustainable passenger transportation
  • Risk management in ocean engineering systems
  • Policy and regulation
  • Maritime economics
  • Maritime business and the environment
  • International entrepreneurship in ocean systems
Potential topic areas suitable for review articles include, but are not limited to:
  • Short sea shipping
  • The all-electric ship
  • Health and safety
  • Sustainable policy design
  • Ecological impacts of the exploitation of ocean resources
  • Training and education
  • Transportation of bio-hazardous materials
  • Clean vehicles/clean fleet
  • Distribution scheme
  • Fleet management and route planning
Important Dates

Submission of manuscripts: 15 April 2007
Notification to authors: 30 May 2007
Final versions due: 30 June 2007

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