Digitalization and Cyber Physical Security Aspects in Maritime Transportation and Port Infrastructure

Progoulakis, Iosif; Nikitakos, Nikitas; Dalaklis, Dimitrios; Christodoulou, Anastasia; Dalaklis, Angelos; Yaacob, Razali

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-25296-9_12

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“…The fragility of the economic structure in Turkey and financial difficulties in the maritime sector emerged as the main challenges to digitalisation. Our results overlap with those of prior researchers who have emphasised the high impact of complexity, integration, privacy, security, economic factors and cost criteria in maritime digitalisation, such as Hossain et al [2], Bolat and Kayışoğlu [5], Progoulakis et al [7], Thabit et al [9], Balkan [11], Al-Fuqaha et al [17], Alop [21], Shin and Shin [22], and Yorulmaz and Derici [23]. The originality of our study and its difference from the studies mentioned above are associated with two aspects: we determine the basic criteria for the perception of digitalisation in Turkish maritime enterprises, and emphasise the importance of change management in these areas.…”

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Are We Ready for Digitalisation? A Study of the Challenges and Barriers to Digitalisation and Technology Use in the Turkish Maritime Sector

Koca,

Erdoğan

2024

Polish Maritime Research

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With each passing day, maritime organisations are equipped with more technology, and these systems form a structure that creates international networks. Digitalisation will have implications and effects on value creation, business models, horizontal and vertical integration, services and work organisation. While digital technologies in the maritime sector reduce risks owing to transparency, adaptability, traceability, flexibility and scalability, can also give discernible improvements in terms of operational processes, cost reductions, etc.. In the developing maritime sector, there are a variety of digital technology-related challenges that remain to be overcome, but there is no structured overview of the main types of challenges/barriers encountered by specialists. In this study, we explore the challenges/barriers to digitalisation in the maritime sector and how these are perceived by employees in this sector. The aim of our research is to identify these challenges/barriers and understand the relationships between them. To categorise the challenges/barriers, the DEMATEL approach was used. As a result of the analysis, it is seen that the main hindrances to digitalisation in the maritime sector are the problems of complexity, integration and interoperability. In contrast, the difficulties of performance appraisal and scalability emerge as the least important issues affecting the implementation of digital technologies in this area. Our results indicate that economic problems exert a significant causal influence on the other challenges/barriers.

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