Navigating the Future: Integrating AI into Maritime Education

Nowadays, new technology like artificial intelligence (AI) has been applied extensively to the maritime industry. The AI adoption results in a huge increase of the efficiency and productivity of maritime companies. To keep pace with these developments, it has become crucial for maritime institutions all over the world to integrate AI into the conventional maritime education and training. Hopefully, graduating cadets will obtain the proficient knowledge and specialized skills to navigate through a new era of AI-powered technology. The paper examines what the maritime institutions should do to meet challenges imposed upon them at the new AI age. The paper also explains how to integrate the current maritime education with the emerging technological breakthrough like AI so that the graduating cadets will be highly qualified and well-trained when they enter the workforce.