Nagi Abdussamie

Dear Colleagues, The global expansion of offshore aquaculture—encompassing both seaweed cultivation and fish farming—necessitates the development of resilient, cost-effective, and sustainable infrastructure to address the challenges posed by deeper waters, energetic ocean conditions, an unreliable supply of renewable energy and environmental sustainability. This Special Issue delves into the latest advancements in engineering, design, and integration strategies for offshore aquaculture systems.

This version is not peer-reviewed. Rabiul Islam  *,Yueting Guo,Sidum Adumene,Nagi Abdussamie Rabiul Islam  *,Yueting Guo,Sidum Adumene,Nagi Abdussamie You are already at the latest version The maritime industry is rapidly advancing towards Industry 4.0 and the integration of autonomous shipping technologies. As the main propulsion system for autonomous vessels, marine engines play a critical role in ensuring the safety and reliability of operations at sea.

1. Introduction With diminishing appropriate fish farming locations nearshore, due to contested sea space utilizations and stressed ecosystems from massive fish faeces and uneaten feed, fish farm operators have started to install their fish farming infrastructure at more exposed/offshore sites [1,2,3,4].