Autonomous ships are expected to improve the level of safety and efficiency in future
maritime navigation. Such vessels need perception for two purposes: to perform …

Maritime traffic service networks and information systems play a vital role in maritime traffic
safety management. The data collected from the maritime traffic networks are essential for …

In 2016, the world shipping fleet grew by 3.5%. Even if the annual growth rate remains at its
lowest since 2013, the global situation is still in overcapacity (UNCTAD 2016). Ninety …

Prior to the 21st century, positioning technologies had limited applications including air
traffic control, air and sea navigation, satellite communications and related military uses …

Unmanned merchant ships are ships that carry goods and engage in commercial activities
without manual operations on board. In contrast to traditional merchant ships, unmanned …

All the modern surveillance systems take advantage of the Automatic Identification System
(AIS), a compulsory tracking system for many types of vessels. Ships that carry AIS …

A methodology had been proposed for cross-matching visible infrared imaging radiometer
suite (VIIRS) boat detections (VBD) with vessel monitoring system (VMS) tracks. The process …

The correlated exploitation of heterogeneous data sources offering very large historical as
well as streaming data is important to increasing the accuracy of computations when …

Maritime surveillance (MS) is of paramount importance for search and rescue operations,
fishery monitoring, pollution control, law enforcement, migration monitoring, and national …

Today, most of the maritime surveillance systems rely on the automatic identification system
(AIS), which is compulsory for vessels of specific categories to carry. Anomaly detection …