Studying the Impact of Pandemic Outbreaks on Maritime Transportation and Port Operation

The COVID-19 pandemic was unraveling the economy nationally and globally as most of the world moved toward a lockdown that entails the closure of significant portions of both the service and manufacturing industries. Due to the pandemic outbreak, ports have seen many “blank sailings” - ships scheduled to arrive that never finished their journeys. Scheduled vessel calls in many ports have been canceled by shipping lines. Ocean carriers worldwide have scrubbed voyages due to dwindling demand by shippers for vessel space. Many ports are currently seeing sharp falls in activity. The proposed research study will investigate the impact of pandemic outbreaks on maritime transportation, especially on port operation. It is important to study how to mitigate the myriad of issues which arise in such events. This may provide the authorities and stakeholders in ports and maritime transportation the better understanding of the vulnerability of the maritime domain to the future pandemic outbreaks and the external shocks to the system.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $86083
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747133

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Center for Advanced Multimodal Mobility Solutions and Education

  University of North Carolina, Charlotte
  Charlotte, NC  United States  28223

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  University of North Carolina, Charlotte

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  9201 University City Boulevard
  Charlotte, NC  United States  28223-0001
• Project Managers:

  Fan, Wei

• Performing Organizations:

  Texas Southern University, Houston

  3100 Cleburne Street
  Houston, TX  United States  77004
• Principal Investigators:

  Azimi, Mehdi

  Qi, Yi

• Start Date: 20201001
• Expected Completion Date: 20220930
• Actual Completion Date: 20220930

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communicable diseases; COVID-19; Impacts; Maritime industry; Port operations; Risk assessment; Water transportation
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01754807
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Advanced Multimodal Mobility Solutions and Education
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747133
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Oct 17 2020 2:02PM