Intelligent Solutions for Marine Operations
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2025 | Viewed by 323
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Interests: marine machinery; smart maintenance; smart transportation; applied artificial intelligence; operations research; smart supply chain; sustainability research
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The maritime industry is currently undergoing a digital transformation that is revolutionising marine operations by introducing intelligent solutions powered by cutting-edge technologies. These technologies are driving the integration of the Internet of Ships and digital engineering, including digital twins, Artificial Intelligence (AI), big data, and cloud computing, into the maritime environment to enhance efficiency and innovation in marine operations.
This Special Issue aims to explore original research on the development and application of intelligent solutions for maritime operations, introducing novel contributions in areas such as predictive maintenance, cyber–physical systems, autonomous and unmanned marine systems, AI-accelerated computational fluid dynamics, and green maritime technologies. Authors are invited to submit original research and development work that advances intelligent solutions for marine operations.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, topics such as the following:
- Application of Artificial Intelligence in marine operations. Predictive maintenance of vessels and offshore structures, intelligent weather forecasting, and route optimisation.
- Internet of Ships. Smart sensors and real-time monitoring, digital twins, cyber–physical systems in marine operations, and cybersecurity.
- Smart applications in autonomous and unmanned marine systems. AI-powered autonomous surface and underwater vehicles, collision avoidance, and path optimisation algorithms.
- AI-accelerated computational fluid dynamics. Hybrid AI-CFD models for ship design and real-time performance optimisation.
- Green maritime technologies. Data-driven models for fuel efficiency optimisation and emissions reduction, and renewable energy integration in marine operations.
Dr. Christian Velasco-Gallego
Prof. Dr. Leszek Chybowski
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Artificial Intelligence
- predictive maintenance
- Internet of Ships
- smart sensors
- digital twins
- cyber–physical systems
- computational fluid dynamics
- green maritime technologies
- maritime autonomous surface ships
- fuel efficiency optimisation
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