Deep-learning-empowered visual ship detection and tracking: Literature review and future direction

B Zhang, J Liu, RW Liu, Y Huang - Engineering Applications of Artificial …, 2025 - Elsevier
Visual object detection and tracking is a fundamental task in artificial intelligence and plays
a crucial role in various maritime applications, leading to enhanced maritime traffic safety …

Beyond Land: A Review of Benchmarking Datasets, Algorithms, and Metrics for Visual-Based Ship Tracking

RL Rocha, FAP de Figueiredo - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Object tracking has gained much interest in the last few years, especially in the context of
multiple object tracking. Many datasets used for tracking provide video sequences of people …

Real-time ship segmentation in maritime surveillance videos using automatically annotated synthetic datasets

M Ribeiro, B Damas, A Bernardino - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work proposes a new system capable of real-time ship instance segmentation during
maritime surveillance missions by unmanned aerial vehicles using an onboard standard …

Long-Strip Target Detection and Tracking with Autonomous Surface Vehicle

M Zhang, D Zhao, C Sheng, Z Liu, W Cai - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
As we all know, target detection and tracking are of great significance for marine exploration
and protection. In this paper, we propose one Convolutional-Neural-Network-based target …

An expert system for privacy-driven vessel detection harnessing YOLOv8 and strengthened by SHA-256

NVR Guggilam, R Chiramdasu, AB Nambur… - Computers & …, 2024 - Elsevier
The integration of deep learning with security is undergoing rapid and substantial growth
across numerous fields. This combination has led to propelled advancements in securing …

Vehicle and Plate Detection for Intelligent Transport Systems: Performance Evaluation of Models YOLOv5 and YOLOv8

MHF Afonso, EH Teixeira, MR Cruz… - 2023 IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intelligent transport systems aim to enhance efficiency and safety in urban mobility,
employing technologies like computer vision to detect vehicles and license plates in images …

Detection of defects in underwater concrete structures: Integrating compact robotic systems with an edge detection model

B Zhang, J Jiang, X Gao, Y Lin, F Lin, H Huang - Ocean Engineering, 2025 - Elsevier
Underwater infrastructure inspection is essential for ensuring the integrity and safety of
submerged structures. Current inspection methods face challenges related to accuracy …

SSMA-YOLO: A Lightweight YOLO Model with Enhanced Feature Extraction and Fusion Capabilities for Drone-Aerial Ship Image Detection

Y Han, J Guo, H Yang, R Guan, T Zhang - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
Due to the unique distance and angles involved in satellite remote sensing, ships appear
with a small pixel area in images, leading to insufficient feature representation. This results …

A reliable unmanned aerial vehicle multi-ship tracking method

G Zhang, J Liu, Y Zhao, W Luo, K Mei, P Wang, Y Song… - PloS one, 2025 - journals.plos.org
As the global economy expands, waterway transportation has become increasingly crucial
to the logistics sector. This growth presents both significant challenges and opportunities for …

Safety–Security Analysis of Maritime Surveillance Systems in Critical Marine Areas

B Şengül, F Yılmaz, Ö Uğurlu - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In today's world, wherein more than 80% of world trade is carried out by maritime routes, the
safety and security of the seas where this trade takes place is of vast importance for nations …