Shipping

Marine mammals use sound to drive vital life functions such as communication, foraging and navigation, but the underwater soundscape upon which they rely is changing. Growth in global trade and manufacturing has driven a dramatic increase in the number and size of ships in the c…

This dissertation offers a mathematical model to optimize for container terminal operations. Multiobjective optimization and discrete mathematics are the approaches to develop an integer program using set theory and partitions. There are two objective functions, the waiting time…

At the turn of the twentieth century, with the United States emerging on the world stage as a major power, it faced a unique situation. While its military and economic power was increasing, the nation's merchant marine—the privately owned fleet of vessels used to transport impor…