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The night ship : a novel
\"1629: A newly orphaned young girl named Mayken is bound for the Dutch East Indies on the Batavia, one of the greatest ships of the Dutch Golden Age. Curious and mischievous, Mayken spends the long journey going on misadventures above and below the deck, searching for a mythical monster. But the true monsters might be closer than she thinks. 1989: A lonely boy named Gil is sent to live off the coast of Western Australia among the seasonal fishing community where his late mother once resided. There, on the tiny reef-shrouded island, he discovers the story of an infamous shipwreck...\"--Dust jacket flap.
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Parametric study and techno-economic analysis of a novel integration between thermoelectric generator and organic Rankine cycle onboard passenger ship
The International Maritime Organization has set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from ships. Thus, it is imperative to investigate novel technologies that have the potential to achieve these targets and reduce emissions in the short and long term. Waste heat recovery (WHR) technology, which generates electricity from engine waste energy, is a promising solution. This research examines the integration of a thermoelectric generator and organic Rankine cycle as a combined WHR system onboard a passenger ship. The purpose of the paper is to analyze the TEG–ORC system parametrically and from a techno-economic perspective. The results showed that the optimum design scenario is achieved by integrating the recuperative ORC system (rcORC) with the TEG system, this integration produces 1569 kW as net output power (19% more than the original TEG–ORC system) at an evaporation pressure of 55 bar. The exergy efficiency of the system is enhanced from 43.2 to 48.6% by the addition of the recuperator. Also, the efficiency of the power system (engine + TEG–rcORC system) is 53.2% (+ 6.1% over the efficiency of the standalone engine). The integration of the TEG–rcORC system with the main engine provides the ship with an energy efficiency existing index (EEXI) of 22.47 g-CO
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, this value is lower than the required EEXI by 11%. From an economical point of view, the levelized power cost of the TEG–rcORC system is 280.2 € kW
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, and the annual saving in expenses is 1.05 M€ with a discounted payback time of 3.9 years.
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Ella & Monkey at sea
\"Ella's best friend, Monkey, doesn't like good-bye hugs. He doesn't want to say goodbye to Oma. And he doesn't want to move away forever. Neither does Ella. But papa is waiting for them in New York. So Ella and Monkey must board the ship with Mama and leave their home in Holland for their new home in America. Along the way, there is fish for dinner (Monkey hates fish), a playroom full of new kids (Monkey doesn't like strangers), and stormy seas that leave everyone feeling sick. Can Ella and Monkey find a way to weather the storm?\" -- Jacket.
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Application of VR Technology for Maritime Firefighting and Evacuation Training—A Review
Firefighting and evacuation training are important tasks in maritime education and training, especially for crews working on large passenger ships, to ensure the safety of the vessel, cargo and passengers. With the evolution of virtual reality (VR) technology and the introduction of wearable hardware, a change in paradigm has happened in firefighting and evacuation training where these new technologies are being introduced. This paper serves as a review on the use of VR technology in maritime firefighting and evacuation training, trying to answer the following questions: what is the current state of using VR technology, and what are the research gaps that need to be addressed to further accelerate the implementation of VR? Research shows that other industries have adopted the use of VR technology relatively quickly, but the maritime industry still seems reluctant. As for the research gaps, the physics-based modelling of fire spread is discussed along with two other topics: the lack of immersive solutions for evacuation and the potential for developing search and rescue scenarios onboard a ship.
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Cyber risk management for autonomous passenger ships using threat-informed defense-in-depth
Recent innovations in the smart city domain have led to the proposition of a new mode of transportation utilizing Autonomous Passenger Ships (APS) or ferries in inland waterways. The novelty of the APS concept influenced the cyber risk paradigm and led to different considerations regarding attack objectives, techniques as well as risk management approaches. The main factor that has led to this is the autoremote operational mode, which refers to autonomous operations and remote supervision and control in case of emergency. The autoremote operational mode influences the risk of cyber attacks due to the increased connectivity and reliance on technology for automating navigational functions. On the other hand, the presence of passengers without crew members imposes a safety risk factor in cyber attacks. In this paper, we propose a new cyber risk management approach for managing the cyber risks against cyber physical systems in general and Autonomous Passenger Ships in particular. Our proposed approach aims to improve the Defense-in-Depth risk management strategy with additional components from the Threat-Informed Defense strategy allowing for more evolved cyber risk management capabilities. Moreover, we have utilized the proposed cyber risk management approach for the proposition of a cybersecurity architecture for managing the cyber risks against an APS use case named milliAmpere2. Additionally, we present our results after conducting a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) in cybersecurity evaluation in the maritime domain. Then, the findings of the SLR were utilized for a suitable evaluation of the proposed risk management approach. Our findings suggest that our proposed risk management approach named Threat-Informed Defense-in-Depth is capable of enriching several risk management activities across different stages in the system development life cycle. Additionally, a comprehensive evaluation of the cybersecurity posture of milliAmpere2 has been conducted using several approaches including risk evaluation, simulation, checklist, and adversary emulation. Our evaluation has uncovered several limitations in the current cybersecurity posture and proposed actions for improvement.
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Statistical Analysis of Accidents and Review of Safety Level of Passenger Ships
This paper deals with a statistical analysis of maritime accidents pertaining to passenger ships in worldwide operation and, ultimately, with the assessment of the current safety level of the particular ship type, assuming that the safety level may be defined as a societally acceptable level of risk. The basic risk contributors, namely the frequency of main accidents’ occurrence and related consequences, are herein quantified and assessed. The presented analysis, covering the last two decades (2000–2021), shows that there has been a considerable reduction in the frequency of serious accidents’ occurrence in the last decade, whereas associated consequences do not exhibit the same trend since the frequency of ship total losses and of fatalities has increased. However, fatality rates are, to a great extent, affected by accidents of ships not compliant with safety regulations. This study also confirmed that grounding and contact accidents dominate the statistics of passenger ships of all subtypes, whereas collision accidents only account for about 30% of the events potentially leading to flooding. This calls for an urgent reconsideration of present SOLAS damage stability regulations, in which the bottom and side collision events need to be reconsidered with priority as the prime contributors to the flooding risk of passenger ships.
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A path in the mighty waters : shipboard life and Atlantic crossings to the New World
\"This book tells the story of how people experienced the eighteenth-century crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, exploring the transformative journey undertaken by the thousands of Europeans who journeyed in search of a better life. Stephen Berry shows how the ships, on which passengers were contained in close quarters for months at a time, operated as compressed \"frontiers,\" where diverse groups encountered one another and established new patterns of social organization. As he argues that experiences aboard ship served as a profound conversion experience for travelers, both spiritually and culturally, Berry reframes the history of Atlantic migrations, giving the ocean and the ship a more prominent role in Atlantic history. The ocean was more than a backdrop for human events: it actively shaped historical experiences by furnishing a dissociative break from normal patterns of life and a formative stage in travelers' processes of collective identification\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Pushing Behavior in Ro‐Ro Passenger Ship Evacuations: A Social Force Model Analysis
Passenger pushing behavior during emergency evacuations on roll‐on/roll‐off (Ro‐Ro) passenger ships is a critical yet overlooked factor in evacuation modeling. This study investigates the impact of pushing behavior on evacuation dynamics by employing an improved social force model (SFM) that integrates pushing forces and the ship’s inclination angle. Four evacuation scenarios are simulated to evaluate the impacts of pushing behavior and falling incidents. Results show that (1) moderate pushing can slightly shorten evacuation time without significantly increasing the risk of falling; (2) excessive pushing induces localized congestion, elevates the probability of falls, and ultimately prolongs evacuation time—under severe pushing conditions, total evacuation time increased by 45.4% compared with the no‐pushing baseline; and (3) ship inclination significantly affects passenger stability, particularly near exit bottlenecks and in narrow passages. The findings enhance the realism of evacuation simulations and provide practical insights for optimizing crowd management strategies on Ro‐Ro passenger ships.
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