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Advanced Studies in Marine Structures

edited by

Jianhua Zhang

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 15505 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine structures; offshore engineering; structural integrity; hydrodynamic; sustainable design; computational mechanics; risk assessment; renewable energy systems; additive manufacturing in marine applications; AI-driven simulations; digital twins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Resilience and Capacity of Waterway Transportation

edited by Daiheng Ni and

Yihua Liu

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14134 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; capacity; waterway transportation; ship-following model; traffic flow; optimization; intelligent shipping technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Marine Gas Hydrates: Formation, Storage, Exploration and Exploitation

edited by

Yonghai Gao

, Baojiang Sun and

Zhiyuan Wang

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13713 | Submission Open

Keywords: NGH formation; NGH storage; NGH drilling; NGH exploration; NGH well completion; NGH extraction simulation; NGH management in flow assurance; novel technologies base on NGH; CCS related to NGH; fundamentals of NGH

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geological Oceanography)

Marine Equipment Intelligent Fault Diagnosis

edited by Luis F. Mendonça,

Francesc Xavier Martínez De Osés

and

Susana Vieira

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4121 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; fault diagnosis; deep learning; digital twins; equipment monitoring; radio navigation; AIS; meteodata

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Hybrid Analytical and Numerical Methods for Thermal and Energy Processes in Offshore and Coastal Engineering

edited by Guangming Fu, Jian Su and

Renato Machado Cotta

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1831 | Submission Open

Keywords: hybrid analytical– numerical methods; transport phenomena; fluid flow in microchannel; heat and mass transfer; stability analysis; ocean engineering; offshore energy; fluid dynamics; microfluid phenomena; heat conduction; convection and diffusion; VIV; dynamic response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Advanced Studies in Marine Vessel Motion Control

edited by Ying Zhao and Shuanghe Yu

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1515 | Submission Open

Keywords: motion control; autonomous navigation; dynamic positioning; path following; adaptive control; intelligent control systems; disturbance rejection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Dispersion of Radioactive Spills in the Marine Environment Modelling and Simulation

edited by

Raul Perianez

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 742 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine radioactive dispersion; numerical modelling; environmental risk assessment; ocean dynamics; radioactive emergency response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Pollution)

Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit

edited by Roohollah Babaei Mahani and Sirous Yasseri

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 20382 | Submission Open

Keywords: jack-up; semi-submersible; drill ship; marine corrosion; life extension; risk; reliability; and safety; new designs; operation; water depth and drilling depth; MODU management; laws and regulations; transport of MODUs; past accidents; lessons learned; and prevention of incidents

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Intelligent Solutions for Marine Operations

edited by

Christian Velasco-Gallego

and

Leszek Chybowski

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11931 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Floating Wave–Wind Energy Converter Plants

edited by

Yichen Jiang

Mingsheng Chen

and

Kai Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5716 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore renewable energy; floating wave– wind energy converter; floating offshore wind turbine; wave energy converter; multi-body modelling; coupled dynamics and control; extreme response and loads; nonlinear and viscous effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Energy)

Marine Fisheries Acoustics and Resource Assessment

edited by

Kyounghoon Lee

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1005 | Submission Open

Keywords: target strength; fisheries acoustics; marine fishery resource assessment; marine fishery resource management; species identification with multi-frequency; survey methods and data analysis in fishery resource assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Next-Generation Offshore Renewables: From Resources to Applications

edited by

and

Rodrigo Carballo Sánchez

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 336 | 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)

Exploring New Frontiers for Marine Biodiversity Assessment and Conservation

edited by

Caterina Longo

and

Roberta Trani

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 287 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine biodiversity assessment; marine restoration; habitat conservation; species conservation; non-indigenous species; climate changes; marine heatwaves; restorative approaches; species translocation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Advances in Aerodynamic–Hydrodynamic Effects and Fluid–Structure Interaction Mechanisms for Offshore Wind Turbines

edited by Tian Li,

Zhenqing Liu

and

Shaopeng Li

submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3830 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerodynamic– hydrodynamic effects; fluid– structure interaction; floating wind turbines; multiscale flow physics; typhoon resilience; numerical– experimental methods; turbulence modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Energy)

Ecology and Dynamics of Marine Plankton

edited by Qian Li and

Vittoria Roncalli

submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2956 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal plankton; environmental change; biotic interactions within plankton; gene flow; larval dispersal; evolutionary adaption; biogeochemical cycles; planktonic ecosystem models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Wave-Driven Ocean Modelling and Engineering

edited by

Dimitrios N. Konispoliatis

and

Spyros A. Mavrakos

submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2038 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal engineering; experimental fluid dynamics; hydrodynamic analysis; marine renewable energy; numerical modelling; wave-structure interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Remote Sensing for Marine Environmental Applications

edited by

Andrea Buono

and

Alberto Topini

submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 929 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; platforms; modelling; sea; open ocean; coastal areas; underwater; detection; classification; time-series

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Advances in Fatigue and Dynamic Response of Marine Structures

edited by Jingxi Liu

submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 581 | Submission Open

Keywords: fatigue and fracture ; structure mechanics ; structure integrity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Coastal Erosion and Flooding Under a Changing Climate: Challenges and Adaptation

edited by

Isavela N. Monioudi

submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal erosion; coastal flooding; climate change; sea-level rise; storm impacts; coastal resilience; risk assessment; coastal management; nature-based solutions; adaptation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Intelligence-Enhanced Ship Maneuvering, Navigation, and Management for Safe and Efficient Shipping

edited by Chunhui Zhou, Yixiong He and

Liang Huang

submission deadline 5 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6498 | Submission Open

Keywords: ship safety; ship navigation; intelligent shipping; ship maneuvering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion and Utilization

edited by Luis A. Vega

submission deadline 5 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4629 | Submission Open

Keywords: power block engineering design; cold water pipes’ (CWPs) design and installation; warm water and return water pipes’ design and installation; electricity generation control parameters; desalinated water and other products’ generation; deep ocean mooring design; innovative capital loan models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Energy)

Recent Advances in Maritime Safety and Ship Collision Avoidance (2nd Edition)

edited by

Pengfei Chen

and Lei Du

submission deadline 5 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1102 | Submission Open

Keywords: maritime safety; risk analysis; collision avoidance; decision-making; AIS; artificial intelligence; autonomous ship

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Optimal Design and Maintenance of Offshore Wind Farms

edited by

Frances Judge

, Jimmy Murphy and

Michael O’Shea

submission deadline 5 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 643 | Submission Open

Keywords: predictive maintenance; sustainable O& M solutions; autonomous systems and vessels; robotics; sensors; logistics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Power Systems of Polar Ship and Adaptability to Polar Environments

edited by Ping Yi

submission deadline 5 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 406 | Submission Open

Keywords: ship power system; performance and emission; risk and reliability; fuel supply; cold prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Turbulence and Flow in Coastal and Ocean Engineering

edited by Franck Kerhervé, Bijan Dargahi and

Pietro Scandura

submission deadline 5 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 321 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal dynamics; wave– current interactions; flow– structure interaction; turbulence; sediment transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Advances in Ecological Modelling of Marine Mammal Habitats of Importance

edited by Michael Tetley

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7417 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological modelling; marine mammal habitats; conservation areas; spatial mapping; marine protected areas

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Safety of Ships and Marine Design Optimization

edited by Evangelos Boulougouris

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4237 | Submission Open

Keywords: maritime safety; stability of ships; holistic ship design optimization; risk-based design; model-based systems engineering; fire safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies in Offshore Petroleum

edited by

Jan-Erik Vinnem

and

Xingwei Zhen

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2869 | Submission Open

Keywords: mitigation strategies for fire and explosion risks; the prevention of hydrocarbon leaks; risk assessment models for new concepts; the use of AI; data mining; and other modern tools; risk-based contingency planning; risk tolerance criteria; the use and development of major accident risk indicators; lessons learned from major accidents

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Advances of Multiphase Flow in Hydraulic and Marine Engineering

edited by Wei Liu,

Ling Zhou

and

Yuquan Zhang

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2369 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiphase flow; CFD modeling; air– water flow; cavitation; sediment transport; wave– structure interaction; subsea oil– gas– water flow; hydraulic structures; marine engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Marine Bivalves Toxicology

edited by

Tania Russo

and

Francesca Coppola

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 831 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioindicators; emerging pollutants; microplastics; pharmaceuticals; biomarkers; omics approaches; trophic transfer; climate change stressors; aquaculture toxicology; nanomaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Novelties in Marine Propulsion—2nd Edition

edited by

Andrea Magrini

Nastia Degiuli

and

Filippo Avanzi

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 346 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine propulsion; hydrodynamic and propulsive modeling; turbomachinery; sustainable mobility; experimental methods; numerical analyses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Design and Optimization of Ship Hydrodynamics

edited by

Gregory Grigoropoulos

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2491 | Submission Open

Keywords: optimization; biomimetic methods; ship design; ship hydrodynamics; operational efficiency; performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Sustainable Maritime Transport, Ports, Supply Chain Intelligence, and Marine Environmental Engineering

edited by

Chao Mi

and

Guangnian Xiao

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2150 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable maritime transport; port intelligence; marine environmental engineering; supply chain management; green shipping; carbon reduction; digital transformation; smart logistics; multimodal transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Data-Driven Methods for Marine Structures, Second Edition

edited by

Jae Hoon Seo

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1184 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; data-driven mechanics; data-driven design; machine learning; surrogate models; structural health monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Ocean Observations, Second Edition

edited by Chung-Ru Ho

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 481 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean observation; maritime safety; marine engineering; maritime planning; maritime construction; ocean observation instruments and technology; battery capacity; data storage; ocean energy; ocean observation systems; ocean observation results; ocean observation applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Fluid–Structure–Foundation–Soil Interaction in Offshore Environments: Theory, Modeling and Engineering Applications

edited by

Bisheng Wu

, Lele Liu and Sanbai Li

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore geotechnical engineering; structure– fluid interaction; floating structures; advanced numerical methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Innovations in Underwater Robotic Software Systems

edited by

Francisco Rego

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9402 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine multi-agent systems; subsea communication technologies; underwater navigation systems; underwater control algorithms; marine path planning algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Marine CFD: From Resistance Prediction to Environmental Innovation

edited by

Soonseok Song

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5036 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical methods; marine hydrodynamics; ship performance; ocean renewable energy; computational fluid dynamics; marine environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Advances in High-Efficiency Marine Propulsion Systems

edited by

Wu Ouyang

and

Maarten Vanierschot

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1262 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-efficiency marine propulsion; advanced propulsor design; decarbonization in shipping; hybrid electric propulsion; intelligent propulsion control; digital twin for propulsion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Feature Paper in Marine Ecology

edited by

Sílvia C. Gonçalves

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1151 | Submission Open

Keywords: impacts of climate change and pollution on marine environments; marine invasive species; sustainability of marine resources; marine biodiversity; marine ecosystem services and functions; environmental quality and resilience of marine ecosystems; ecological restoration; marine functional connectivity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Ecology)

Wave Loads on Offshore Structure—2nd Edition

edited by Piguang Wang and

Kai Wei

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 860 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluid-structure interaction; wave and current loads; offshore structural dynamics; hydrodynamic load analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Advances in Monitoring and Mitigation of Marine Plastic Pollution

edited by Lixin Zhu

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 465 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine plastic pollution; microplastics; monitoring technologies; source identification; transport and fate; mitigation strategies; removal technologies; marine environmental engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Pollution)

Underwater Acoustic Field Modulation Technology

edited by Bin Wang

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5769 | Submission Open

Keywords: sound cloaks; acoustic gradient materials; materials with special acoustic parameters; the topology of special acoustic parameters; multi-mode materials; acoustic coding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Advances in Maritime Shipping

edited by

Chuanxu Wang

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2958 | Submission Open

Keywords: green shipping; intelligent shipping; digital technology; low carbon; operations management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Advances in Maritime Decarbonization: Technologies and Operations Towards Zero-Emission Ports and Vessels

edited by

Juan Moreno-Gutiérrez

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2102 | Submission Open

Keywords: maritime decarbonization; zero-emission ports; low-carbon fuels; hydrogen and ammonia; maritime energy transition; emission inventories; port sustainability; green shipping; ship– port interface

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Underwater Wireless Power Transfer Systems

edited by

Zhengchao Yan

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1847 | Submission Open

Keywords: inductive power transfer (IPT); capacitive power transfer (CPT); and ultrasonic wireless power transfer (UWPT) technologies; AUV charging; buoy charging; magnetic couplers and magnetic design methods; compensation topologies and parameter tuning methods; advanced control methods for AUV charging systems; electromagnetic field shielding and electromagnetic compatibility; simultaneous wireless power and data transfer technologies; electromagnetic metamaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Latest Trends in Alternative Fuels and Green Technologies for Maritime Decarbonization

edited by

George Mallouppas

and

Elias Yfantis

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 704 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternative fuels; green technologies; experimental modelling; advanced numerical methods; CCUS; maritime decarbonisation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Marine Microbial Adaptations and Ecosystem Functions from Exploration to Exploitation

edited by

Vincenzo Zammuto

and Maria Papale

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioinformatics; biopolymers; bioremediation; biotechnology; marine microbial adaptations; extreme marine ecology; marine microbial ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Ecology)

Sediment Dynamics in Artificial Nourishments—2nd Edition

edited by

Carlos Daniel Borges Coelho

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2769 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal erosion; coastal management; littoral drift; longshore and cross-shore sediment transport; coastal interventions; monitoring; numerical modeling; laboratory works; hydrodynamics; environmental impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Morphological Changes in the Coastal Ocean

edited by Henry Bokuniewicz and

Niki Evelpidou

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11877 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal morphology; coastal erosion; coastal landforms; shoreline erosion; substrate; benthic habitats; shelf sediment dynamics; seafloor bedforms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

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