Marine Vessel Smart Monitoring System

Sailing across the ocean is the core to multiple worldwide integral industries. To navigate safely, a smart monitoring system is essential. With the threats and challenges encountering marine vessels across the globe, ranging from internal vessel issues to piracy, distinct marine systems have proven to be efficient in applying supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) to avoid fatal consequences affecting crew members lives and the vessel as a whole. This paper introduces an innovative and integrated intelligent marine system that monitors the vessel effectively in terms of measuring the air quality, deep inside, controlling the temperature, detecting possible hazards due to leaks, fires, and potential collision with other vessels and marine objects. The proposed marine vessel smart monitoring system incorporates multiple sensors either separately or collectively connected, which are powered by a solar-based renewable energy source. Using photovoltaic cells, the energy from the sun will be converted to electrical energy and stored in a battery to power the distinct sensors incorporated in our system to function adequately. Such sensors will be linked together onto a uniform display platform that allows the user to read and command actions accordingly as per the situation at hand. Additionally, the proposed system will include water level monitoring, fire extinguishing, GPS-based guidance, and a simple antipiracy defense mechanism.