Elements of Port its Increasing Safety and Efficiency of Ship Manoeuvring Operations in Short Sea Shipping

摘要

The paper presents the existed solutions and proposition of the new elements of IT (Information Technology) applications in ports. The new decision support systems for the ship master, harbourmaster and port chief dispatcher related to ship entry into the harbour and berthing inside the docs are introduced. The systems based on the online hydro-meteorological and traffic information are proposed for the safe and efficient ferry operations.