Recent increases in the number of high-speed, large-scale, and heavy-load vessels have
made marine traffic more complex. Traffic situations are more difficult to manage as a result …

The essence of the path planning problems is multi-modality constraint. However, most of
the current literature has not mentioned this issue. This paper introduces the research …

Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) aims to improve the safety and efficiency of water transportation,
yet its operation relies heavily on the work of Vessel Traffic Services Operators (VTSOs). …

It is of critical importance to prevent collisions at sea for navigation safety. Some popular
techniques have been proposed and been used in practice, eg closest point of approach, …

Maritime transport is intimately tied to the global economy and trade. Research on maritime
transport risk is of great significance to prevent maritime accidents and enhance the safety of …

The lack of situational awareness is a major cause of ship collisions. Thus, enhancing the
situational awareness of the stand-on ship is a key for navigational safety, where the intention …

With the forced installation of the ship's automatic identification system (AIS), a large amount
of ship trajectory data in the world is generated. These data provide information on latitude, …

This paper proposed a path following controller for the unmanned surface vessel (USV) by
taking advantage of the vector field (VF) guidance method and the characteristic model-…

The trajectory tracking control problem of under-actuated unmanned surface vessels (USVs)
suffering from communication constraints (network delay, packet loss, packet disorder) as …

The development of the shipping industry has led to increasingly busy traffic near many port
areas, which leads to higher demands for vessel traffic service operators (VTSOs), and …