"Building Resilient and Intelligent Maritime Transportation Systems under Geopolitical Uncertainty"

Call for Papers-"Building Resilient and Intelligent Maritime Transportation Systems under Geopolitical Uncertainty"

Journal: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Publisher: Elsevier

Submission Deadline: 30 Nov 2026

Key Requirements:

• Focus on maritime transportation resilience under geopolitical uncertainty.

• Strong emphasis on AI, data fusion, real-time analytics, and digital twins.

• Welcome theory, methods, empirical studies, case studies, and policy evaluations.

Overview

This special issue examines how geopolitical shocks affect shipping networks, ports, bunkering, insurance, and hinterland connectivity. It highlights the need for adaptive, intelligent decision support to manage corridor closures, sanctions, rerouting, congestion, and pricing shocks. The issue especially values work that combines maritime operations with intelligent technologies and resilience analysis.

Key Research Themes

• AI-driven dynamic routing and fleet scheduling.

• Autonomous vessels and intelligent navigation.

• Machine learning for disruption prediction and management.

• Port congestion propagation and mitigation.

• Geopolitical scenario modeling and risk quantification.

• Resilience assessment of global shipping networks.

• Insurance, freight pricing, and economic impacts.

• Policy, governance, and international cooperation.

• Investment and strategic planning under geopolitics.

Submission Details

• Submit through the journal’s online submission system.

• Select “VSI: MaritimeSystem_Hans” as the article type.

• Manuscripts must follow standard author guidelines and be unpublished elsewhere.

• Papers should address theory, methods, empirical evidence, or policy relevance.

Guest Editors

• Jihong Chen

• Qiang Meng

• Ziaul Haque Munim

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