1st Edition

Activities in Navigation Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation

Edited By Adam Weintrit Copyright 2015
262 Pages
by CRC Press

264 Pages
by CRC Press

262 Pages
by CRC Press

Providing high-quality, scholarly research, addressing development, application and implications, in the field of maritime education, maritime safety management, maritime policy sciences, maritime industries, marine environment and energy technology. Contents include electronics, astronomy, mathematics, cartography, command and control, psychology, operational research, risk analysis,... Read more
Introduction1 Safety of Navigation2 Navigational Bridge Equipment3 Automatic Identification System (AIS)4 Route Planning5 Anti-Collision and Collision Avoidance6 Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)7 Aviation

Biography

Adam Weintrit, DSc, PhD, Master Mariner, a Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Navigation (since 2008) and the Head of Navigational Department (since 2003) of Gdynia Maritime University, Poland. He has published more than 250 reports and papers in journals and conference proceedings. He is the author of 18 books on navigation, including 5 handbooks on ECDIS. He is a member of many professional associations, societies, institutes and boards; he is the Fellow of The Royal Institute of Navigation, the Fellow of Nautical Institute; Chairman of the International Navigational Conference TransNav on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation organized jointly by the Faculty of Navigation, GMU and the Nautical Institute (http://transnav.am.gdynia.pl).