Resilient Maritime Traffic Management towards Safer and Greener Shipping

Dear Colleagues,

Maritime traffic management (MTM) has been one of the most important topics of attention for all parties involved in the maritime industry since the first major trade routes were established about five thousand years ago. In particular, the developing technologies and the ever-increasing logistics demand have required the continuous evolution and adaptation of MTM strategies. In this regard, local approaches, which were the first steps towards the management of maritime traffic, were being standardized by regional approaches and, today, standardization is growing towards the international/global scale. Vessel traffic management systems, manning of the stations, training of the staff, supporting the operations with advanced technologies, decision-making algorithms, etc., are some of the research topics that are in constant focus and progress. Furthermore, as in every industry, the decarbonization of the maritime industry is a research and development area with an exponential increase in interest for the last twenty years. The close relationship of greener shipping with traffic efficiency and sustainability is repeatedly emphasized in the current literature. The purpose of this Special Issue is to publish the most recent research concerning the aforementioned subjects to provide a rapid turn-around time regarding reviewing and publishing and to disseminate the articles freely for research, industrial development, teaching, and reference purposes.

High-quality papers are encouraged, for publication, directly related to various aspects, as mentioned below. Novel techniques for the study are encouraged.

Topics for the papers include:

• Contemporary strategies/methods for maritime traffic management
• Analytical techniques to support operations and decision making in maritime traffic management
• Risk and safety in the maritime traffic management domain towards resilience
• Behaviour and modelling of the socio-technical systems and their interactions in maritime traffic management operations
• Maritime traffic safety and accidents, including case studies and accident analysis
• Maritime decarbonization, green shipping, and efficient traffic management strategies
• Autonomous shipping and maritime traffic management

Dr. Serdar Yildiz
Dr. Lucjan Gucma
Dr. Wenyuan Wang
Guest Editors

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• maritime traffic management
• sea traffic management
• autonomous shipping and maritime traffic management
• socio-technical systems and interactions in the context of sea traffic management