The growth of the maritime sector has produced an increase of the global maritime traffic and of the activities exploiting the ocean environment and its resources. Safety and security of maritime navigation remain a concern, like the global societal objective of reducing the environmental impact of maritime activities to pursue a sustainable and inclusive “blue growth”. Technological innovations led to the development of automated monitoring systems and maritime sensors networks, producing a tremendous increase of the maritime data available and opening new avenues to interdisciplinary science-driven maritime operations and policy making. Institutional and industrial initiatives are developing infrastructures for maritime data sharing and offering advanced processing, fusion, and analysis, developing added values products in support of the maritime operational and industrial communities, policy making and informed citizenship. Taylor & Francis Geo-spatial Information Science (GSIS) is going to publish a journal special issue on Maritime Big Data Integration and Analysis, featuring a selection of the best papers presented at the Maritime Big Data Workshop 2020 (https://sites.google.com/view/mbdw2020/home), and additional papers selected through an open call. This special issue will welcome novel big data, artificial intelligence and visual analytics solutions with application for maritime security, safety and security of maritime navigation and transport, Maritime Intelligent Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Maritime situational awareness, maritime environment monitoring and preservation, estimation of the impact of maritime activities on the maritime environment, sustainable fisheries and exploitation of ocean resources, energy efficiency and performance analysis. Topics of interest are: Maritime big data management Artificial intelligence and machine learning for maritime big data Maritime information systems Maritime mobility data and behavioural analysis Maritime network analysis Information visualisation and visual analytics for maritime data Maritime information fusion and uncertainty Maritime situational awareness Maritime autonomous systems Maritime decision-aided systems All submissions will undergo a peer review process. The Special Issue is expected to be published in the second half of 2021, and accepted will be open access. Publishing costs will be covered by Wuhan University on behalf of authors. Instructions for submission --------------------------- You can submit your paper using the centralised GIS submission system (https://rp.tandfonline.com/submission/create?journalCode=TGSI) by selecting the special issue Maritime Big Data Integration and Analysis. Follow the instructions for submission available on the GSIS website (https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=tgsi20) Important dates Submission of papers from open call: 31 March 2021 Notification of acceptance: 31 May 2021 Camera ready submission: 31 July 2021 Publication in GSIS: 2nd half of 2021 Full details are available at this page https://sites.google.com/view/mbdw2020/gsis-special-issue and on GISIS website https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/maritime-big-data-integration-analysis/?utm_source=TFO&utm_medium=cms&utm_campaign=JPG15743 -- Guest editors Prof Cyril Ray, Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, Ecole Navale, Naval Academy Research Institute (IRENav), Brest, France Dr Elena Camossi, NATO Science and Technology Organization, Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation, La Spezia, Italy