Maritime shipping, with a significant role in global trade, confronts various accidents leading
to loss of lives, properties, and the environment. Shipping 4.0 technologies are scaling up to …

Impressive technological advancements over the past decades commenced significant
advantages in the maritime industry sector and elevated commercial, operational, and …

Recent innovations in the smart city domain have led to the proposition of a new mode of
transportation utilizing Autonomous Passenger Ships (APS) or ferries in inland waterways …

Abstract The Green Economy Initiative aims to grow our economy without increasing carbon
emissions, requiring all industries to transition to a low-carbon economy. As one of the …

Abstract Undoubtedly, Industry 4.0 in the energy sector improves the conditions for
automation, generation and distribution of energy, increasing the rate of electric vehicle …

The voyage data recorder (VDR) is a data recording system that aims to provide all
navigational, positional, communicational, sensor, control and command information for data …

The increasing integration of advanced technology into maritime operations has increased
ship cybersecurity risks, especially with the development of autonomous vessels. This …

Scientific and technological progress is also fundamental to the evolving merchant shipping
industry, both in terms of the size and speed of modern ships and in the level of their …

The increasingly witnessed integration of information technology with operational
technology leads to the formation of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) that intertwine physical …

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) published the Guidelines on Maritime Cyber
Risk Management in 2017 to strengthen cybersecurity in consideration of digitalized ships …