Maritime Response to Puerto Rico Following Hurricane Maria
Characterizing maritime activity around the island using vessel traffic records
Vessels arrivals into port, their arrival dates, vessel class, and flag countries
Vessels waiting offshore and their duration offshore
Activity after lifting of Jones Act restrictions
Ship Wakes, Tampa Bay
Automatic Identification System (AIS) is mined for vessel movement data
Ship wake heights are estimated using empirical relation for displacement vessels
Ship Wakes in Tampa Bay. 2019. Technical Report #06-19 of the Tampa Bay Estuary Program. Prepared by the
USF Center for Maritime and Port Studies, College of Marine Science. (S.D. Meyers
and M.E. Luther). 68pp.
Safe Navigation
Vessel maneuvers in shipping channels restricted by wind and tide
Determined by PORTS data and marine forecast models
New methods to distribute and utilize these data are being developed
