The Global Maritime Conference (GLOBMAR 2020), a bi-annually scientific event, is to provide an international forum for scientists and professionals in the academia, industry and government to address recent research results and to present and discuss their research, ideas, technologies, systems, tools and experiences in all theoretical and practical issues arising in the global maritime economy with special focus on current shipping, ports and administration issues.

Topics included in the thematic areas of the GLOBMAR Conference 2020

I. GREENING OF THE SHIPPING

• Environmental aspects of shipping
• Water pollution from ships
• Safety & security on board costs of new adoptions
• SECA & NECA zones implementation effectiveness
• CO2 emission reduction challenges
• New propulsion technologies in shipping
• LNG leackige and gas propulsion efficiency
• Social responsibility of shipping companies
• Biomimicry for new maritime technologies
• Modal shift of freight from road to waterborne means - effectiveness study
• Shipping development megatrends
• Smart shipping
• Digitalization & autonomous shippingNew operating conditions after IMO Hong Kong Convention
• Recommendations for the MARPOL Annex VI- new challenges after 5 years of experience
• Maritime accidents prevention
• Cyber Risk Management
• Ballast water regulation
• Tier III introduction consequences
• EEDI introduction consequences

II. GREENING OF PORT OPERATIONS

• Port competition and cooperation areas
• Energy efficiency of terminal operations
• Environmental aspects of port activities
• Water pollution in sea ports
• Dirty water treatment and prevention solutions
• Noise reduction in port operation
• Soil protection
• Green Ports concept and practice
• Measures for sustainable port development
• Safety & security in ports
• Ports in Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning
• Social responsibility of sea ports and terminals 
• Smart port cities
• Dry ports improving container ports turnover

III. Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) – the hard path to near deadline

• MSP Challenges
• Baltic MSP process
• North Sea MSP proces
• MSP worldwide experiences
• Integration challenges in MSP
• MSP and multi-use of sea space: differences between sea basins
• MSP education and training
• Stakeholder integration in MSP
• Role of social science in supporting MSP
• Co-existence of different marine resources stakeholders
• Off-shore industry spatial requirements
• Aquaculture and sea-ecosystem resilience
• Sustainable use of marine resources

IV. The New Silk Road – opportunities and challenges

• Maritime Silk Road
• Rail corridors in the NSR
• Port congestion substituted by rail tracking
• Euro-asian international trade perspectives
• Kazakhstan accelerating position
• Transsibirian Route capacity

V. Solutions and technologies supporting efficiency improvement

• Redirection and new trade routes for liner shipping
• Challenges for container liner shipping development
• Economic aspects of vessel size developments and port capacity building
• Arctic shipping 
• Terminals utilization and optimization
• Port management investment
• Port development in new financial and market conditions
• State / public share in port operation and development
• PCS up-to-date
• Hinterland services & modal split changes
• Inland shipping for port hinterland services network
• Road & Rail transport in sea-land logistics chains
• Intermodal hinterland services for port performance improvement