24 July 2007

Call for papers: Passenger Shipping: Transport Alternative or Leisure Business?

Call for papers: Passenger Shipping: Transport Alternative or Leisure Business?

A special issue of International Journal of Ocean Systems Management

This special issue invites authors to submit papers focusing on particular context and topic areas in the field of passenger shipping. The papers 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 passenger sea transportation associated with safety, security, economics, transport planning, regulation and policy-making.

Potential topic areas suitable for review articles include but are not limited to:
  • SSS and passenger shipping
  • Safety and security of passenger shipping
  • Yield management in passenger shipping
  • Supplementary and competitive services
  • Urban coastal systems
  • Operations and the human element
  • Financing passenger shipping
  • Legal issues of passenger shipping
  • Innovative designs
  • Shipbuilding issues and innovative designs
  • Methodological and modeling advances
Important Dates
Submission of manuscripts: 30 October 2007
Notification to authors: 30 November 2007
Final versions due: 30 December 2007

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