Publications

World Maritime University
Traditionally, one of the most effective means for the wider transmission of new ideas and knowledge in higher education has been through scholarly publication. This is the principal mechanism whereby universities assemble, store and disseminate the findings of their research. Scholarly publications are also an important mechanism in terms of fulfilling WMU's global responsibilities under our Charter to provide an international focus for networking and collaboration.

WMU Publications has been established as the route for publishing of scholarly books on maritime affairs written by WMU staff and external maritime experts linked to the University.

Quantifying an inconvenient truth : revisiting a culture of adjustment on work/rest hours

Published:
Jun 17, 2024
Publisher:

This report is a sequel to the 2020 report - A Culture of Adjustment - that took a multi-stakeholder approach exploring the experience and views of seafarers, port State control officers, ITF inspectors, representatives from shipowners, ship managers, casualty investigators, and more. The 2024 report focuses on input captured through a global survey of seafarers to substantiate the qualitative interview based approach of the earlier study.

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Protecting the Ocean - Moving Forward at 50: London Convention/Protocol and Stockholm Declaration, Fiftieth Anniversary Proceedings

Published:
Oct 4, 2023
Publisher:
World Maritime University

The proceedings underscore the findings from the conference and map out fifty years of ocean protection under the Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment (Stockholm Declaration) and the London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other matter (London Convention) and the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other matter, 1972 (London Protocol) while showing how they have shaped normative achievements in international environmental law.

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Synchromodality as a Prospective Digitalization Scheme for Freight Logistics: A Pre-study Report

Published:
Aug 23, 2023
Publisher:
World Maritime University

The study explores the potential of digital technologies and synchromodality to transform the freight logistics industry by streamlining information flow, increasing the flexibility of transportation routes, and creating a more effective and efficient freight logistics system. https://commons.wmu.se/lib_reports/79/

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Transport 2040 : Impact of Technology on Seafarers - The Future of Work

Published:
Jun 26, 2023
Publisher:
World Maritime University

On 26 June, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the World Maritime University (WMU) launched a flagship report entitled, Transport 2040 - Impact of Technology on Seafarers - The Future of Work, during the Shaping the Future of Shipping event in Manila, Philippines. The research results provide an in-depth exploration of a number of maritime issues related to future ship technologies, including automation, and seeks to qualify the probable impact on seafarers.

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Smart Ports and Robotic Systems: Navigating the Waves of Techno-Regulation and Governance

Published:
Apr 3, 2023
Publisher:
Palgrave MacMillan

Smart Ports and Robotic Systems: Navigating the Waves of Techno-Regulation and Governance provides an extensive overview of smart ports and remote technologies, highlights important areas of progress in the remote inspection technique domain, and offers first-hand insights into findings from state-of-the-art regulatory development projects. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-25296-9

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Autonomous Vessels in Maritime Affairs: Law & Governance Implications

Published:
Mar 30, 2023
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan

Autonomous Vessels in Maritime Affairs: Law & Governance Implications, examines legal implications and governance theories in relation to maritime autonomous surface ships and approaches the topic from a variety of disciplines drawing on case studies from across the world.

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Social security rights of the European resident seafarers - a joint report of the European Transport Workers’ Federation and World Maritime University

Published:
Mar 11, 2022
Publisher:
World Maritime University

A mapping exercise undertaken to assess whether national laws and regulations provide for coverage to seafarers residing in EU/EEA Member States, Switzerland (CH) or the UK.

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Fisheries and the Law in Europe - Regulation after Brexit

Published:
Mar 11, 2022
Publisher:
Routledge

Examining fisheries, Brexit, the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) and its consequences for the Fishing Industry in the UK and the EU, this book explores key issues within the complex topic of fisheries after Brexit. Assessing the new fishing relationship between the UK and the EU, which will continue to develop over the next decade, it provides an important study of the state of fisheries post-Brexit.

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Sustainability in the Maritime Domain

Published:
Jul 21, 2021
Publisher:
Springer

This volume explores options for a sustainable maritime domain, including maritime transportation, such as, Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP), maritime education and training, maritime traffic and advisory systems, maritime security.

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The World of the Seafarer

Published:
Jul 15, 2021
Publisher:

As part of the the WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs book series, “The World of the Seafarer: Qualitative Accounts of Working in the Global Shipping Industry” (2021) partially addresses the need for a broader understanding of this sector and provides a detailed account of the industry as a complex jigsaw of globally dispersed elements.

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