Safe Maneuvering, Efficient Navigation and Intelligent Management for Ships

Dear Colleagues,

The technological trends of intelligence, greening, and efficiency are deeply driving high-quality development in the shipping industry. As a crucial tool in maritime transportation, the safe maneuvering, efficient navigation, and intelligent management of ships have become inevitable trends in current development. Over the past few decades, methods and technologies such as machine learning, image recognition, big data mining, and computer simulation have propelled the research and application of autonomous ships, unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), and ship monitoring systems, providing feasibility for the intelligent development of ships. In the near future, with the strong momentum of smart shipping and green shipping, ships will become safer, more efficient, and smarter. This Special Issue focuses on the challenges and innovations related to safe maneuvering, efficient navigation, and intelligent management of ships, revealing the latest issues and research progress from the perspectives of policy, technology, and methods. The aim is to advance our understanding of the development of vessel safety, efficiency, and intelligence using frontier systems theory and methods, thereby driving the development of the shipping industry.

High-quality papers presenting research in this area of study will be considered, with a specific focus in issues such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Collision avoidance for autonomous surface vessels;
• Risk assessment for ship operation;
• Ship autonomous berthing;
• Decision making for the autonomous navigation;
• Ship movement predictions;
• Navigational safety in complex waters;
• Intelligent scheduling for ships;
• Maritime traffic modelling and simulation methods;
• Deep learning applications in maritime traffic situational awareness;
• Ship behaviour evaluation and prediction;
• New technologies for green ships.

Prof. Dr. Chunhui Zhou
Dr. Yixiong He
Dr. Liang Huang
Guest Editors

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• ship safety
• ship navigation
• intelligent shipping
• ship maneuvering