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ToMS ~ October 2024
Vol. 13 No. 2 (2024)

In the “Engineering” section, we have six articles from five countries. The “Maritime Law” section this time consists of three valuable contributions from two countries. The “Maritime Economy and Logistics” section comprises five papers from six countries. The “Ecology” section covers three papers from two countries. From other topics, we have five papers from three countries, including underwater vehicle research and women in the maritime business. We hope that this covers most of the topics that are interesting to our readership.

Finally, consistent with our practice, we present two poems by Vinko Kalinić. He is a Croatian poet from Komiža, on the Island of Vis, born in Split in 1974. Along with the poems in standard Croatian, he writes in an ancient dialect of Komiža. His poems have been translated into several foreign languages.
ToMS ~ April 2024
Vol. 13 No. 1 (2024)

This issue marks the 13^th year of our continuous publication. As a contribution towards its modernisation, we have been trying to introduce more ahead publishing, called “Web-first” or “On-line first”, offering considerable benefits to both the Journal and the authors.

In this issue as many as four papers have been selected from ‘’MARESEC 2023: European Workshop on Maritime Systems Resilience and Security 2023“ conference.

In total, nine papers cover marine/ocean/shipbuilding engineering topics, five maritime law topics, four maritime logistics and economy, four maritime ecology and green solutions, and four other maritime topics. The authors come from the following countries: Croatia, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and Turkey.
ToMS ~ October 2023
Vol. 12 No. 2 (2023)

We are undoubtedly living in turbulent times. Turbulent in so many different ways. When we talk about science, turbulences are caused by advances in artificial intelligence (AI). In editor's waters, it relates to numerous problems and opportunities which AI can represent. One more challenge imposed on the editors is an increased use of AI tools. These problems are expected to become more frequent and will need to be addressed in future.

In this issue we continue the collaboration with International Maritime Science Conference (https://imsc.pfst.hr/) by including three selected paper. Turbulent times are represented by an ever increasing number of papers dealing with the crisis and crisis management. This is made evident in papers about geopolitical risks on international trade and influence of shipping industry by the war in Ukraine. This issue contains papers in fields of shipbuilding and about human factors in maritime business.

In total, authors of the papers come from nine different countries in three continents. Including additional countries which are not mentioned here, from the first issue of this volume, we have published the authors from a total of fifteen countries from four continents. Comparing this data with the previous volume, that of 2022, we may conclude that we have succeeded in remaining steady and reliable through these times.

The total number of reviewers has amounted to 185 for the entire volume of 2023. They come from forty-six states from five continents, the complete list provided at the end of this issue.
ToMS ~ April 2023
Vol. 12 No. 1 (2023)

In this issue nineteen papers, by authors from twelve countries, have been published, thematically varying from offshore wind turbines to maritime logistics, the range of reviewers' countries by far exceeding this number.

In keeping with our tradition and practice, in this issue we bring again a lyric poem in the Croatian Chakavian dialect, along with a video-audio clip and a translation into English. The poet is Izvor Oreb.
ToMS ~ October 2022
Vol. 11 No. 2 (2022)

To begin with, since the previous issue, a new SJR was published., thereby rendering ToMS a Q2 (quartile 2) journal in one of the fields. This has resulted in an evident, almost linear increase of CiteScore, as well as an exponential growth of numbers of citations per paper.

In this issue, contributors come from eleven countries, extending all over the globe: Asia, Europe, and Africa. Reviewers of this volume are from 45 countries and six continents: a total of 184.

In keeping with our tradition to help conferences within our scope, we have included one paper from the 20th International Conference on Transport Science (ICTS 2022), held at Portorož, Slovenia.
ToMS ~ April 2022
Vol. 11 No. 1 (2022)

In front of you, there is the 21^st issue of ToMS. You can find 24 papers that have reached us from three different continents. The research topics of the papers vary from navigational problems, dry ports logistics, COVID, education to green energy.

Beside the above mentioned, we have papers that might be interesting for marine engineers and ship builders. Furthermore, there is a paper about ROVs, which covers ROVs’ applications for seabed monitoring and structures inspection. There are also papers regarding maritime law, and the mental state of mariners in relation to accidents.
ToMS ~ October 2021
Vol. 10 No. 2 (2021)

I am happy to inform you that the 20^th issue of our Journal is out, which means we have been sailing the rough scientific publishing seas for a decade. Over the years, the Journal has been constantly upgraded. Our dedication was to internationalise the Journal. To achieve this meant increasing the number of members from different countries in our Editorial and Advisory Boards and more international reviewers, as well as obtaining ever higher-quality and attractive articles. It is worth reminding that the first volume contained 15 papers, and the current volume has 44 published papers.

We are proud to announce a new issue. This issue covers both regular papers and the best papers from the International Conference of Information & Communication Technology 2021 (ICICTM 2021).
ToMS ~ April 2021
Vol. 10 No. 1 (2021)

This issue is the most extensive we’ve had so far. We have one paper from the 19th International Conference on Transport Science ICTS 2020, held in Portorož, Slovenia, on 17-18 September 2020, as well as three papers from the Devport Conference 2020, held in Le Havre, France, on 15-16 October 2020. The papers brought in this issue cover most of the journal’s topics, from ocean engineering, shipbuilding, maritime communications, software and electronics, to maritime logistics and management, including the psychosocial and legal aspects of long-term work onboard ships. We once again take the opportunity to present Croatian cultural heritage by bringing you two poems by late Rina Repanić Gotal, written in the idiom of the Island of Vis. This contribution comes in bilingual form in the inspired translation of Mirna Čudić Žgela, our long-standing associate.
ToMS ~ October 2020
Vol. 9 No. 2 (2020)

There has been a lot of discussion about scientific productivity in the time of pandemic. It cannot be generalized, because it depends on the research field. For this issue we have prepared papers on ship’s construction and shipbuilding at the beginning. Then we consider electronic and cyber security aboard. The third group of papers is related to maritime traffic and navigation, followed by a paper about climate changes, maritime logistics and dry ports. Education and terminology is considered next, after which maritime law has been dealt with. Finally, satellite imagery is applied to the microregion of the Cetina River.
ToMS ~ April 2020
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2020)

This issue is specially dedicated to the ongoing pandemic, due to which employees in higher education have encountered an unprecedented challenge. However, as life goes on, a new Journal issue is about to be released, demanding even more difficult tasks from the Editorial team. We can say: “Of course we will publish the best submitted papers. Of course it will be on time. Of course we are already working virtually in the Open Journal System (OJS).” However, it is not quite the same.
We already have science, education, institutional, administrative jobs on-line, as well as working at home. Issues are being published, but the following question arises: Is our future virtual?
ToMS ~ October 2019
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2019)

There have been some changes since the previous issue. The number of Advisory Board members increased to include new members from Australia, Germany, Sweden and the USA. Since we already had regional editors on three continents, the journal is now present on all continents, which additionally contributed to its internationalization.

This issue presents researches from Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, India, Malaysia, Poland, South Africa, and Spain – three continents. The papers deal with topics from a variety of scientific areas and fields: marine engineering, naval technology, autonomous ships, hydrographic forensics, with special focus on port management.
ToMS ~ April 2019
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2019)

This issue is the first one to fully implement the so-called Open Journal System. It was by no means an easy thing to achieve: however, we have finally succeeded, primarily due to enormous efforts of our executive editors and the technical staff. This issue brings thirteen papers, the largest number so far. Among the authors, apart from the Croatian ones, this issue boasts a cooperation of as many as twenty-one foreign scientists, coming from four continents. We take it as a good omen for our journal to be recognized and to establish a reputation all over the scientific world. The papers hereby presented deal with topics pertaining to a number of scientific areas and fields, such as marine engineering, navigation, safety systems, hydrography, marine information systems, maritime law, management of marine systems, education, and operation of submarine vessels.
ToMS ~ October 2018
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2018)

This issue can boast the largest number of papers so far – as many as eleven, as well as an impressive list of foreign authors, as many as ten. It brings eleven papers from several scientific areas: marine engineering, nautical science, safety at sea, commerce in ports, electronics, maritime medicine, as well as the ones aimed at improving and promoting ways and methods of teaching the English language to students. In any case, there is something for everyone interested in navigation, either at sea or rivers.
ToMS ~ April 2018
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2018)

You have before you the recent issue of the internationally double-blind peer-reviewed scientific journal Transactions on Maritime Science. It is published by the Faculty of Maritime Studies of the University of Split. From this issue onwards, the journal can boast an updated website. The journal has been entirely integrated in the Open Journal System, which enables a simpler application of the papers, as well as a simpler monitoring process of the paper publication. The present issue features as many as ten papers, written by twenty-six scholars. Authors from Australia and Sweden have contributed with their respective papers for the first time. Due to a large number of papers, we have incorporated a smaller number of texts in the “Contribution” section.
ToMS ~ October 2017
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2017)

You have before you the twelfth issue of the internationally double-blind peer-reviewed scientific journal Transactions on Maritime Science. It is published by the Faculty of Maritime Studies of the University of Split. We are exceptionally pleased, and we take great pride in the fact that we have been admitted to the prestigious Web of Science (Emerging Sources Citation Index) list of journals. This issue brings seven papers from several scientific areas.The number of authors who have contributed with their papers is fifteen. We are exceptionally pleased because this issue contains four articles written by foreign scholars.
ToMS ~ April 2017
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2017)

You have before you the eleventh issue of the internationally double-blind peer-reviewed scientific journal Transactions on Maritime Science. It is published by the Faculty of Maritime Studies of the University of Split. We are exceptionally pleased, and we take great pride in it, that we have been admitted to the prestigious Scopus database. Our year-long effort has finally paid off! This is a great step forward for our journal, as well as for the authors who publish their papers in it. This issue brings seven papers from several scientific areas. The number of authors is high, 24 of those who have given their contributions to the papers before you. We are particularly happy to have published several papers by authors from Germany and Sweden, along with the ones presented before.
ToMS ~ October 2016
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2016)

There is before you the tenth issue of the internationally double-blind peer-reviewed scientific journal Transactions on Maritime Science. This issue brings eight papers from several scientific areas. The number of authors is high, 22 of those who have given their contributions to the papers before you. They come from the
scientific institutions of Belgium, Equador, France, Italy, Poland and Croatia.
ToMS ~ April 2016
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2016)

You have before you the ninth issue of the internationally reviewed scientific journal Transactions on Maritime Science. It is published by the Faculty of Maritime Studies of the University of Split. The Journal is published in both printed and electronic, open access form. Our desire is for our readers to have an easy access at minimum expense. We always remain in the hope that the papers we publish will encourage your cooperation.
ToMS ~ October 2015
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2015)

You have before you the eighth issue of the internationally reviewed scientific journal Transactions on Maritime Science. This issue brings you papers from several scientific areas. The first paper investigates an ability of system identification in difficult operating conditions. The paper from the field of maritime law explores the provisions of the Rotterdam Rules. Authors from Croatia and Belgium present us with the paper “Improving Energy Efficiency by Advanced Traffic Control Systems”. Scientists from Montenegro and Croatia have contributed with the paper “Familiarisation aboard Ships of Croatian and Montenegrin Officers”. The aim of the paper “The Worldwide Tanker Shipping Market (2010 – 2020) Information Model” is to provide the information model for the worldwide tanker shipping market 2010 – 2020...
ToMS ~ April 2015
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2015)

You have before you the seventh issue of the internationally reviewed scientific journal Transactions on Maritime Science, published by the Faculty of Maritime Studies of the University of Split. This issue brings you papers from several scientific areas. The “Contribution” section brings you news from the International Maritime Organization from London, from the pen of our associate Tatjana Krilić. We have also remained faithful to another area we wish to promote: the Croatian cultural heritage. We still hope that the papers we publish will urge you to cooperate.
ToMS ~ October 2014
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2014)

You have before you the sixth issue of the internationally reviewed scientific journal Transactions on Maritime Science. In the main section, “Regular papers“, in this issue we publish seven papers written by foreign and Croatian scientists. These are papers related to renewable energy sources, marine engineering, passage planning, electronic navigational devices and marine information systems, as well as extension of the existing SMCP chapter on pilotage and tug assistance. In the section “Contributions” we publish latest news provided by Tatjana Krilić, with the latest contribution by the distinguished journalist Marijan Žuvić.
ToMS ~ April 2014
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2014)

You have before you the fifth issue of the internationally reviewed scientific journal “Transactions on Maritime Science”, published by the Maritime Faculty of the University of Split. The Journal is published in an electronic, open access and printed form. We have remained faithful to our decision of publishing in each issue a paper aiming at improving our readers’ knowledge of the English language. There is no need to emphasize how important it is to anyone in the seafaring business. We have also remained faithful to another area we wish to promote: the Croatian cultural heritage. This issue also brings a paper of our renowned publicist Marijan Žuvić.
ToMS ~ October 2013
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2013)

After an excellent reception of the previous issues, you have before you the fourth issue of the internationally reviewed scientific journal “Transactions on Maritime Science” published by the Faculty of Maritime Studies of the University of Split. In this issue we publish papers from the scientific areas of maritime engineering, maritime management, maritime information systems, ecology and contemporary approach to the faculty education of seafarers. The authors presenting their papers in this issue come from Croatia and abroad.
ToMS ~ April 2013
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2013)

After a very good acceptance of the first two issues, in front of you there is the third issue of the internationally reviewed scientific journal “Transactions on Maritime Science“ published by the Faculty of Maritime Studies of the University of Split.In this issue we provide eight papers. The scientific areas of nautical studies, maritime engineering, maritime satellite communications, marine power engineering, environment preservation, maritime law and economy are presented. The authors presenting their papers in this issue come from Croatia and abroad.
ToMS ~ October 2012
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2012)

After an excellent reception of the first issue, you have before you the second issue of the internationally reviewed scientific journal “Transactions on Maritime Science” published by the Faculty of Maritime Studies in Split. The journal is published in an electronic, open access and printed form. Our desire is for our readers to have an easy and cheap access. Apart from the classic nautical papers, this issue also contains papers from the domain of marine engineering, maritime law, economics and the education of seafarers.
ToMS ~ April 2012
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2012)

In front of you, after a long preparation and severe labour pains, there is the first issue of the internationally reviewed scientific journal “Transactions on Maritime Science.” It is published by the Faculty of Maritime Studies in Split which is the successor to the institution based in 1959. This Journal has arisen from the Proceedings of the Maritime College in Split (ISSN 1332-585X) with 55 papers published in the 5 issues from the year 2000 to 2005.