TRASPORTI MARITTIMI E LOGISTICA INTEGRATA

Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: Matteo IGNACCOLO

Expected Learning Outcomes

The course aims at providing knowledge related to maritime transport, port conception and management, organization of maritime transport, intermodal transport, development of integrated logistics management processes, case studies and examples. At the end of the course, also thanks to a series of targeted exercises, students will acquire the basic elements for the drafting of port system regulatory plans and the sustainable management of ports (energy considerations, e.g. cold ironing, regasifiers) and they will acquire skills related to the interactions between port activities and the contexts in which they are inserted (port-city relationship) and the role of retroport and interport infrastructures in the context of integrated and last mile logistics.

Course Structure

The course includes:

- frontal lessons

- guided exercise(s)

- guided tours

The acquisition of skills will be verified by means of an oral test which will cover both the theoretical topics and the assigned exercises.

Required Prerequisites

A knowledge of Fundamentals of Transport is desirable

Attendance of Lessons

Attendance is strongly recommended as it is consistent with the proposed teaching model which aims to encourage gradual learning, the active participation of the student in the classroom, and dialogue between teachers and students.

Detailed Course Content

Maritime transport in the sea-land first-/last- mile

Introduction and economics of maritime transport
Mechanics of locomotion
Marine vehicle types
Marine traffic

Port organization, planning and management

Conception, organization and management of ports
Maritime terminals
Environmental sustainability of maritime transport
Elements of port planning
Tourist ports
Innovations in port management: Port Community Systems (PCS)
Participatory transport planning: involvement of stakeholders in the port area

Port-city relationship

Port-city relationship
Integrated port-city planning
City logistics
Sustainable Urban Logistics Planning

Intermodal transport and integrated logistics

Logistics chain and integrated logistics
Intermodal transport
Container transport

Targeted exercises based on the course topics (e.g. AIS data analysis, logistics problem resolution, terminal capacity calculation)

Textbook Information

Ricci, S., Ritossa, G. (a cura di), 2019. Ingegneria dei trasporti navali. Tecnologie, metodi ed applicazioni. EGAF. ISBN: 978-88-8482-958-0
Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti, Marzo 2017. Linee guida per la redazione dei Piani Regolatori di Sistema Portuale.
Rodrigue, J. P., 2013. The greography of Transport Systems. Routledge (Third edition)
Marcucci, M., Gatta, V., Le Pira, M. (a cura di), 2023. Handbook on City Logistics and Urban Freight. Edward Elgar. ISBN: 978 1 80037 016 6
Dalla Chiara, B., Marigo, D., Benzo, G. Interporti e terminali intermodali. Hoepli
Hillier, F. S., Lieberman, G. J.. 2001. Introduction to Operations Research. McGraw-Hill Education

Course Planning

	Subjects	Text References
1	Maritime transport in the sea-land first- / last - mile	Course notes and recommended texts (e.g. 1, 3)
2	Port organization, planning and management	Course notes and recommended texts (e.g. 1, 2)
3	Port-city relationship	Course notes and recommended texts (e.g. 1, 3)
4	Intermodal transport and integrated logistics	Course notes and recommended texts (e.g. 4, 5, 6)

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

The acquisition of skills will be verified by means of an oral exam which will cover both the theoretical arguments and the assigned exercises.

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

- port management: the port system authorities

- port planning tools

- environmental problems in ports

- maritime terminals

- container transport

- integrated logistics

- problems related to urban logistics

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Degree Course in

Water and Transportation Civil Engineering