Enhancing Port Security via the Enactment of EU Policies

2016 ◽

Vol 14 (4 (1)) ◽

pp. 39-54

Author(s):

Robert Grzeszczak

Keyword(s):

Equal Treatment ◽

The European Union ◽

Integration Process ◽

Labour Law ◽

Member States ◽

Political Criticism ◽

Eu Policies ◽

The Will ◽

Free Movement Of Persons ◽

The Eu

The issue of re-nationalization (disintegration and fragmentation) of integration process is manifested by the will of some of the Member States to verify their relations with the European Union. In the age of an economic crisis of the EU and in relation to the large migration of the population, there has emerged strong social and political criticism, on the European level, of the integration process, with some Member States even consideringtheir withdrawal from the EU. In those States, demands forextending the Member States’ competences in the field of some EU policies are becoming more and more popular. The legal effects of the above-mentioned processes are visible in the free movements of the internal market, mainly within the free movement of persons. Therefore, there are problems, such as increased social dumping process, the need to retain the output of the European labour law, the issue of the so-called social tourism, erosion of the meaning of the EU citizenship and the principle of equal treatment.

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The Coast Guard is Capable of Conducting and Leading Expeditionary Harbor Defense/Port Security and Harbor Approach Defense Operations

10.21236/ada389944 ◽

2001 ◽

Author(s):

Scott N. Decker

Keyword(s):

Coast Guard ◽

Port Security

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Strategic deployment of riparian buffers and windbreaks in Europe can co-deliver biomass and environmental benefits

Communications Earth & Environment ◽

10.1038/s43247-021-00247-y ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Oskar Englund ◽

Pål Börjesson ◽

Blas Mola-Yudego ◽

Göran Berndes ◽

Ioannis Dimitriou ◽

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Keyword(s):

Agricultural Production ◽

Large Scale ◽

Production Systems ◽

Riparian Buffers ◽

Environmental Benefits ◽

The European Union ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Nitrogen Emissions ◽

Environmental Objectives ◽

Eu Policies

AbstractWithin the scope of the new Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union, in coherence with other EU policies, new incentives are developed for farmers to deploy practices that are beneficial for climate, water, soil, air, and biodiversity. Such practices include establishment of multifunctional biomass production systems, designed to reduce environmental impacts while providing biomass for food, feed, bioenergy, and other biobased products. Here, we model three scenarios of large-scale deployment for two such systems, riparian buffers and windbreaks, across over 81,000 landscapes in Europe, and quantify the corresponding areas, biomass output, and environmental benefits. The results show that these systems can effectively reduce nitrogen emissions to water and soil loss by wind erosion, while simultaneously providing substantial environmental co-benefits, having limited negative effects on current agricultural production. This kind of beneficial land-use change using strategic perennialization is important for meeting environmental objectives while advancing towards a sustainable bioeconomy.

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The contribution of Geomatics to increase safety and security in ports

Applied Geomatics ◽

10.1007/s12518-021-00374-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Maurizio Soldani

Keyword(s):

Atmospheric Pressure ◽

Research Team ◽

Environmental Parameters ◽

Sea Surface ◽

Port Security ◽

Process Data ◽

Water Quality Control ◽

Port Authorities ◽

Graphical Interfaces ◽

Port Areas

AbstractIn this paper, the advantages achievable from the use of two prototype systems that are being developed to increase safety and security in ports are shown. Both systems start by monitoring environmental parameters in harbors, and then process data acquired. The first system has been conceived to be helpful to port communities (port authorities, pilots) to optimize harbor waterside management (ship’s navigation and cargo, dock performances, boat moorings, refloating of stranded ships, water quality control). By monitoring and processing sea level and atmospheric pressure in port areas, it can help port communities, e.g., to choose the best time when a ship with a certain draft can enter or leave a harbor, or to plan the best route inside the basin for that vessel (port safety). The second system, instead, has been designed for port protection purposes: by monitoring and processing the Earth’s magnetic field below the sea surface in harbors (where the natural field is disturbed by a high artificial component), it is able to detect the possible presence of intruders (e.g., divers) swimming underwater in prohibited areas (port security). Here, the results of monitoring and processing activities of the two systems performed in Livorno and La Spezia harbors are shown (Italy). The processing procedures and the graphical interfaces of the systems are based on applications under development by the research team the author belongs to, by using C# and C++ languages; Matlab environment has been employed for simulations.

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