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Safety of the navigation in congested maritime area. the case of the Messina Strait

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  • Gattuso, Domenico
  • Napoli, Salvatore
  • Meduri, A. Gabriella

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In the last decade a relevant expansion of traffic by sea occurred, not only on the long distances, but also on the middle-short distances; on coastline urban areas and particularly on neighboring urban areas, but separated by the sea, the increase of the flows often involves greater risks of accident for the navigation (Lewison, 1978; Merrick et al., 2001; van Dorp et al., 2001). The risk of maritime accident results particularly high for the ro-ro ships. This paper clarifies some aspects concerning the concept of risk and safety at sea dealing with some literature models. An application is proposed to the Messina Strait context that is the crossroad of elevated flows of traffic along two directions. The navigation safety in the Messina Strait has been analyzed with the support of a micro-simulation approach.

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  • Gattuso, Domenico & Napoli, Salvatore & Meduri, A. Gabriella, 2009. "Safety of the navigation in congested maritime area. the case of the Messina Strait," European Transport \ Trasporti Europei, ISTIEE, Institute for the Study of Transport within the European Economic Integration, issue 42, pages 83-101.
    • Handle: RePEc:sot:journl:y:2009:i:42:p:83-101
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