{"id":8079,"date":"2019-10-24T13:06:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T17:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf-draft\/?page_id=8079"},"modified":"2020-11-24T16:52:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T21:52:55","slug":"ports-and-shipping","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/research\/ports-and-shipping\/","title":{"rendered":"Ports and Shipping"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><\/div><div id=\"policyhero\" data-video=\"G_papzNoPvA\" data-platform=\"youtube\" class=\"poster\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Policy-Still.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout right  \"><h1>Courses offered:<\/h1><p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MAF 320: Shipping and Ports<\/li>\n<li>MAF 515\/415: Marine Pollution Policy<\/li>\n<li>MAF 516: Seminar on the Urban Waterfront<\/li>\n<li>MAF 530 Marine Environmental History<\/li>\n<li>MAF 563: Maritime Transportation<\/li>\n<li>MAF 564: Port Operations and Policy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"type-intro fullwidth\">Students interested in ports and shipping study many aspects of port operations, planning, and the role ports play in society.<\/p>\n<p>From small fishing harbors to giant container operations, ports serve a pivotal role in human civilization and commerce. As trade and coastal populations increase, together with sea-level rise and other climate changes, sustainable port planning and practice will become even more important. Our graduates have found positions with port and shipping firms, in coastal planning and policy, and in academia.<\/p>\n<h2>Faculty<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/meet\/austin-becker\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Austin-Becker-1.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Austin Becker\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Austin-Becker-1.jpg 683w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Austin-Becker-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Austin-Becker-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Austin-Becker-1-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Austin-Becker-1-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/meet\/austin-becker\/\">Austin Becker<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor &amp; Chair of Marine Affairs and Director of the Graduate Certificate in Coastal Resilience<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Marine Affairs<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4192<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:abecker@uri.edu\">abecker@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/meet\/richard-burroughs-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Richard-Burroughs.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Richard Burroughs\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Richard-Burroughs.jpg 605w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Richard-Burroughs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Richard-Burroughs-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Richard-Burroughs-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Richard-Burroughs-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/meet\/richard-burroughs-2\/\">Richard Burroughs<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Marine Affairs<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4045<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:rburroughs@uri.edu\">rburroughs@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/meet\/dennis-nixon-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Dennis-Nixon.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dennis Nixon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Dennis-Nixon.jpg 700w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Dennis-Nixon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Dennis-Nixon-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Dennis-Nixon-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/Dennis-Nixon-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/meet\/dennis-nixon-2\/\">Dennis Nixon<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor Emeritus<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Marine Affairs<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:dnixon@uri.edu\">dnixon@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/meet\/yoshitaka-ota\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/yoshi-ota.jpeg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/yoshi-ota.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/yoshi-ota-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/yoshi-ota-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/yoshi-ota-364x364.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1619\/yoshi-ota-500x500.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/meet\/yoshitaka-ota\/\">Yoshitaka Ota<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor; Director of Ocean Nexus<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Marine Affairs<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:yoshitaka.ota@uri.edu\">yoshitaka.ota@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<h2>Research<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/2020\/01\/30\/measuring-climate-and-extreme-weather-vulnerability-to-inform-resilience-report-2-port-decision-makers-barriers-to-climate-and-extreme-weather-adaption\/\">Measuring Climate and Extreme Weather Vulnerability to Inform Resilience Report 2: Port Decision-Makers&#8217; Barriers to Climate and Extreme Weather Adaption<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">By Elizabeth L. Mclean and Austin Becker<\/br>\r\nPort decision-makers' perceptions of such barriers are important for proactive strategies for reducing coastal vulnerability and supporting safe and sustainable operations of U.S. ports.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/2020\/01\/29\/measuring-climate-and-extreme-weather-vulnerability-to-inform-resilience-report-1-a-pilot-study-for-north-atlantic-medium-and-high-use-maritime-freight-nodes\/\">Measuring Climate and Extreme Weather Vulnerability to Inform Resilience, Report 1: A Pilot Study for North Atlantic Medium- and High-Use Maritime Freight Nodes<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">By R. Duncan McIntosh, Elizabeth L. Mclean, and Austin Becker <\/br>\r\nThis research identified vulnerability indicators from open-data sources that represent the three components of vulnerability, as outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students interested in ports and shipping study many aspects of port operations, planning, and the role ports play in society. From small fishing harbors to giant container operations, ports serve a pivotal role in human civilization and commerce. 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