Papers by Sergio VELASQUEZ CORREA
This paper describes an innovative approach to integrate existing technology tools and instrument... more This paper describes an innovative approach to integrate existing technology tools and instruments to implement a Sea Traffic Management system in Europe taking, as starting point, the successful TENT (Trans European Transport Network) co-funded project developed in the Baltic Sea and leaded by the Swedish Maritime Administration. The scope of MONALISA 2.0 project covers 10 EU countries and it is implemented by 39 entities representing public, private and academic sectors. Maritime Spatial Planning, Dynamic Route Planning, Route optimization, exchanging of information about Routes between ships and ships to shore, the possibility to have available a real time service for monitoring and coordinating sea traffic, are now a reality under the deployment of the different technologies applied. The improvement on ships performance and the response in case of accidents are other key elements introduced in MONALISA 2.0. This project will delivers new standards and protocols that will enable communicative machines in several levels, ship to ship, ship to shore and VTS to VTS, creating a comprehensive and interoperable network for a European Sea Traffic Management (STM) Service. STM is information sharing in the whole maritime transport chain. The industry of navigational system and aids, have agreed to support a new common standard making it possible to share route information between ships and from ship to shore. This is the first brick in building the holistic standard for the whole maritime transport chain. A new key contributor introduced is the unique identifier voyage number. Inspiration comes from the air industry (the SESAR project. The flight numbers of today is NOT what we are going to implement!), where flight numbers + date make up a unique identifier that can be used for short and long term planning as well as for operational purposes. The partnership expects the transfer of STM information to happen in a System Wide Information Environment (SWIM). Maritime colleagues call this SWIM 'the maritime cloud'. We foresee modifications to all software involved in the transport chain, when new information streams will affect planning at all levels. This paper presents the first steps done to deploy the MONALISA concept and a new way for a safer, environmental and more effective maritime transport industry, and sending a clear message for any wrong understanding considering that MONALISA concept and STM will be a new generation of tools where we will drive the ships from land: STM is not going to be a new ATM (Air Traffic Management) but at sea. The captain will always be in charge of both, the voyage plans decision and decisions in how to avoid collisions in dense traffic areas.
Journal of Maritime Research
Atmospheric Environment, 2008
With the use of biodiesel in clear growth, it is important to quantify any potential emission ben... more With the use of biodiesel in clear growth, it is important to quantify any potential emission benefits or liabilities of this fuel. Several researches are available concerning the regulated emissions of biodiesel/diesel blends, but there is a lack of information about non-regulated ...
Atmospheric Environment, 2006
Regulated emissions of biodiesel blends are reasonably well documented in several works, non-regu... more Regulated emissions of biodiesel blends are reasonably well documented in several works, non-regulated emissions, on the contrary, lack research. In this work, mono- and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (MAHs and PAHs, respectively) emission tests were performed with a heavy-duty diesel engine, fueled with pure diesel (D) and biodiesel blends (v/v) of 2% (B2), 5% (B5) and 20% (B20%). The main objective
In December 2013, the new European transport infrastructure policy has been launched through the ... more In December 2013, the new European transport infrastructure policy has been launched through the adoption of the new TENT (Trans European Transport Network) guidelines, and throughout to the "Connecting Europe Facility" as the related funding instruments. The previous TENT regulation achieved certain successes in cross border infrastructure. However, the revision is necessary for the development of the internal market and to allow the achievement of the Europe 2020 objectives (reduction of CO2, removing bottlenecks from transport chains that limit the smooth functioning of the European internal market and the regular flows of passengers and goods, etc.), translated as a more sustainable, green, efficient energy, safe and secure EU Transport. In order to support the implementation of the Core network Corridors, the new Regulation contains specific tools: Corridors and Coordinators. The corridors will allow bringing together all relevant stakeholders (such as Member States, regions, local authorities, infrastructure managers, port authorities, and users) under the leadership of a European coordinator and concentrate on cross border sections, intermodality and interoperability. The TENT revision aims to establish and develop an integrated trans-European transport network which covers the infrastructure for all transport modes, ensures the functioning of the internal market and strengthens economic and social cohesion. This paper introduces the WiderMoS project, an initiative promoted by the TENT program through the INEA "Innovation and Network Executive Agency", and developed by 5 EU countries and 16 institutions leaded by La Spezia Port Authority, which will meet interoperability among some of the nine Priority Core Network Corridors, from west Mediterranean countries to central-north Europe, promoting the integration of transport infrastructures (port, road and rail), information structures (info-structures: Port Community Systems and Single Window Services) and transport actors, from a Business to Business (B2B) point of view, in a private-public action. The main outcomes of the project are to efficiently and commercially exploit the corridors drawn by the TENT making European economy more competitive, efficient and smart.
The air quality of a city is the result of several interrelated factors. The subject should be co... more The air quality of a city is the result of several interrelated factors. The subject should be considered in a multi-disciplinary perspective, taking into account meteorology, chemistry and other science fields. This work, in a chemical outlook, try to connect in systematic way meteorological factors, like temperature, solar flux, mixing height and humidity, with air quality, with special attention to photochemical oxidants, and ozone in particular. A trajectory, one dimension model, with large acceptance by the environmental agencies, and a chemical model, modified to consider the emissions of Brazilian fuels, was used. The Metropolitan Area of Porto Alegre was chosen for the simulation because recent and representative meteorological data and pollutant concentration measurements are available.
Page 1. LAS COMUNIDADES VIRTUALES COMO UNA HERRAMIENTA PARA LA PERDURABILIDAD EMPRESARIAL ESTUDIO... more Page 1. LAS COMUNIDADES VIRTUALES COMO UNA HERRAMIENTA PARA LA PERDURABILIDAD EMPRESARIAL ESTUDIO EXPLORATORIO DE SECOND LIFE ??NGELA SUSANA PINILLOS SU??REZ CLAUDIA PATRICIA HERN??NDEZ D??AZ SERGIO ??LVAREZ ...
" La industria marítimo portuaria debe aceptar que los problemas actuales no se resolverán con me... more " La industria marítimo portuaria debe aceptar que los problemas actuales no se resolverán con mejores buques, lo realmente necesario es un mejor sistema de transporte " – PORT CDM (Toma de Decisiones Colaborativas en puerto) – Concepto en pruebas del proyecto europeo Sea Traffic Management.
Son ya bastantes los artículos, notas conceptuales, entrevistas, reuniones y presentaciones públicas del proyecto de validación europeo " Sea Traffic Management" – Gestión del Tráfico Marítimo. Al finalizar esta ambiciosa iniciativa, el proyecto ha podido llevar a cabo gran parte de su ambicioso despliegue de tecnología en los buques, cerca de 150 buques ahora disponen de las aplicaciones STM, en los puertos aplicando los servicios del PORT CDM y en la formación y entrenamiento, con la red europea de simuladores marítimos concluyendo con un ejercicio de búsqueda y rescate en el estrecho de Gibraltar, conectando diez centros de simulación distribuidos por toda Europa. Son resultados bastante satisfactorios y han podido considerarse un paso adelante en la implementación de la navegación electrónica, la interoperabilidad portuaria y logística y la sincronización en los servicios de escala en puerto.
Sea Traffic Management is a concept developed during the last six years creating the culture of s... more Sea Traffic Management is a concept developed during the last six years creating the culture of sharing information and collaborating to optimise the maritime transport and extending the benefits to the logistics chain and at the same time, enhancing maritime safety and the environment.
The project takes advantage of the several technology and equipment now installed onboard ships, improved by the use of information and communication technologies and the need for standardization procedures and protocols in the transport sectors. Few complementary tools introducing the use of VDES (VHF Data Exchange System) will make possible a radio communication system that operates between ships, shore stations and satellites on Automatic Identification System (AIS), Application Specific Messages (ASM) and VHF Data Exchange
(VDE) frequencies in the Marine Mobile VHF band. With the available data, communication channels and infrastructures, the digital information on-board and onshore are abundant; however, the interconnection today is point-to-point and proprietary and stops the industry becoming more efficient. We will discuss how Sea Traffic Management will help the industry achieve improved predictability by introducing standards for key information and supplying an infrastructure for information exchange. This enables all actors involved in the transport to plan better and utilise their resources more efficiently. Shorter routes, just-in-time arrivals, shorter port calls are factors
that will strengthen the competitiveness of the maritime sector. Improved situational awareness on the bridge and knowledge of planned routes will help optimised planning as well as reducing the number of incidents and accidents. The standard route exchange format submitted by the EU financed MONALISA 2.0 project partners in 2014 is included in the current edition of the IEC standard, which was launched in August 2015. Ship operators, savings on fuel and other costs, society saves on reduced emissions, and other actors associated with maritime operations benefit from a higher degree of infrastructural use. This paper explains the progress and preliminary results of the key enablers of STM Validation Project and the steps beyond the current EU funding support that must complete a promising picture of next decade maritime transport industry.
Sea) ships as fishing vessels or small tugs, are not subjected to International Maritime Organiza... more Sea) ships as fishing vessels or small tugs, are not subjected to International Maritime Organization (IMO) standards related to the equipment, but by the classification societies through additional requirements related to the control centre physical distribution.
Identification, tracing and monitoring of ships have been widely exploited by means of the Automa... more Identification, tracing and monitoring of ships have been widely exploited by means of the Automatic Identification System (AIS). Considerable improvements in safety, collision avoidance and vessel traffic services operations (VTS) have been reached since the system has been mandatory in 2002. Even the AIS is ruled by IMO to be carried in all cargo and passenger ships over 300 tones engaged in international voyages, the possibility to storage, exchange and exploit dynamic and static information, for other reasons different to those mentioned above, can result in complementary and associated phenomena analysis in the shipping industry.
Because of the possibility to observe and identify a vessel in a specific place and time, dynamic parameters like speed and position can be linked to the identification vessel data services in order to compute real time fuel consumption and therefore, the volume of pollutant gases emissions, providing more precise air pollutants emissions accounting different than the fuel consumption declarations. With this assumption, we have proposed a model which applies identification and speed information from AIS, and in consequence, the type of engines
operating during the voyage, extracting data from public EQUASIS databases. With the help of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), real time and dynamic air pollution data can be
computed and mapped in congested waters. Critical infrastructures like ports and its surroundings need other kind of data treatment because of the maneuvering operations duringberthing or piloting, most of them under high power consumption conditions in the main engines. The present paper shows our first steps in analyzing a suitable mathematical modelwhich fits the three components (earth observation, communications and navigation satellite, airborne and land data acquisition) in air pollution from shipping dynamic mapping. This is our first step to approach to an Automatic Green House Effect Gases Tracing and Accounting System.
In December 2013, the new European transport infrastructure policy has been launched through the ... more In December 2013, the new European transport infrastructure policy has been launched through the adoption of the new TEN-T (Trans European Transport Network) guidelines, and throughout to the "Connecting Europe Facility" as the related funding instruments. The previous TEN-T regulation achieved certain successes in cross border infrastructure. However, the revision is necessary for the development of the internal market and to allow the achievement of the Europe 2020 objectives (reduction of CO2, removing bottlenecks from transport chains that limit the smooth functioning of the European internal market and the regular flows of passengers and goods, etc.), translated as a more sustainable, green, efficient energy, safe and secure EU Transport. In order to support the implementation of the Core network Corridors, the new Regulation contains specific tools: Corridors and Coordinators. The corridors will allow bringing together all relevant stakeholders (such as Member States, regions, local authorities, infrastructure managers, port authorities, and users)
This paper describes an innovative approach to integrate existing technology tools and instrument... more This paper describes an innovative approach to integrate existing technology tools and instruments to implement a Sea Traffic Management system in Europe taking, as starting point, the successful TEN-T (Trans European Transport Network) co-funded project developed in the Baltic Sea and leaded by the Swedish Maritime Administration. The scope of MONALISA 2.0 project covers 10 EU countries and it is implemented by 39 entities representing public, private and academic sectors. Maritime Spatial Planning, Dynamic Route Planning, Route optimization, exchanging of information about Routes between ships and ships to shore, the possibility to have available a real time service for monitoring and coordinating sea traffic, are now a reality under the deployment of the different technologies applied. The improvement on ships performance and the response in case of accidents are other key elements introduced in MONALISA 2.0. This project will delivers new standards and protocols that will enable communicative machines in several levels, ship to ship, ship to shore and VTS to VTS, creating a comprehensive and interoperable network for a European Sea Traffic Management (STM) Service. STM is information sharing in the whole maritime transport chain. The industry of navigational system and aids, have agreed to support a new common standard making it possible to share route information between ships and from ship to shore. This is the first brick in building the holistic standard for the whole maritime transport chain. A new key contributor introduced is the unique identifier voyage number. Inspiration comes from the air industry (the SESAR project. The flight numbers of today is NOT what we are going to implement!), where flight numbers + date make up a unique identifier that can be used for short and long term planning as well as for operational purposes. The partnership expects the transfer of STM information to happen in a System Wide Information Environment (SWIM). Maritime colleagues call this SWIM 'the maritime cloud'. We foresee modifications to all software involved in the transport chain, when new information streams will affect planning at all levels. This paper presents the first steps done to deploy the MONALISA concept and a new way for a safer, environmental and more effective maritime transport industry, and sending a clear message for any wrong understanding considering that MONALISA concept and STM will be a new generation of tools where we will drive the ships from land: STM is not going to be a new ATM (Air Traffic Management) but at sea. The captain will always be in charge of both, the voyage plans decision and decisions in how to avoid collisions in dense traffic areas.
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Son ya bastantes los artículos, notas conceptuales, entrevistas, reuniones y presentaciones públicas del proyecto de validación europeo " Sea Traffic Management" – Gestión del Tráfico Marítimo. Al finalizar esta ambiciosa iniciativa, el proyecto ha podido llevar a cabo gran parte de su ambicioso despliegue de tecnología en los buques, cerca de 150 buques ahora disponen de las aplicaciones STM, en los puertos aplicando los servicios del PORT CDM y en la formación y entrenamiento, con la red europea de simuladores marítimos concluyendo con un ejercicio de búsqueda y rescate en el estrecho de Gibraltar, conectando diez centros de simulación distribuidos por toda Europa. Son resultados bastante satisfactorios y han podido considerarse un paso adelante en la implementación de la navegación electrónica, la interoperabilidad portuaria y logística y la sincronización en los servicios de escala en puerto.
The project takes advantage of the several technology and equipment now installed onboard ships, improved by the use of information and communication technologies and the need for standardization procedures and protocols in the transport sectors. Few complementary tools introducing the use of VDES (VHF Data Exchange System) will make possible a radio communication system that operates between ships, shore stations and satellites on Automatic Identification System (AIS), Application Specific Messages (ASM) and VHF Data Exchange
(VDE) frequencies in the Marine Mobile VHF band. With the available data, communication channels and infrastructures, the digital information on-board and onshore are abundant; however, the interconnection today is point-to-point and proprietary and stops the industry becoming more efficient. We will discuss how Sea Traffic Management will help the industry achieve improved predictability by introducing standards for key information and supplying an infrastructure for information exchange. This enables all actors involved in the transport to plan better and utilise their resources more efficiently. Shorter routes, just-in-time arrivals, shorter port calls are factors
that will strengthen the competitiveness of the maritime sector. Improved situational awareness on the bridge and knowledge of planned routes will help optimised planning as well as reducing the number of incidents and accidents. The standard route exchange format submitted by the EU financed MONALISA 2.0 project partners in 2014 is included in the current edition of the IEC standard, which was launched in August 2015. Ship operators, savings on fuel and other costs, society saves on reduced emissions, and other actors associated with maritime operations benefit from a higher degree of infrastructural use. This paper explains the progress and preliminary results of the key enablers of STM Validation Project and the steps beyond the current EU funding support that must complete a promising picture of next decade maritime transport industry.
Because of the possibility to observe and identify a vessel in a specific place and time, dynamic parameters like speed and position can be linked to the identification vessel data services in order to compute real time fuel consumption and therefore, the volume of pollutant gases emissions, providing more precise air pollutants emissions accounting different than the fuel consumption declarations. With this assumption, we have proposed a model which applies identification and speed information from AIS, and in consequence, the type of engines
operating during the voyage, extracting data from public EQUASIS databases. With the help of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), real time and dynamic air pollution data can be
computed and mapped in congested waters. Critical infrastructures like ports and its surroundings need other kind of data treatment because of the maneuvering operations duringberthing or piloting, most of them under high power consumption conditions in the main engines. The present paper shows our first steps in analyzing a suitable mathematical modelwhich fits the three components (earth observation, communications and navigation satellite, airborne and land data acquisition) in air pollution from shipping dynamic mapping. This is our first step to approach to an Automatic Green House Effect Gases Tracing and Accounting System.
Son ya bastantes los artículos, notas conceptuales, entrevistas, reuniones y presentaciones públicas del proyecto de validación europeo " Sea Traffic Management" – Gestión del Tráfico Marítimo. Al finalizar esta ambiciosa iniciativa, el proyecto ha podido llevar a cabo gran parte de su ambicioso despliegue de tecnología en los buques, cerca de 150 buques ahora disponen de las aplicaciones STM, en los puertos aplicando los servicios del PORT CDM y en la formación y entrenamiento, con la red europea de simuladores marítimos concluyendo con un ejercicio de búsqueda y rescate en el estrecho de Gibraltar, conectando diez centros de simulación distribuidos por toda Europa. Son resultados bastante satisfactorios y han podido considerarse un paso adelante en la implementación de la navegación electrónica, la interoperabilidad portuaria y logística y la sincronización en los servicios de escala en puerto.
The project takes advantage of the several technology and equipment now installed onboard ships, improved by the use of information and communication technologies and the need for standardization procedures and protocols in the transport sectors. Few complementary tools introducing the use of VDES (VHF Data Exchange System) will make possible a radio communication system that operates between ships, shore stations and satellites on Automatic Identification System (AIS), Application Specific Messages (ASM) and VHF Data Exchange
(VDE) frequencies in the Marine Mobile VHF band. With the available data, communication channels and infrastructures, the digital information on-board and onshore are abundant; however, the interconnection today is point-to-point and proprietary and stops the industry becoming more efficient. We will discuss how Sea Traffic Management will help the industry achieve improved predictability by introducing standards for key information and supplying an infrastructure for information exchange. This enables all actors involved in the transport to plan better and utilise their resources more efficiently. Shorter routes, just-in-time arrivals, shorter port calls are factors
that will strengthen the competitiveness of the maritime sector. Improved situational awareness on the bridge and knowledge of planned routes will help optimised planning as well as reducing the number of incidents and accidents. The standard route exchange format submitted by the EU financed MONALISA 2.0 project partners in 2014 is included in the current edition of the IEC standard, which was launched in August 2015. Ship operators, savings on fuel and other costs, society saves on reduced emissions, and other actors associated with maritime operations benefit from a higher degree of infrastructural use. This paper explains the progress and preliminary results of the key enablers of STM Validation Project and the steps beyond the current EU funding support that must complete a promising picture of next decade maritime transport industry.
Because of the possibility to observe and identify a vessel in a specific place and time, dynamic parameters like speed and position can be linked to the identification vessel data services in order to compute real time fuel consumption and therefore, the volume of pollutant gases emissions, providing more precise air pollutants emissions accounting different than the fuel consumption declarations. With this assumption, we have proposed a model which applies identification and speed information from AIS, and in consequence, the type of engines
operating during the voyage, extracting data from public EQUASIS databases. With the help of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), real time and dynamic air pollution data can be
computed and mapped in congested waters. Critical infrastructures like ports and its surroundings need other kind of data treatment because of the maneuvering operations duringberthing or piloting, most of them under high power consumption conditions in the main engines. The present paper shows our first steps in analyzing a suitable mathematical modelwhich fits the three components (earth observation, communications and navigation satellite, airborne and land data acquisition) in air pollution from shipping dynamic mapping. This is our first step to approach to an Automatic Green House Effect Gases Tracing and Accounting System.