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  Contents
 
Section 1 Port management
  The economical and social influence of the ports of Catalonia in its territorial organization. Considerations about the optimisation of its resources; Economic evaluation of port deepening projects; Conversion of a commercial dock for use by leisure craft; Port logistics cost of multiple countries consolidation (MCC) cargo: a comparative analysis between Kaohsiung and Hong Kong; Numerical modelling studies to predict the potential impact on the sediment transport of a proposed Outer Harbour at Great Yarmouth, UK;Dynamic control concept for port development; The composition of the crews of the vessels entering Barcelona harbour.
 
Section 2 Ship and port operations
  The safety of ship movement in a port water area; Co-operation in maritime and port industry and its effects on markets structure; Enhancement of human reliability in port and shipping operations; Ports for Mediterranean transportation system with mobile interchange structures; Container stowing plans in a maritime terminal; The influence of wake wash in ports operation.
 
Section 3 Environmental aspects
 

Environmental impact of port activities; Analysis of pollution incidents at sea and those caused by port operations; The new EU directive on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues: an evaluation; Development of a monitoring model for a North-African port and lake system - a new design approach; Guidelines for port environmental management; Sustainable development of the Scheldt Estuary: building an integral vision on navigation, environment and safety.
 
Section 4 Marinas and ports issues
  Economic and environmental impacts from the operation of marinas: the Greek case; The conditions and problems of Turkish yacht tourism; Prospects of boating in Italy.
 
Section 5 Information systems for ports issues
  The neural method of sea bottom shape modelling for the spatial maritime information system; An expert system for the vessel traffic management in the Szczecin-Swinoujscie fairway; The MARSK II project: development of a system of maritime skill training through information and communication technologies.
 
Section 6 Marine engineering works
  Innovations in breakwater design: driven caissons & bridge breakwaters; Beirut sea front hydraulic design; Proposal on advanced monitoring system and data analysis for ship structural safety; Minimization of the environmental impact produced by the biofouling treatment in tubular surfaces made of stainless steel AISI 316L by means of different chlorine techniques; Experimental investigation of the seismic response of rubble - mound breakwaters; Increase of bearing capacity of foundation soil in Port of Koper (Slovenia).
 
Section 7 Maintenance problems
 

Damages to goods transported in dry box containers by maintenance deficiencies; Basic ice handling method in Finnish ports; Estimation of chloride ingress into concrete in marine environment; Three dimensional soil-structure analysis of Port-Said east key wall.