Adam Weintrit, Faculty of Navigation, Gdynia Maritime University, Gdynia, Poland
Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation
2009 / 9780415804790 / 9780415804790 / 824 psl.
In recent years much attention has been paid to safety of navigation and marine transportation. Advances in Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation addresses the main aspects of marine safety, including: safety of navigation; manoeuvering and ship-handling systems; marine traffic control and antomatic identification systems; navigation tools, systems and equipment; anti-collision; communication at sea; manoeuvering and pilot navigation; sea-river and inland navigation; route planning and weather navigation; hydrometeorological aspects; methods and algorithms; safety and reliability aspects of technical systems; marine transportation; human factors and crew resource management; maritime education and training; maritime policy, proposals and recommendations.
Advances in Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation
is particularly of interest to academics and professionals in maritime navigation, maritime transportation, and hydrography.
Prof Dr Adam Weintrit, FRIN, FNI, Master Mariner, is a Dean of the Faculty of Navigation of Gdynia Maritime University, Poland. He is also Head of Navigational Department (since 2003), and Head of Electronic Navigational Charts and ECDIS Simulator (since 1996). He holds a MSc degree from Gdynia Maritime University, Faculty of Navigation (1985), a Ph.D degree (1992) and a DSc degree (2004) from Warsaw Technical University, Faculty of Geodesy and Cartography.
With over 20 years of experience in teaching and research in the field of maritime navigation, sea transport, hydrography, cartography, geodesy and safety at sea, Adam Weintrit has written 12 books on navigation, including 4 handbooks on ECDIS and electronic charts. He has also published more than 150 reports and papers in journals and conference proceedings.
He has been involved in national projects founded by the Polish Committee for Scientific Research, several local projects founded by GMU and has also co-operated in few international projects, including European Union projects 'Saferelnet' and 'Baltic Master', two projects founded by European Union under a Socrates Program and 3 grants of IAMU founded by Nippon Foundation (including two as a project leader).
Repeated member of program- and organising committees of international conferences and symposiums.