Avoidance of collisions is one of the most important tasks for the officer of the watch on a
ship's bridge. Measures and actions required to avoid such accidents are described in the …

Preventing collisions at sea is one of the main tasks of the safe ship navigation, attracting
great attention. Such artificial intelligence methods as neural networks and fuzzy logic have …

Ocean industry prospects are addressing core challenges such as food, security, energy
and climate change. The ocean holds the promise of great potential for economic growth …

Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have been fully used in the civilian and military fields in
recent years, which dramatically expands protective capability and detection range …

The maritime industry is undergoing a digital revolution, and the high pace of change is
expected to continue with the adoption of artificial intelligence and increased levels of …

The e-Navigation initiative of IMO and IALA has stimulated and inspired a number of
ambitious research projects and technological developments in the maritime field. The …

Rapidly increasing numbers of ships and ship sizes pose an ever-growing challenge to the
maritime industry. Although statistics indicate improved levels of safety in the industry which …

This paper presents a comprehensive, gradual system conception for automatic
manoeuvring of vessels already in service. It includes an overview of the necessary …

The paper presents an approach to increase the efficiency of shipping by reducing the fuel
consumption and emissions. The approach is based on two combined ship-specific models …

Conventional ships are rarely the focus of research projects on autonomous shipping.
Nevertheless, the shipping companies are very interested in reducing fuel consumption …