This paper reports on the development of EBDIG-WFSV design courses curriculum and to establish the ground work to ensure its compliance with the requirements of the European Credit system for Vocational Education and ...

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English language is the common language in the shipping industry. A common language in the international maritime world is now even more essential, since most ships are today manned by multinational officers and ratings. ...

This study aims to investigate actions to reshape maritime universities from existing forms to more effective structure to meet full spectrum needs of the maritime sector in particular the research activities in support ...

In parallel to the contraction in the global shipbuilding industry due to the 2007/2008 crises, Turkish shipbuilding industry is also influenced adversely and suffered considerable losses. The total number of shipbuilding ...

Crises can be regarded as the nursery of leadership in a way. They have both created new leaders and have also proved to be a testing ground for the existing leaders, as well as a filter where the inefficient have been ...

The effects of Industry 4.0, which caused a paradigm shift in many industries in the light of digital transformation and autonomous systems, began to be seen in the maritime sector as well. Both the academy and the pioneers ...

Sustainable practices are becoming more important in many industries as demand grows and resources become limited. Since one answer for establishing sustainable industries is to shift from a linear economy to a circular ...

In the second half of the 20th and the beginning of this century, large-scale maritime accidents created catastrophic environmental pollution, some of which is on an irreversible scale. Decision support systems can provide ...

Human error is the primary contributor to maritime casualties. Moreover, most collisions and groundings were related to watchkeeping officers' mental workload (MWL). The mental workload can be defined as the amount of ...