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Maritime Informatics

  • First comprehensive volume on the new field of Maritime Informatics
  • Provides decision support for the shipping industry
  • Examines spatial-temporal analytics as a foundation of Maritime Informatics
  • Includes contributions from 81 authors (47 practitioners and 34 researchers) from 20 nations

Part of the book series: Progress in IS (PROIS)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
  2. Maritime Informatics as a Better Glue

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-4
    2. The Origins of Maritime Informatics

      • Robert Ward, Niels Bjørn-Andersen
      Pages 5-11
    3. Shipping: A Self-Organising Ecosystem

      • Richard T. Watson, Mikael Lind, Nik Delmeire, Fernando Liesa
      Pages 13-32
    4. The Necessity of Standards for Maritime Informatics in Ship Operations

      • Dominic Thomas, Steven O’Malley
      Pages 33-45
    5. The Port as a Set of Socio-technical Systems: A Multi-organisational View

      • Sandra Haraldson, Mikael Lind, Stefan Breitenbach, Juan Carlos Croston, Mathias Karlsson, Gerald Hirt
      Pages 47-63
    6. Digitalisation in Maritime Regional and Global Supply Chains

      • Jaco Voorspuij, Hanane Becha
      Pages 65-80
    7. Sustainable Maritime Transport and Maritime Informatics

      • Sukhjit Singh, Bhaskar Sengupta
      Pages 81-95
    8. Connecting Cities and Ports via Maritime Informatics

      • Terje Rygh, José Manuel Pagés Sánchez, Albert González, Patrik Rudolfsson
      Pages 97-112
    9. Maritime Informatics for Increased Collaboration

      • Mikael Lind, Robert Ward, Michael Bergmann, Sandra Haraldson, Almir Zerem, Jan Hoffmann et al.
      Pages 113-136
    10. The Future of Shipping: Collaboration Through Digital Data Sharing

      • Mikael Lind, Robert Ward, Henrik Hvid Jensen, Chye Poh Chua, André Simha, Jörgen Karlsson et al.
      Pages 137-149
  3. Maritime Informatics and Decision-Making

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-154
    2. Digital Data Sharing for Enhanced Decision-Making

      • Michael Bergmann, Omer Primor, Andreas Chrysostomou
      Pages 155-165
    3. Decision Support for Port Visits

      • Mikael Lind, Robert Ward, Richard T. Watson, Sandra Haraldson, Almir Zerem, Svend Paulsen
      Pages 167-186
    4. Decision Support for Voyaging

      • Robert Ward, Johan Gahnström, Mikael Hägg, Fredrik Olindersson, Mikael Lind, Suzanne Green
      Pages 187-203
    5. A Smart Grid in Container Terminals: Cost Drivers for Using the Energy Storage of Electric Transport Vehicles for Grid Stability

      • Christine Harnischmacher, Maike Greve, Alfred Benedikt Brendel, Boris Wulff, Lutz M. Kolbe
      Pages 205-219
    6. Decision Support in Short Sea Shipping

      • Michalis Michaelides, Mikael Lind, Lars Green, Jørn Askvik, Zacharias Siokouros
      Pages 221-236
    7. Maritime Informatics for Recreational and Fishing Vessels

      • Jin Hyoung Park, Mikael Lind, Niels Bjørn-Andersen, Thomas Christensen, Fredrik von Elern, Fred Pot
      Pages 237-253
    8. Support for Financial Decision-Making

      • Corrado Lillelund Forcellati, Claire Georgeson, Mikael Lind, Sukhjit Singh, Carl Sjöberger, Johan Woxenius
      Pages 255-273
    9. Green Supply Chain Management, Environmental Controls and Regulations in Shipping

      • Photis M. Panayides, Andria E. Alexandrou, Stelios E. Alexandrou
      Pages 275-292

About this book

This first book on Maritime Informatics describes the potential for Maritime Informatics to enhance the shipping industry. It examines how decision making in the industry can be improved by digital technology, and introduces the technology required to make Maritime Informatics a distinct and valuable discipline. Based on participating in EU funded research over the last six years to improve the shipping industry, the editors stipulate that there is a need for the new discipline of Maritime Informatics, which studies the application of information systems to increasing the efficiency, safety, and ecological sustainability of the world’s shipping industry. This book examines competition and collaboration between shipping companies, and also companies who serve shipping needs, such as ports and terminals. Practical examples from leading experts give the reader real world examples for better understanding.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) and Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden

    Mikael Lind

  • Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Informatics, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus

    Michalis Michaelides

  • Pymble, Australia

    Robert Ward

  • Department of MIS, University of Georgia, Athens, USA

    Richard T. Watson

About the editors

Mikael Lind is a recognized thought leader in Maritime Informatics. He is based in Göteborg, a major Scandinavia shipping center with a number of companies already offering information services to the maritime sector. He is the co-founder of the Port Collaborative Decision Making (PortCDM) concept and serves as an expert for World Economic Forum, Europe’s Digital Transport Logistic Forum (DTLF), and UN/CEFACT.


Michalis P. Michaelides is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Informatics at the Cyprus University of Technology. Michalis has been involved as a principal investigator in many research projects, both local (CUT, RPF) and European (EU, FP7) including the Sea Traffic Management Validation project (2016-2019).


Robert Ward was the Secretary-General of the IHO until his retirement in late 2017. Prior to that he was the Deputy Hydrographer of Australia. For more than20 years he represented Australia and subsequently the International Hydrographic Organization at the highest international levels and played an influential role in the development and implementation of global digital data exchange standards for nautical charting services.


Richard T. Watson has written books on Data Management; Electronic Commerce, Internet Strategy, Energy Informatics; and Capital, Systems, and Objects. He was involved in the Sea Traffic Management Validation project (2016-2019) and provided input to PortCDM. He worked extensively for more than a decade with CIOs to support their strategic needs.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Maritime Informatics

  • Editors: Mikael Lind, Michalis Michaelides, Robert Ward, Richard T. Watson

  • Series Title: Progress in IS

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50892-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50891-3Published: 15 November 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50894-4Published: 15 November 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-50892-0Published: 14 November 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2196-8705

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-8713

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 421

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 91 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Business Information Systems, Maritime Economics, Logistics, Operations Research/Decision Theory

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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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