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Barahona Fuentes, Claudia (Date of defense: 2023-07-14)
(English) In the area of Maritime Education and Training (MET), the existing gender gap constitutes a widespread cause of concern. Despite a significant increase in the numbers of female students in Science, Technology, ...
Díaz Delgado, Nelson Gustavo (Date of defense: 2023-09-28)
(English) This thesis is focused on analysing the impact produced by washwater discharges from exhaust gas cleaning systems fitted on ships on the pH level of Barcelona port waters. These systems are being used on board ...
Cabal Álvarez, Rafel (Date of defense: 2023-01-27)
(English) he aim of this study is to analyze and propose the procedures to be developed to safely handle and manoeuvre the large container ships arriving at the port of Barcelona. The Thesis consists of five chapters; ...
Herrero Sabat, Antonio (Date of defense: 2023-04-17)
(English) The falls of electrical generation plants on board or Power Blackouts, put in check the safety of the crew, the ships and the environment. Induction motors with a significant power in kW in relation to the kVA ...
Pacheco Blázquez, Rafael (Date of defense: 2022-09-06)
The high strength-weight ratio of composite materials have made them one of the best materials for the design of light-weight structures. However, its special complexity has made them not suitable for the design of structures ...
Henríquez Larrazábal, Ricardo Daniel (Date of defense: 2022-07-18)
rmation, and the adoption of certain business models in the context of the maritime trade supply chain industry. Most specifically, it enquires the impact that the former might have on the latter. The question’s relevance ...
Uyà Juncadella, Àfrica (Date of defense: 2022-07-06)
This thesis presents the study and analysis of the Vessel Traffic Services (VTS), from its origins to the present, with further evaluation of future trends. Examining the current trend in terms of technologies that are ...
Moncunill Marimon, Jorge (Date of defense: 2022-01-21)
The objective of this thesis is to improve the efficiency in the compass adjustment. First, a complete, orderly, synthetic and updated study on this matter is performed, including the state of the art, as well as the ...
Llull Marroig, Antoni Ignaci (Date of defense: 2022-01-13)
Ships maneuvering in low bed clearance conditions induce sediment scour due to the high speed jet generated by a rotating propeller. Sediment scour is known to cause instability to quay structures, damage to the bed ...
Colom Cobb, Jonathan (Date of defense: 2021-10-15)
This thesis covers the implementation of a new tool to solve fluid problems capable of solving free-surface and fluid-solid interfaces. This tool is based on a Semi-Lagrangian Particle Finite Element Method (SL-PFEM) ...
Lueje Fuente, Enrique (Date of defense: 2020-12-16)
The objective of this study is focused on the analysis of incidents or near misses as an essential factor in the proactive management of maritime safety. The IMO established in the ISM Code, Section 9th, provisions for the ...
Lielbarde, Sandra (Date of defense: 2020-10-16)
Considering the importance of shipping in world trade, the proficient and competent seafarers employed in the maritime industry play a key role in ensuring the international transport of goods by sea. The safety of the ...
Marques, Fernando Sérgio Bryton Dias (Date of defense: 2018-11-16)
Interagency information sharing is widely acknowledged for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of several domains with high societal impact such as security, cybersecurity and health. Therefore, it comes as no ...
Pérez Madariaga, Luis (Date of defense: 2017-09-12)
Ports serve as a point of entry, exit and storage for wide variety of goods. In order to ensure safety, these activities are subject to strict national and international laws that stipulate the standard safety and operational ...
Ríos Delgado, Juan José (Date of defense: 2009-07-07)
Esta tesis tiene el doble propósito de analizar los motivos por los cuales se formó la primera escuela de náutica de Cataluña y de estudiar el funcionamiento de la escuela en sus inicios. Nuestra hipótesis de trabajo se ...
Duran Pla, Eduard (Date of defense: 2016-05-27)
This thesis studies the factors that influence the optimization, and sizing, of dry bulk terminals, while looking for a model to reflect them. At the same time it provides an overview of dry bulk shipping, and its marine ...
Ferrer Frau, Jaime (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)
Through a detailed study about what hovercraft has represented in the field of the very short sea carriage, I intend to find out its economic viability as passenger & vehicle transportation means far certain sea passages, ...
Moreno Martínez, Juan Antonio (Professor d'enginyeria naval) (Date of defense: 2016-01-22)
In this PhD thesis a methodology for the quality control of reinforced fiberglass plastic manufacturing process is proposed. The system is based on the ultrasonic pulse-echo nondestructive method and longitudinal waves on ...
Pacha Vicente, Esteban (Date of defense: 2014-07-28)
In recent years, society has begun to take a new view of its relations with the surrounding environment, and in particular has become aware of the need to ensure the sustainability of the oceans and their biodiversity. ...
Delgado Ortega, Olga (Date of defense: 2012-09-21)
Esta tesis pretende analizar el Liderazgo de los Oficiales de la Marina Mercante para determinar sus debilidades y áreas de mejora, de cara a contribuir en el diseño de un plan de formación en Liderazgo adecuado para este ...