Airborne port noise has historically suffered from a lack of regulatory assessment compared
to other transport infrastructures. This has led to several complaints from citizens living in the …

Maritime transport for both passengers and freight is continuously increasing and,
consequently, the global attention toward its sustainability is growing. Ships offer …

In noise mapping of urban areas main sources for nuisance and sleep disturbance are
roads, railways, airports and industrial plants. However, when a noise analysis of port cities …

The noise generated by ships affects a wide range of receivers: crew and passengers inside
the vessel, inhabitants of the coastal areas and marine fauna outside it. The time elapsed …

The sustainability of anthropogenic activities at sea is recently gaining more and more
attention. As regards shipping, emissions from ships into the environment of various nature …

The evaluation of noise emissions of a ship is a problem particularly complex. The difficulties
are related to the characteristics and to the ways of relating to potential receptors of the …

Ports are characterized by several complex operations. Accordingly, the analysis of noise
results is complicated due to the presence in the same area of diverse sound from ships …

The ship as whole represents quite a complex noise source. The generated noise affects
definitely people on board the vessel (crew and passengers, directly exposed to sound …

The noise emissions evaluation of large vessels is often an underestimated issue. In recent
years, the evolution of ship design has been characterized, both for commercial and cruise …

Airborne noise produced by large vessels during navigation procedures and manoeuvres
while approaching harbours could be critical when the surrounding areas are residential or …