The global maritime industry is facing significant challenges in moving towards more sustainable operational practices to align with international sustainable development goals. Maritime is comprised of both shipping and port aspects. IEEE has a number of committees and programs associated with maritime technical issues, each working on specific topical areas in their respective domains. The goal of this Industry Connections activity is to bring together these areas of domain expertise and build a collaborative IEEE community of interest around maritime issues, and investigate opportunities for new standards, reports, events and thought leadership to support these ambitious goals of the maritime industry. This ICA is well aligned with the targets of other initiatives where IEEE has been engaged like “Planet Positive 2030” , or “Global Power Systems Transformation-GPST”

IEEE Power & Energy Society Marine Systems Coordinating Committee

• Electric Ships and Marine Platforms
• Marine Wind, Wave, and Tidal Systems
• Marine Transmission and Distribution
• Marine Grounding and Safety
• Environmental Impact
• Education

IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society

Industry Applications Society

• Marine Industry Subcommittee

IEEE Transportation Electrification Community (TEC)

IEEE European Power Policy Committee

• Energy Working Group

• Launch of IEEE cross-collaborative community of interest in maritime sustainability issues.
  • Bring together existing IEEE committees in support of sustainability related support to the maritime industry.
  • Identify and invite external organizations for collaboration in achieving mutually beneficial goals.
  • Identify opportunities to develop proposals for new standards in support of sustainable maritime
  • Participate in existing events and/or creation of new events on maritime sustainability.