Proceedings in Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering

The ‘Proceedings in Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering’ series is devoted to the publication of proceedings of peer-reviewed international conferences dealing with various aspects of ‘Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering’. The Series includes the proceedings of the following conferences: the International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean (IMAM) conferences, the Marine Structures (MARSTRUCT) conferences, the Renewable Energy (RENEW) conferences and the Maritime Technology (MARTECH) conferences. The ‘Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering’ series is also open to new conferences that cover topics on the sustainable exploration and exploitation of marine resources in various fields, such as maritime transport and ports, usage of the ocean including coastal areas, nautical activities, the exploration and exploitation of mineral resources, the protection of the marine environment and its resources, and risk analysis, safety and reliability. The aim of the series is to stimulate advanced education and training through the wide dissemination of the results of scientific research.

BOOK SERIES EDITOR

Carlos Guedes Soares, University of Lisbon, Portugal

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS

R. Ajit Shenoi, University of Southampton, UK

Enrico Rizzuto, University of Genoa, Italy

Fenando Lopez-Peña, University “A Coruña”, Spain

Herve Le Sourne, ICAM, Nantes, France

Jani Romanov, Aalto University, Finland

Jonas W. Ringsberg, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Jorgen Amdahl, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Joško Parunov, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Petar Georgiev, University of Varna, Bulgaria

Selma Ergin, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

Yordan Garbatov, Técnico Lisboa, Portugal