Publications
Monographs· Kontovas, C.A, “Formal Safety Assessment : Critical Review and Future Role”, Diploma Thesis, NTUA, June 2005 [download]
· Kontovas, C.A, “Preliminary Design of Ro-RO Vessel”, NTUA, Final YearProject, June 2005
Referred Journals
2009
· Kontovas, C.A., Psaraftis, H.N. “Formal Safety Assessment: A critical review”, Marine
Technology, Vol. 46, No 1, January 2009, [download]
· Psaraftis, H.N., Kontovas, C.A. "CO2 Emissions Statistics for the World Commercial Fleet", WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs", Vol. 8 (2009), No.1, 1–25 [download]
· Psaraftis, H.N., Kontovas, C.A. "A web-based open emissions calculator", Int. J. Ocean
Systems Management, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2009 [download]
2010
· Psaraftis, H.N., Kontovas, C.A. "Balancing the Economic and Environmental Performance of
Maritime Transportation”, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 15,
Issue 8, December 2010, Pages 458-462 [download]
· Kontovas, C.A., Psaraftis, H.N. , Ventikos N. “An Empirical Analysis of IOPCF Oil Spill Cost Data”,
Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 60, Issue 9, September 2010, Pages 1455-1466 [download]
2011
· Kontovas, C.A., Psaraftis, H.N. (2011), “Reduction of Emissions Along the Maritime Intermodal
Container Chain”, Maritime Policy & Management, Volume 38, No. 4, pp 455-473, July 2011
[download]
· Kontovas, C.A., Psaraftis, H.N. (2011), “Climate Change Policy in Shipping Focusing on Emission
Standards and Technology Measures", Environmental Engineering and Management Journal,
Volume 10, Issue 10, pp.1589-1596, October 2011. [download]
Referred Book Chapters
Referred Book Chapters
· Psaraftis, H.N., Kontovas, C.A., “Ship Emissions, Costs and their Tradeoffs”, in Advances in
Maritime Logistics and Supply Chain Systems, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 2011
Article [download] View/Buy at amazon
· Psaraftis, H.N, Lyridis, D.V. and Kontovas, C.A, "The Economics of Ships", in: Wayne Talley (ed):
The Blackwell Companion to Maritime Economics, January 2012 View/Buy at amazon
Referred Conferences/Symposia
2007
· Kontovas, C.A., Psaraftis, H.N., Zachariadis, P.(2007b), “The Two C’s of the Risk-Based Approach to Goal based Standards: Challenges and Caveats”, International Symposium on Maritime Safety,
Security and Environmental Protection, Athens, Greece, 20-21 September 2007 [download]
· Kontovas, C.A., Psaraftis, H.N., Zachariadis, P.(2007c), “Improving FSA as a prerequisite for
risk-based GBS”, PRADS 2007 – The 10th International Symposium on Practical Design of Ships
and Other Floating Structures, 1-5 Oct. 2007, Houston, TX, USA [download]
2008
· Kontovas, C.A. and Psaraftis H.N. (2008), “Marine Environment Risk Assessment: A Survey on the Disutility Cost of Oil Spills", 2nd Int. Symposium on Ship Operations,Management and Economics, Organized by Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers,Athens, September 17-18, 2008 [download]
· Psaraftis, H.N., C.A. Kontovas, “CO2 Emissions Statistics for the World Commercial Fleet”,
Symposium of the Hellenic Institute of Marine Technology (ELINT), November 2008
2009
· Psaraftis, H.N., C.A. Kontovas, “Ship Emissions: Logistics and Other Tradeoffs”, 10th Int. Marine
Design Conference (IMDC), Trondheim, Norway, 26-29 May 2009 [download]
· Psaraftis, H.N., Kontovas, C.A., Kakalis, N., “Cost-effectiveness of Speed Reduction as an Emissions Reduction Measure for Fast Ships”, 10th Int. Conference on Fast Sea Transportation, Athens,
Greece, October 5 - 8, 2009 [download]
· Kontovas, C.A., Psaraftis, H.N.,"An Online Ship Emissions Calculator as a Decision-Making Aid and Policy Evaluation Tool", IMAM 2009, International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean,
Istanbul, Turkey, October 12-15, 2009 [download]
2010
· Kontovas, C.A., Psaraftis, H.N., “Reduction of Emissions Along the Intermodal Container Chain”,
2010 Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), Lisbon,
Portugal, July 2010 [download]
· Kontovas, C.A., Psaraftis, H.N., "Carbon Dioxide Emissions Valuation and its Uses", The 3rd
International Symposium on Ship Operations, Management & Economics, Athens, Greece 7-8
October, 2010 [download]
2011
· Kontovas, C.A., Psaraftis, H.N., “The Link Between Economy and Environment in the Post-Crisis
Era: Lessons Learned from Slow-Steaming", European Conference on Shipping, Chios, Greece,
Intermodalism & Ports (ECONSHIP2011), June 22-24, 2011 [download]
· Kontovas, C.A., Ventikos, N. , and Psaraftis H.N. (2011) ,“Estimating the Consequence Costs of Oil Spills from Tankers", 2011 SNAME Annual Meeting & Expo, November 18-19, 2011, Houston, TX.
[download]
· Kontovas, C.A., Ventikos, N. , and Psaraftis H.N. (2011) ,“An Updated Analysis of IOPCF Oil Spill Data: Estimation of the Disutility Cost of Tanker Oil Spills ”, IMAM 2011, International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean, Genoa, Italy, September 13-16, 2011. [download]
Non Referred Conferences/Symposia
· Zachariadis, P., H.N. Psaraftis, C.A. Kontovas (2007a), “Risk Based Rulemaking and Design:
Proceed with Caution”, RINA (Royal Institution of Naval Architects, UK) conference on
Developments in Classification and International Regulations, London, Jan. 2007 [download]
Working Papers/Reports
· Kontovas, C.A., Psaraftis, H.N., “Assessing Environmental Risk: Is a single figure realistic as an
estimate for the cost of averting one tonne of spilled oil?,” Working Paper NTUA-MT-06-101,
National Technical University of Athens, February 2006 [download]
· Kontovas, C.A., Psaraftis, H.N., “Formal Safety Assessment: A critical review and ways to
strengthen it and make it more transparent”, Working Paper NTUA-MT-06-102c, National Technical
University of Athens, November 2006 [download]
· Psaraftis, H.N., Kontovas, C.A., "Ship Emissions Study", National Technical University of Athens,
report to Hellenic Chamber of Shipping, May 2008 [download]
· Psaraftis, H.N., Kontovas, C.A., "Green Maritime Logistics", Working Paper, National Technical
University of Athens, September 2009 [download]
Submissions to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) [list not exchaustive]
(Prepared, among others, by H.N Psaraftis and C.A. Kontovas and other LMT members
Submitted by Greece)
FSA related
· "Application of the FSA Guidelines and review of FSA studies ", MSC 86/17/2 [download]
· "FORMAL SAFETY ASSESSMENT: Possible Improvements on FSA Guidelines", MSC 82/INF.3,
(Nov. 29-Dec. 8, 2006) [download]
· "Formal Safety Assessment - Environmental Risk Evaluation Criteria", MEPC 56/18/1,
(May 4, 2007) [download]
· "An Empirical Analysis of IOPCF Oil Spill Cost Data" (Abridged Version), MEPC 60/17 - Annex 2 (Dec. 18, 2009) [download]
· "Further experience with non-linear oil spill cost functions" ), MEPC 61/18/2 (July 2010) [download]
· "Combining environmental and safety criteria and selection of a severity matrix", MEPC62/18
· "Further experience with oil spill databases and update of non-linear oil spill cost functions",
MEPC62/18/1 (July 2011)
Emissions related
· "Comments on the EEDI Baseline Formula", MEPC60/4/15, (Jan. 15, 2010) [download]
Newspaper/Magazine Articles
· Psaraftis, H.N., Kontovas, C.A., "Safety: Politics, FSA, and the Black Pill", (in greek), Naftika
Chronica, April 2005 [download]
· Psaraftis, H.N., Kontovas, C.A., "Safety, risk, probability: or playing with lives", Lloyd's List, Jan. 25,
2006 [download]
· Psaraftis, H.N., C.A. Kontovas, “Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the World Fleet: A Problem Seeking Solutions", (in Greek), Naftika Chronika, October 2008 [download]
· Psaraftis, H.N., C.A. Kontovas, “Emissions Reduction Measures", (in Greek), Naftika Chronika,
February 2009 [download]
All documents are in pdf format.
Documents are hosted by NTUA-LMT and are copyrighted.
