Dear Readers,
I am pleased to present to you No. 62(134) of the Scientific Journals of the Maritime University of Szczecin.
This issue presents the results of nineteen research papers in six thematic groups: Civil Engineering and Transport,
Environmental Engineering, Mining and Energy, Information and Communication Technology, Management
and Quality Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Miscellaneous.
The first thematic group – Civil Engineering and Transport – contains five papers. In the first, the authors
analyse the causes of 162 accidents of marine vessels in the Strait of Çanakkale. The second paper provides
a SWOT analysis of the various vessels used in offshore crude oil and gas extraction. The next paper in this
section addresses methods for locating and tracking rolling stock using global navigation satellite systems
(GNSS) using Polish State Railways (PKP) as an example. The fourth article presents a model for improving
the energy efficiency of road transport based on the sustainable development of the national economy.
The last publication presents a detailed experimental analysis of loading gas into cargo tanks on ethylene
carriers.
The second group – Environmental Engineering, Mining and Energy – contains one article. The author
presents safe and environmentally friendly techniques for the recovery of derelict fishing gear (DFG).
The next group – Information and Communication Technology – also contains one article. In this publication,
the authors present a MATLAB algorithm to identify energy-efficient solutions for managing movable
facilities on waterways.
There are two articles in the fourth group Management and Quality Science. The authors of the first
paper present the statistical distributions of operational surveys performed by different marine vessels in
a port. The second paper investigates the profitability of operating three types of vehicles: rented, new, and
used.
Seven articles are included in the fifth thematic group, Mechanical Engineering. The papers include various
studies primarily related to numerical methods, in particular, the finite element method (FEM) and the finite
volume method (FVM). This group also includes a publication on safety management issues, with a focus on
the impact of safety culture standards on reducing accidents in a ship engine room.
In the last group – Miscellaneous – there are three articles with very different subjects. The first paper
describes how to optimize and ensure the reliable operation of a port oil terminal to maximize the lifetime
of its critical infrastructure. Another paper addresses the planning and control of rescuing a person overboard
based on the SAR Navi-Harbor module for the Baltic Sea. The last article reports the impact of regional
development funds (RDFs) on the regional growth of small and medium-sized enterprises and the impact of
intellectual property on the economic development of the studied country.
I take this opportunity to encourage authors from around the world to publish their findings in the
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