Call For Papers

 

Maritime Pollution, Prevention, and Control

 

Track at the International Workshop on Harbour, Maritime & Multimodal Logistics Modelling and Simulation

(HMS 2008)

 

Track ChairsDr. Ali Elkamel(a), Dr. Sabah A. Abdul-Wahab Al-Sulaiman(b)

 

Affiliation: (a)Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo; (b)College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University

 

Contacts: (a)aelkamel@uwaterloo.ca; (b)sabah1@squ.edu.om

 

Track Description

This track is devoted to offer researchers and practitioners the opportunity to present, discuss and learn about the latest findings in Maritime Oil Transport and its environmental implications; and to offer possible pollution prevention and control options. A perspective on maritime traffic and regulations concerning the discharge of oily wastes from vessels will be provided as well as prevention measures of pollution from oil tankers and ways for dealing with oil spills. Discussions on long-term environmental effects and oil impacts on fisheries resources will also be accepted.

Topics covered include but are not limited to:

· Oil Pollution and Maritime Transport

· Environmental effects of ship accidents

· Modeling and treatment of oil spills

· Prevention of pollution by ship-generated waste

· Air pollution from shipping

· Shipboard solid waste management

· Corrosion monitoring and mitigation to prevent accidental spills

· Maritime transportation: safety management and risk analysis.

Authors are kindly invited to include in their papers and presentations all the research works, case studies and application both theoretical and applied.

Nevertheless different topics concerning Maritime Pollution: Prevention and Control are welcome.

 

Key Dates

Submissions of Extended Abstracts (extension)                         May 5, 2008

Notification of acceptance:                                                                 May 20, 2008

Early Registration:                                                                              June 10, 2008

Final Camera-Ready Submission (extension)                               June 24, 2008

 

Authors' Guidelines (further information author’s instruction section)

FIRST SUBMISSION

Extended abstracts (minimum 2 pages), full draft papers or other proposals should be submitted for the review process through the submission section by May 5, 2008.

The extended abstract or the full draft paper must contain title, authors, affiliations, addresses, main body and references.

Each extended abstract or full draft paper will be reviewed by at least two members of the International Program Committee taking into consideration scientific quality, originality and relevance. Only original papers, written in English will be accepted.

The extended abstract or the full draft paper should be prepared by following the final paper formatting. However any type of paper formatting can be accepted for the first submission.

 

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE

Notification of acceptance will be sent by May 20, 2008.

 

CAMERA READY PAPER SUBMISSION

The International Program Committee will accept two types of camera ready papers: extended paper (10 pages, 2 columns); regular paper (6 pages, 2 columns) both for regular and special sessions.

The camera ready paper must adhere to the conference template. The .dot file contains the complete instructions for preparing a camera ready copy for the Proceedings. The final version of the paper must be a PDF file.

Your camera ready paper (extended paper or regular paper) in PDF format must be submitted by using the submission section before the 24th of June 2008

The page limit for manuscripts is ten (10) pages (included  in the author registration fee). Additional pages will require an additional fee.

If your work must be cleared or approved before publication by  your institution, company, or governmental agency, please be sure that  process will be completed by the due date above or we will not be able to include it in the CD Conference Proceedings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HMS, 2008

The International Workshop on

Harbor, Maritime & Multimodal Logistics

Modelling and Simulation

September 17-19, 2008

Campora San Giovanni, Amantea (CS), Italy

For further information please contact Ali Elkamel, Sabah A. Abdul-Wahab Al-Sulaiman