Maritime Technology and Research

Assessing Indonesia’s fishing port readiness for implementing the Measured Fishing Policy through facility and service quality assessment: Evidence from two ocean fishing ports

Seruni Salsabila Putri Basoeki, Suadi, Djumanto — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0700

The implementation of Indonesia's Measured Fishing Policy, a pivotal shift from an input-control to an output-control (quota-based) system, has been delayed due to critical readiness gaps. This study assesses the readiness of Indonesia's major ocean fishing ports to support this policy, focusing on the Nizam Zachman and Cilacap Ocean Fishing Ports. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the research evaluated physical infrastructure availability and employed the Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) and Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) to gauge user satisfaction and prioritize improvements. Data were collected from 140 fisheries actors via purposive sampling between November 2024 and January 2025. This study showed a critical disconnect between physical infrastructure and service quality. Facility availability was rated at 93 % at Nizam Zachman and 86 % at Cilacap, classifying both ports infrastructure as “very adequate”. Nizam Zachman demonstrated superior basic and functional infrastructure, whereas Cilacap showed deficits in key assets like watchtowers. However, CSI scores for user satisfaction were slightly lower, at 69.8 % for Nizam Zachman and 70.4 % for Cilacap, classifying them as merely “satisfied”. The IPA further identified key bottlenecks hindering policy implementation, prioritizing document processing speed, port capacity, and mooring infrastructure as urgent areas for improvement. The study concludes that, for the Measured Fishing Policy to succeed, strategic investments must move beyond basic infrastructure to address the operational and service inefficiencies that directly impact user effectiveness and compliance.

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APA Style:
Basoeki, S. S. P., Suadi, & Djumanto. (2026). Assessing Indonesia’s fishing port readiness for implementing the Measured Fishing Policy through facility and service quality assessment: Evidence from two ocean fishing ports. Maritime Technology and Research, 8(2), 283032. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.283032

MDPI Style:
Basoeki, S. S. P.; Suadi; Djumanto. Assessing Indonesia’s fishing port readiness for implementing the Measured Fishing Policy through facility and service quality assessment: Evidence from two ocean fishing ports. Marit. Technol. Res. 2026, 8, 283032. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.283032

Vancouver Style:
Basoeki SSP, Suadi, Djumanto. (2026). Assessing Indonesia’s fishing port readiness for implementing the Measured Fishing Policy through facility and service quality assessment: Evidence from two ocean fishing ports. Marit. Technol. Res.8(2):283032. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.283032

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Highlights

Fishing port readiness is critical to the implementation of Indonesia’s Measured Fishing (quota-based) Policy.
Facility availability at major ocean fishing ports is high, but service quality and operational performance remain moderate.
A combined CSI–IPA approach reveals key administrative and infrastructure bottlenecks hindering quota policy implementation.
Document processing speed, port capacity, and mooring facilities are priority constraints across ports.
Policy success requires shifting investments from basic infrastructure provision to service efficiency and digital administration.

Gateways of aid: Analyzing port performance in disaster relief operations

Dimitris Gavalas, Ioannis Katsounis, Labros Vasiliadis — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0700

Ports serve as critical nodes in global humanitarian supply chains, enabling the timely delivery of aid during crises. This study examines port performance across 20 major disasters from 2004 to 2023 (including natural catastrophes, health emergencies, and conflicts) using a structured six-dimension analytical framework encompassing infrastructure resilience, customs and bureaucracy, stakeholder coordination, cargo handling, last-mile connectivity, and technological innovation. The research identifies recurring challenges such as infrastructure vulnerabilities, coordination inefficiencies, and bottlenecks in customs clearance, while highlighting adaptive innovations like floating logistics hubs, pre-positioned supplies, and AI-driven coordination systems. Crucially, the analysis incorporates impact awareness of adjacent support stations (including airports and neighboring ports) to assess how regional logistics ecosystems absorb or amplify disruptions. Case studies such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2022 Ukraine grain initiative, and the 2023 Sudan conflict illustrate how pre-disaster preparedness, regional cooperation, and private-sector engagement shape port effectiveness. The study concludes with actionable recommendations for policymakers, humanitarian organizations, and port authorities, emphasizing investments in resilience, standardized protocols, and multi-stakeholder collaboration to ensure ports remain reliable lifelines in future crises.

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APA Style:
Gavalas, D., Katsounis, I., & Vasiliadis, L. (2026). Gateways of aid: Analyzing port performance in disaster relief operations. Maritime Technology and Research, 8(2), 283206. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.283206

MDPI Style:
Gavalas, D.; Katsounis, I.; Vasiliadis, L. Gateways of aid: Analyzing port performance in disaster relief operations. Marit. Technol. Res. 2026, 8(2), 283206. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.283206

Vancouver Style:
Gavalas D, Katsounis I, Vasiliadis L. (2026). Gateways of aid: Analyzing port performance in disaster relief operations. Marit. Technol. Res. 8(2): 283206. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.283206

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Highlights

Developed a six-dimension framework (infrastructure, customs, coordination, cargo handling, last-mile, technology) to assess port performance in crises.
Conducted a cross-crisis analysis of 20 disasters (2004 - 2023), covering natural, health, conflict, and hybrid emergencies.
Identified recurring bottlenecks in infrastructure, customs clearance, and coordination that consistently hinder humanitarian logistics.
Documented innovations such as floating hubs, pre-positioned supplies, AI-driven coordination, and regional cooperation.
Incorporated regional ecosystem impacts (airports, neighboring ports) to show how disruptions are absorbed or amplified.

The success factors for Ro-Ro short sea shipping in the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle

Amayrol Zakaria, Ruth Banomyong, Aminuddin Md Arof — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0700

This paper aims to identify key success factors for international roll on-roll off (Ro-Ro) short sea shipping (SSS) operations in the Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) sub-region. A decision-support model has been developed to evaluate the viability of Ro-Ro short-sea shipping routes within the IMT-GT. Using a two-round Delphi panel of regional experts, the research identifies and weights determinants that influence Ro-Ro service performance. Nineteen main factors and sixteen sub-factors, grouped into Infrastructure, Commercial, Regulatory, and Safety and Environment clusters, were retained for the model. The highest-ranked determinants were “administrative harmonization” and “initial government assistance”, while “intermodal connectivity” and “port readiness” emerged as key operational enablers. A sensitivity analysis across four candidate routes confirms the robustness of the ranking outcomes under alternative weighting scenarios. The resulting model translates expert consensus into actionable priorities for policymakers and investors, highlighting that targeted regulatory and infrastructure interventions can offset low initial cargo volumes and accelerate sustainable short sea linkages in the IMT-GT. The study fills a regional evidence gap by quantifying factor importance for cross-border Ro-Ro services and provides a practical tool to sequence investments and reforms.

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APA Style:
Zakaria, A., Banomyong, R., & Arof, A. M. (2026). The success factors for Ro-Ro short sea shipping in the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle. Maritime Technology and Research, 8(2), 283435. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.283435

MDPI Style:
Zakaria, A.; Banomyong, R.; Arof, A. M. The success factors for Ro-Ro short sea shipping in the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle. Marit. Technol. Res. 2026, 8(2), 283435. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.283435

Vancouver Style:
Zakaria A, Banomyong R, Arof A M. (2026). The success factors for Ro-Ro short sea shipping in the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle. Marit. Technol. Res. 8(2): 283435. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.283435

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Highlights

Identifies key success factors for international Ro-Ro short sea shipping in the IMT-GT sub-region.
Applies a Delphi-based decision-support model to evaluate cross-border Ro-Ro route viability.
Reveals administrative harmonization and initial government support as dominant determinants.
Demonstrates the importance of intermodal connectivity and port readiness for Ro-Ro operations.
Provides a practical policy tool to prioritize investments and reforms for sustainable Ro-Ro services.

From efficiency to resilience: Strategic shifts in maritime organizations through digitalization, ESG, and human capital (2018 - 2025)

Aykut Arslan, Abdülkadir Akturan — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0700

Most existing maritime research examines digitalization, ESG pressures, and human capital separately. This paper fills the gap in explaining how the three factors dynamically reshape strategic orientations in the highly unstable post-2020 period. It explains how maritime organizations reconfigured their strategies between 2018 and 2025. The research is based on sixteen semi-structured interviews with top professionals from different segments of the maritime ecosystem across Europe and Asia, analyzed according to Gioia methodology. The main finding is a structural transformation from an efficiency strategy before 2020 toward a resilience strategy after 2020. It finds that this shift emanates from an interaction between digitalization (a ‘sensing’ capability) and human capital (a ‘reconfiguring’ capability). Seven strategic patterns are identified, which include new forms such as glocal ESG adaptation- blending global rules with local innovation- and hybrid leadership--blending technical, digital, and human skills- in addition to more traditional forms like asset diversification or trade pattern flexibility through chartering tonnage. This study is original as it is the first integrated empirical analysis of the interaction, with a rare pre/post-2020 temporal comparison conceptualizing new patterns as specific dynamic capabilities for the maritime sector.

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APA Style:
Arslan, A., & Akturan, A. (2026). From efficiency to resilience: Strategic shifts in maritime organizations through digitalization, ESG, and human capital (2018 - 2025). Maritime Technology and Research, 8(2), 283716. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.283716

MDPI Style:
Arslan, A.; Akturan, A. From efficiency to resilience: Strategic shifts in maritime organizations through digitalization, ESG, and human capital (2018 - 2025). Marit. Technol. Res. 2026, 8(2), 283716. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.283716

Vancouver Style:
Arslan A, Akturan A. (2026). From efficiency to resilience: Strategic shifts in maritime organizations through digitalization, ESG, and human capital (2018 - 2025). Marit. Technol. Res. 8(2): 283716. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.283716

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Highlights

Maritime firms re-oriented their strategies from an efficiency-based approach toward a resilience-based approach in the year 2020 and beyond.
Digitalization and ESG progressed from peripheral tools to core strategic drivers shaping competitiveness.
Firms increasingly practice “glocal ESG adaptation”, blending global rules with locally innovated solutions.
Strategic alliances evolved into long-term innovation ecosystems, especially around green corridors and digital platforms.
Human capital and hybrid leadership—combining technical, digital, and people skills became critical enablers of resilience.

Parallel middle body lengthening for high speed craft: A machine learning supported framework

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0700

Fast passenger craft play a strategic role in maritime transport, yet early-stage hull-form modifications are often constrained by competing requirements in resistance, stability, and structural strength. Rather than pursuing a clean-sheet redesign, this study adopts parallel middle body (PMB) lengthening as a controlled intervention that preserves validated bow-stern geometry and is compatible with practical retrofit and construction constraints. A fast passenger monohull is incrementally lengthened from 29.8 to 35.8 m through PMB extension, generating 61 variants in 0.10 m steps; the maximum 6 m increase reflects supplier limits on modular insert fabrication and the need to avoid extensive reconfiguration of internal systems (e.g., piping routes). For each variant, hydrostatics, intact transverse stability, longitudinal strength, and calm-water resistance/running attitude are evaluated using a semi-empirical framework; resistance is assessed at the service condition and through a Froude-number sweep (Fr = 0.10 - 0.40) for regime-based interpretation. The results show consistent improvements in hydrostatics and stability, smoother longitudinal load distributions, and reduced total resistance at the target operating condition, primarily driven by lower residuary resistance. To accelerate design-space exploration, supervised-learning surrogates are benchmarked across five regressors, with ensemble methods, particularly Gradient Boosting, providing the highest predictive fidelity for nonlinear performance trends. A multi-criteria ranking-and-scoring procedure identifies an optimal length of 35.4 m, balancing resistance reduction with stability enhancement and strength compliance. Overall, the PMB machine learning (ML) framework offers an efficient and transparent pathway for early-stage decision making in high-speed monohull design.

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APA Style:
Hadi, M. R. C. P., Chrismianto, D., Firdhaus, A., & Hadi, E. S. (2026). Parallel middle body lengthening for high speed craft: A machine learning supported framework. Maritime Technology and Research, 8(2), 284510. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.284510

MDPI Style:
Hadi, M. R. C. P.; Chrismianto, D.; Firdhaus, A.; Hadi, E. S. Parallel middle body lengthening for high speed craft: A machine learning supported framework. Marit. Technol. Res. 2026, 8(2), 284510. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.284510

Vancouver Style:
Hadi MRCP, Chrismianto D, Firdhaus A, Hadi ES. (2026). Parallel middle body lengthening for high speed craft: A machine learning supported framework. Marit. Technol. Res. 8(2): 284510. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.284510

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Highlights

PMB extension offers a practical strategy to improve vessel capacity and efficiency without a complete redesign.
Tree-based ensemble learning provides high-fidelity predictions for parametric hull form optimization.
Data-driven surrogates accelerate early-stage decision-making by rapidly evaluating dense design spaces.

Coast Guard’s performance: Impacts of interorganizational relations and IT adoptions

Ade Prasetia, Engkos Achmad Kuncoro, Rano Kartono, Gatot Soepriyanto — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0700

This study examines how interorganizational relations and IT adoption influence strategic alliance performance and institutional effectiveness within the Indonesian Coast Guard (Bakamla), the central coordinating body in Indonesia’s fragmented maritime security system. It emphasizes structural and relational mechanisms- namely coordination, cooperation, and technological infrastructure- as key drivers of organizational performance. Data collected from 136 personnel engaged in multi-agency maritime operations were analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The results show that both interorganizational relations and IT adoption significantly improve strategic alliance performance which, in turn, fully mediates their effect on organizational performance. These findings highlight the importance of institutional trust and digital integration in enhancing cross-agency coordination and strengthening maritime governance in archipelagic contexts.

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Prasetia, A., Kuncoro, E. A., Kartono, R., & Soepriyanto, G. (2026). Coast Guard’s performance: Impacts of interorganizational relations and IT adoptions. Maritime Technology and Research, 8(2), 281541. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.281541

MDPI Style:
Prasetia, A.; Kuncoro, E. A.; Kartono, R.; Soepriyanto, G. Coast Guard’s performance: Impacts of interorganizational relations and IT adoptions. Marit. Technol. Res. 2026, 8, 281541. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.281541

Vancouver Style:
Prasetia A, Kuncoro EA, Kartono R, Soepriyanto G. (2026). Coast Guard’s performance: Impacts of interorganizational relations and IT adoptions. Marit. Technol. Res. 8(2):281541. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.281541

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Highlights

Interorganizational relations and IT adoption improve alliance performance
Strategic alliances mediate organizational effectiveness
Weak authority limits direct performance impact
Digital integration needs shared governance and trust
Strengthening alliance governance enhances maritime coordination

Shipbuilding materials: A bibliometric analysis of research trends

Dursun Murat Sekban, Muhammet Berigel, Fatih Kirma — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0700

This study examines global research trends in shipbuilding materials using bibliometric matching and addresses the gap in the literature stemming from the lack of a comprehensive bibliometric study directly focusing on shipbuilding materials. The Scopus database was searched for studies published between 1970 and 2024; the starting year was chosen because it corresponds to the period when research on modern shipbuilding materials accelerated with advances in welding/joining processes, corrosion protection, and material testing standards. The search used the keywords “ship hull materials,” “naval architecture materials,” and “marine vehicle construction materials.” The latter two terms were defined to encompass structural and construction elements directly related to shipbuilding. Bibliometric matching identified leading countries, institutions, journals, frequently cited studies, and thematic clusters. The thematic framework is organized according to four main material groups: wood, steel, aluminum, and composites. The findings indicate a growing emphasis on composite materials, and ongoing research on improving corrosion resistance, strength, and sustainability in steel and aluminum. The results obtained provide a comprehensive overview of the subject and produce insights that can contribute to the shaping of future research agendas in marine engineering and naval architecture.

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APA Style:
Sekban, D. M., Berigel, M., & Kirma, F. (2026). Shipbuilding materials: A bibliometric analysis of research trends. Maritime Technology and Research, 8(2), 281595. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.281595

MDPI Style:
Sekban, D. M.; Berigel, M.; Kirma, F. Shipbuilding materials: A bibliometric analysis of research trends. Marit. Technol. Res. 2026, 8, 281595. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.281595

Vancouver Style:
Sekban DM, Berigel M, Kirma F. (2026). Shipbuilding materials: A bibliometric analysis of research trends. Marit. Technol. Res. 8(2):281595. https://doi.org/10.33175/mtr.2026.281595

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Highlights

Summarizes recent studies on materials in maritime structural applications.
Presents a 50-year bibliometric analysis of shipbuilding materials research.
Identifies top countries, institutions, and key authors in the maritime field.
Reveals thematic shifts and keyword trends in naval material studies.
Maps international collaboration networks in shipbuilding materials research.
Highlights emerging topics such as composites, corrosion, and eco-friendly design.