Research Focus 1

Safe and efficient shipping faces challenges in the age of globalisation through trade in markets operating worldwide. Applications for ship safety and navigation play just as much a role as processes of socio-economic evaluation in the knowledge society.

Areas of Competence:

• trade relations and law in the Baltic Sea Region
• social change in Eastern Europe
• economic sustainability
• efficient shipping to ensure safe and environmentally friendly transportation by sea
• energy efficient loading of seagoing vessels and multimodal transport
• short Sea Shipping and maritime logistics
• sustainable supply chain management
• green transport corridors
• innovative and environmentally friendly technologies in shipping