Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Advanced Research on the Sustainable Maritime Transportation (2nd Edition)

edited by

Xianhua Wu

,

Jian Wu

and

Lang Xu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 15 articles | Viewed by 20366 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable maritime transportation; green shipping; energy efficiency; alternative fuels; emission reduction; maritime safety; maritime accident; port; environmental impact; feasibility study

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Recent Research on the Measurement and Modeling of Sea Ice

edited by

Mark D. Orzech

, David A. Hebert and

Aleksey Marchenko

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9701 | Submission Open

Keywords: sea ice; cryosphere; forecasting; measurement; climate change; marginal ice zone

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Oceanography)

Cavitation Control in Marine Engineering: Modelling and Experiment

edited by

Ebrahim Kadivar

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8989 | Submission Open

Keywords: cavitation control; cavitation exploitations; cavitation control around hydrofoils and propellers; cavitation passive control methods; cavitation active control methods; cavitation control in internal flows; control of partial and cloud cavitation; control of underwater radiated noise; control of cavitation-induced erosion; control of cavitation-induced vibration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Advanced Control Strategies for Autonomous Maritime Systems

edited by Hossein Nejatbakhsh Esfahani, Arash Bahari Kordabad and

David Moreno-Salinas

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5175 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned surface and underwater vehicles; guidance; navigation and control (GNC) algorithms; path planning and collision avoidance; robust and adaptive nonlinear control; intelligent and learning-based control; reinforcement learning methods and optimal control; advanced model predictive control schemes; cooperative and networked control; risk-aware and safety-critical control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Developments in Zero-Carbon Fuels for Smart, Safe, and Reliable Waterborne Applications

edited by

Gerasimos Theotokatos

,

Evangelos Boulougouris

and Panagiotis Karvounis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3774 | Submission Open

Keywords: zero-carbon fuels; maritime decarbonization; alternative fuels; sustainable shipping; smart maritime systems; safe fuel technology; hydrogen fuel cells; hydrogen fuel; ammonia fuel; emission reduction; fuel safety standards; marine environmental sustainability; electrification; autonomous waterborne systems; marine fuel supply chains; fuel efficiency; fuel cell technology in marine applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Application of Remote Sensing Technology in Marine and Water Resources Observation

edited by

Virginia Zamparelli

and

Simona Verde

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 546 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean winds; wave; currents; and bathymetry; ecological applications: water quality; oil spill; and algal blooms; radar; remote sensing; ocean and coastal monitoring; coastal areas safety and protection; synthetic aperture radar; PolSAR; InSAR; and change detection techniques; optical data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Environmental Science)

Advancements in Marine Hydrodynamics and Structural Optimization

edited by Zhi Zong

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrodynamics; structure optimization; marine vehicles; multi-hulled ships; water entry and exit; cross-medium; high speed; autonomous

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Selected Feature Papers in Marine Environmental Science

edited by

Ramūnas Povilanskas

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine environmental science; coastal and marine resource management; environmental aspects of oceanography; fisheries science; marine biotechnology; marine ecosystem; marine pollution and environmental toxicology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Environmental Science)

Design and Analysis of Mooring System for Floating Offshore Structures

edited by

Dongsheng Qiao

,

Zhen Guo

and Liqin Liu

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7839 | Submission Open

Keywords: mooring system; anchor foundation; floating structures; offshore platform; wind turbine; wave energy converter; photovoltaic power station; submerged floating tunnel; motion analysis and control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Numerical Modeling of Fluid-Structure Interactions in Ocean Engineering

edited by Ole Andreas Hermundstad

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6757 | Submission Open

Keywords: wave and current loads; seakeeping; maneuvering and added resistance; slamming; hydroelasticity; marine operations; air gap; moorings; vortex-induced vibrations (VIV); vortex-induced motions (VIM)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Ship Behaviour in Extreme Sea Conditions

edited by

Jialong Jiao

and

Shan Wang

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1405 | Submission Open

Keywords: ship hydrodynamics; water waves and floating bodies; fluid-structure interaction; extreme sea conditions; freak waves; irregular waves; ship resistance and propulsion; ship maneuverability; ship seakeeping; structural loads and responses; slamming and whipping; green water on deck; tank sloshing; hydroelasticity; sea trial

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Ecological Risk Assessments in Marine Pollutants

edited by Hua Tian

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 823 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine pollution; environmental pollutants; ecological risk assessment; bioaccumulation; biomagnification; marine ecosystem; marine biodiversity; marine food web

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Pollution)

Dynamics and Control of Marine Mechatronics

edited by

Tao Wang

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 740 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine mechatronics; dynamics modeling; advanced control; AI-driven solutions; energy-efficient actuation; marine energy harvesting; marine robot; intelligent system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Growth, Nutrition, Health, and Immunity of Marine Aquaculture of Fish and Shrimp

edited by

Kangle Lu

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 585 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish; shrimp; aquaculture; nutrition; metabolism; health; immunity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Aquaculture)

Mesozooplankton Ecology in Marine Environments

edited by

Maria Protopapa

and Inma Herrera

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 575 | Submission Open

Keywords: mesozooplankton; biomarkers; pollution; climate change; diversity; trophic interactions; anthropogenic stressors; heatwaves

Artificial Intelligence and Its Applications in Intelligent Ship Navigation

edited by

Chenguang Liu

,

Jialun Liu

, Xiumin Chu and

Xiao Lang

submission deadline 5 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13200 | Submission Open

Keywords: ship intelligent perception; deep learning network for navigation; ship navigation behavior analysis; navigation situation awareness; human– machine cooperative navigation; autonomous collision avoidance; reinforcement learning for motion planning; ship sailing and berthing control; shore-based remote control; testing of intelligent navigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Sustainable Maritime Transport and Port Intelligence

edited by

Chao Mi

and

Guangnian Xiao

submission deadline 5 Oct 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 6064 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable maritime transport; port management; digital technology; artificial intelligence; smart operations management; intelligent equipment; maritime logistics; automation in ports; environmental sustainability; maritime industry innovations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

The Control and Navigation of Autonomous Surface Vehicles

edited by

Defeng Wu

,

Zhiming Yuan

and

Haitong Xu

submission deadline 5 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2789 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous surface vehicles (USVs); autonomous positioning and navigation; intelligent decision-making; adaptive control; collaborative control; sensing technology; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Ship Structural Design and Analysis

edited by

Md Jahir Rizvi

submission deadline 5 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural design and analysis; mooring system analysis; local strength analysis; hydroelastic analysis; structural health monitoring and conditions assessment; reliability and risk analysis; fluid– structure interactions; structure– soil interactions; transportation and installation analysis of ship structures; fire and explosion analysis; fatigue and fracture analysis; life cycle assessment and recycling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Submarine Unfavorable Geology and Geological Disasters

edited by

Youkou Dong

, Dengfeng Fu and Xiaowei Feng

submission deadline 5 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: geological hazard; submarine landslide; submarine earthquake; submarine engineering; controlling factors; soil– structure interaction; disaster identification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geological Oceanography)

Wave Loads on Offshore Structure

edited by Piguang Wang and

Kai Wei

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10391 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Models and Simulations of Ship Manoeuvring

edited by

Lúcia Moreira

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6662 | Submission Open

Keywords: ship manoeuvring; guidance navigation and control systems; ship model tests; ship full-scale trials; maritime autonomous vessels; path-following; navigation systems; autopilot; berthing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

New Biomonitoring Methodologies for Key Coastal and Estuary Species and Habitats

edited by

Sofia Duarte

,

María del Pilar Cabezas

and Luis Machado

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5787 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal and estuarine habitats; ecosystem assessment health; global change; key species; DNA-based tools; remote sensing; machine learning algorithms; acoustic assessments; photographic assessments; biosurveillance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Ecology)

Wave Hydrodynamics in Coastal Areas

edited by

Germán Rodríguez

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind-generated surface gravity waves; ocean wave measurements; wave climate variability; probabilistic wave analysis and modeling; time-frequency analysis of waves; numerical wave modelling; extreme wave events; wave prediction; wave propagation simulation; wave-driven coastal processes; wave energy resource assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Wave Excitation Loads and Structural Assessment in Maritime and Offshore Engineering

edited by

Arun Dev

,

Giuliano Vernengo

and

Ling Qian

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open

Keywords: wave– structure interaction; hydrodynamic loads; structural assessment; fatigue and fracture; maritime and offshore engineering; marine and offshore structures; computational modeling and experimental validation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Design and Analysis of Ship Structure

edited by

Jang Hyun Lee

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: ship structural design; electric vessels and fuel cell-powered vessels; LNG; LCO2; LH2 carrier structures; cryogenic insulation and boil-off gas (BOG) control; fatigue; collision; and ultimate strength analysis; fluid-structure interaction (FSI); digital twin and structural health monitoring (SHM); AI-based structural design and analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Theory, Method and Engineering Application of Computational Mechanics in Offshore Structures II

edited by

,

,

,

and Zhixun Yang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12152 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore oil engineering; subsea production system; offshore platform; marine risers and pipelines; intelligent design and manufacture of marine equipment; structural safety and reliability; intelligent monitoring and operation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Development and Utilization of Offshore Renewable Energy

edited by

Mario López Gallego

,

Rodrigo Carballo Sánchez

,

Carlos Pérez-Collazo

,

Iván López Moreira

and

Victor Ramos

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8210 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; ocean energy; marine technology; wave energy; tidal energy; offshore wind; floating photovoltaics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Energy)

Sustainable and Efficient Maritime Operations

edited by

Jiaguo Liu

and Jun Ye

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6808 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable maritime industry; digitalization in maritime operations; green shipping technologies; low-carbon shipping; smart ports; AI in maritime logistics; autonomous shipping; maritime network optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Safety Evaluation and Protection in Deep-Sea Resource Exploitation

edited by

Wanhai Xu

and Yexuan Ma

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1624 | Submission Open

Keywords: prediction of extreme environmental loads; dynamics of marine structures in extreme conditions; marine structural safety design theory; fatigue damage of marine structures; risk and reliability of marine structures; health monitoring of marine structures; vibration control of marine structures; development of protective equipment technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Particle Capture, Bioenergetics, and Ecological Role of Filter-Feeding Marine Invertebrates

edited by

Hans Ulrik Riisgård

and Florian Lüskow

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1462 | Submission Open

Keywords: filter feeding in marine invertebrates (planktonic and benthic species); bioenergetics (food uptake; assimilation; respiration; and energy budgets); biological filter pumps (design; function; and energy cost); particle capture (mechanisms and retention efficiency); population grazing impact of filter feeders; predation impact of jellyfish

Research and Development of Green Ship Energy

edited by

Simona Di Micco

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 514 | Submission Open

Keywords: maritime sector decarbonization; zero-emission vessels; hybrid propulsion systems; fuel cell technologies; hydrogen and hydrogen carriers; zero-carbon fuels; on-board feasibility installation assessment; powertrains modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Dynamics and Ecological Function of Marine Microbial Communities

edited by

Hongyue Dang

, Chunxiang Ai,

Ruiyong Zhang

and Xin Liu

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine microbial ecology; microbial community dynamics; microbial community functioning; marine biogeochemical cycling; mariculture microbiology; marine biocorrosion; microbial bioremediation; microbial engineering; microbial geoengineering; effects of climate change on microbiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Ecology)

Advances in Sedimentology and Coastal and Marine Geology, 3rd Edition

edited by

Gemma Aiello

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: morpho-bathymetry; facies analysis; volcano-tectonic processes; caldera uplift; bradyseism; gas emissions and earthquakes; stratigraphic architecture of continental margins; tectonic and eustatic controls on stratigraphic sequences; submarine canyons

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geological Oceanography)

Biodiversity and Population Ecology of Marine Invertebrates

edited by

Alexios Lolas

and

Dimitris Klaoudatos

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12592 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity hotspots; population dynamics; ecological interactions; habitat diversity; biogeography; environmental impact; ecosystem engineers; biodiversity indices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Theories and Techniques in Intelligent Digital Twins in Marine Science and Engineering

edited by

Junyu Dong

,

Hui Yu

, Shu Zhang and Hongjie Ma

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8957 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; 3D reconstruction; intelligent computing; ocean data; underwater intelligence; multi-modal data; deep learning; visual computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Advances in Wireless Communication Technology in Oceanic Turbulence

edited by

Dajun Liu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3357 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater optical wireless communications; oceanic turbulence; partially coherent beam; vortex beam; structured light; OAM; BER; outage probability; beam propagation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

New Trends in Engineering and Operational Research on Container Supply Chain Management for Resilience, Digitalization, Intelligence and Sustainability

edited by Hongtao Hu,

Tingsong Wang

, Yiwei Wu and Shuai Jia

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1744 | Submission Open

Keywords: container logistics; maritime shipping; sustainable supply chain; emerging technologies; disruptions and emergencies; operations and management; mathematical programming; combinatorial optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Machine Learning in Coastal Engineering

edited by

Paulo Jorge Rosa-Santos

,

Victor Ramos

and

Daniel Clemente

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: wave field prediction; sea level variations; morphological changes; supervised and unsupervised learning; machine learning; coastal engineering; data-driven models; artificial neural networks (ANNs); support vector machines (SVMs); Bayesian networks (BNs); decision trees (DTs); wave prediction; water level fluctuation; morphology change; sediment transport; coastal erosion; model validation; multidisciplinary studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Offshore Pipes and Energy Equipment

edited by

Jie Zhang

,

Dejan Brkić

and

Bruno Brunone

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: pipe integrity; offshore platform; storage and transportation equipment; oil and gas extraction equipment; offshore power generation; hydrogen production from seawater; offshore photovoltaics; clean energy equipment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Marine Propulsion Systems: Hydrodynamics, Numerical Simulation, and Intelligent Control

edited by Gregory Grigoropoulos

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine propulsion; hydrodynamics; optimization; operational efficiency; novel propulsion systems; electrical propulsion; numerical simulation; intelligent control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Development of Theories and Systems in Underwater Communications and Networks

edited by Jiang Zhu, Lei Wan and

Yishan Su

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4772 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater communications; underwater networks; mud pulse telemetry; development of underwater information systems; experimental results

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Marine Fuel Cell Technology: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Daan Cui

and

Yulong Ji

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3862 | Submission Open

Keywords: design and optimization of maritime fuel cell system; impact of the marine environment on marine fuel cells; fuel cell materials and catalysts; fuel cell system integration and testing; life cycle assessment; energy management; PEMFC; SOFC

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Abundance and Diversity of the Sea Fish Community

edited by

Alen Soldo

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3665 | Submission Open

Keywords: feeding; migrations; spawning; hydroacoustic; tagging; underwater observations; captive and wild fish

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Underwater Robots

edited by Qinghua Jiang and Dong Zhang

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2606 | Submission Open

Keywords: design and optimization methods; new-concept and multimodal underwater robots; trans-media vehicles; robots with biomimetic propulsion; hydrodynamics; future perspectives related to underwater robots

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Ship Performance and Emission Prediction

edited by

Kayvan Pazouki

and

Rosemary Norman

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: ship performance and efficiency; alternative fuels and propulsion arrangements; ship’ s emission assessment and indicators; sustainable shipping; energy saving technologies; emission prediction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs): Technology, Applications and Regulatory Landscapes

edited by Antonio Carlos Fernandes and Joel Sena Sales Junior

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned surface vessel; autonomous surface vessel; autonomous vehicle; unmanned vehicle; maritime autonomy; maritime vehicles; autonomous navigation; intelligent control; unmanned system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Bioprospecting for Marine Organisms: From Genes to Compounds

edited by