Maritime Green Solution for Traffic Congestion

ABSTRACT: Traffic congestion is a wide problem in many tourist destinations. Airports are usually distant from the city centers. Hence, road and rail traffic are widely used to connect airports and city centers. In this paper, we propose zero-emission solution for connection between airport and the center at the example of Croatian city Split. Since Split has become a popular tourist destination, the number of vehicles during summer season increases. As a measure to decrease air pollution, in this paper the marine traffic by electric vessels is proposed for the route Split – airport. Seven all-electrical vessels are presented with their technical characteristics. The idea is to have zero emission transfers by sea from the center of the Split to the airport. The criteria for minimum cruising speed is set to 13 knots, which ensures that one crossing takes 30 minutes and makes it competitive with other forms of transport.

KEYWORDS: Marine Traffic, Traffic Congestion, Green Shipping, Electric Ship, Maritime Green Solution, Zero Emission Transfer, Electric Catamaran, Port of Split

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Citation note:

Petković M., Zubčić M., Krčum M., Vujović I.: Maritime Green Solution for Traffic Congestion. TransNav, the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation, Vol. 14, No. 1, doi:10.12716/1001.14.01.11, pp. 97-103, 2020

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