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MBA in Maritime and Shipping Management (Academic Year 2023/2024)

Marine Geography and Oceanography



Slides

Lesson n. 1: EARTH’s POSITION in the PLANETARY SYSTEM: from Aristarchus to Copernicus. Greenwich Mean Time, Local Time, Zone Time, changing time at sea
   CELESTIAL SPHERE, ANGULAR MEASUREMENTS

   APPARENT MOTIONS OF PLANETS AND STARS FROM ARISTARCHUS TO COPERNICUS

   MODERN SOLAR SYSTEM, TIME KEEPING

   CELESTIAL NAVIGATION
Go to this slide Eleni Chatzichristou
Lesson n. 2: THE NAUTICAL CHART FROM ANAXIMANDER TO ELECTRONIC NAVIGATIONAL CHARTS (ENC), GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES, NAUTICAL MILE AND NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
   THE NAUTICAL CHART FROM ANAXIMANDER TO ELECTRONIC NAVIGATIONAL CHARTS (ENC)

   GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES AND THE NAUTICAL MILE

   NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
Go to this slide Markos Botsaris
Lesson n. 3: TIDES AND TIDAL CURRENTS ENERGY FROM TIDES
   BASIC CONCEPTS

   STAGES OF TIDES

   TIDAL PATTERNS

   TIDAL CURRENTS

   ENERGY FROM TIDES
Go to this slide Nikos Giannakis
Lesson n. 4: TROPICAL CYCLONES, THE OCEANS AND THE MAJOR SEAS
   BASIC CONCEPTS - INTRODUCTION

   AREAS AND FAVORABLE CONDITIONS

   STRUCTURE OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE – SEASONS AND TRACKS

   T.C. SEMI-CIRCLES, RULE 1-2-3

   MARINE CHARTS AND FORECAST ADVISORIES
Go to this slide Nikos Mazarakis
Lesson n. 5: INTERNATIONAL CANALS
   DEFINITION OF INTERNATIONAL CANAL

   WORLD’S MAIN INTERNATIONAL CANALS

   PASSAGE THROUGH INTERNATIONAL CANALS
Go to this slide Markos Botsaris
Lesson n. 6: STRAITS, DARDANELLES-BOSPORUS, MAGELLAN, EL MANDEB, HORMUZ ETC.
   DEFINITION OF STRAITS

   MAIN INTERNATIONAL STRAITS

   MAIN CATEGORIES OF INTERNATIONAL STRAITS
Go to this slide Markos Botsaris
Lesson n. 7: THE MAIN SEAPORTS AND RIVER PORTS OF THE WORLD
   DEFINITION OF SEAPORTS AND RIVER PORTS

   SEAPORTS AND RIVER PORTS OF THE WORLD

   TRADE ROUTES
Go to this slide Markos Botsaris
Lesson n. 8: SEA ZONES AND SEASONAL AREAS, SHIPPING ROUTES, COMMODITY FLOWS, LIQUID CARGOES, OCEAN CURRENTS
   SEA ZONES AND SEASONAL AREAS

   SHIPPING ROUTES, COMMODITY FLOWS, LIQUID CARGOES

   OCEAN CURRENTS
Go to this slide Markos Botsaris