Structure of Port Operations Observatory: Application in Mediterranean Sea

The main objectives of the monitoring strategy of transportation services and infrastructure at the national, regional, and international levels are to learn from experience, to develop alternative management approaches, and to modify policy regulations to optimize the level of service and use of existing infrastructure. The transportation infrastructure observatories are public or private entities devoted not only to generating statistics but also to collecting and harmonizing transportation data in standardized information systems to support performance-based management of transportation services planning and delivery. An observatory can be a web portal for strategic information and up-to-date reports on relevant inquiries, examining one or more transportation modes in a specific geographical area. This paper provides guidelines for developing the basic structure with the static and dynamic contents of an observatory of port operations, as well as its web-based architecture and functioning. The guidelines include the definition and classification of its key features and users, and the technological requirements of the website architecture. For demonstration purposes, an application is presented for a port operations observatory in the Mediterranean Sea.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.3141/2409-02
• Summary URL:
  • http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Structure+of+Port+Operations+Observatory%3a+Application+in+Mediterranean+Sea&author=D.+Tsamboulas&author=I.+Karousos&publication_year=2014
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• Authors:
  • Tsamboulas, Dimitrios
  • Karousos, Iosif
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 9–18
• Monograph Title: Marine Transportation, Terminal Operations, and International Trade 2014
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2409
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Databases; Guidelines; Information dissemination; Information systems; Monitoring; Port operations; Websites
• Geographic Terms: Mediterranean Sea
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01516480
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309295024
• Report/Paper Numbers: 14-2743
• Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 28 2014 1:32PM