Publishing department: Ministry of Transport Column: Policy interpretation date: 2026-10-13 (URL path date)
original: https://www.mot.gov.cn/gongkai/zcjd/202610/t20261013_4225771.html
Recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Transport issued the "Guidelines for Application Scenarios of Artificial Intelligence in the Water Transport Field" (Jiaobanshui [2026] No. 63, hereinafter referred to as the "Guidelines"). In order to facilitate all parties to better understand the relevant content and effectively implement the work, the interpretation is as follows:
The Party Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to the application and development of artificial intelligence, and propose to promote the broad and deep integration of artificial intelligence with various industries and fields of the economy and society. Since last year, the Ministry has successively issued documents such as the "Implementation Opinions on "Artificial Intelligence + Transportation"" and the "Smart Shipping 2030 Action Plan" to make specific arrangements for the application of artificial intelligence in the transportation industry. The scenarios in the water transportation field are diverse, the data is rich, and the application prospects of artificial intelligence are broad. The purpose of issuing the "Guidelines" is to concrete the deployment requirements of the ministry on the application of artificial intelligence in the field of water transportation. The list guides the industry to carry out technical research, scenario implementation, and innovative applications in an orderly manner, providing support for cultivating new productivity in the field of water transportation and accelerating the construction of a modern water transportation system.
The "Guidelines" propose 22 urgently needed artificial intelligence application scenarios in the water transportation field from three aspects: safety improvement, quality and efficiency improvement, and green transformation.
(1) Key scenarios for safety improvement. Nine typical application scenarios are proposed from the aspects of intelligent prevention and control of port safety risks, intelligent guarantee of safe waterway operation, intelligent prevention and control of shipping operation risks, intelligent monitoring of water traffic safety, and improvement of intelligent maritime search and rescue capabilities, to promote relevant business fields to strengthen accurate risk prediction and dynamic prevention and control, and to improve safety assurance and emergency response capabilities.
(2) Key scenarios for improving quality and efficiency. 10 typical application scenarios are proposed from the aspects of automated terminal operations, smart collaboration of port logistics, smart waterway operation services, and digital shipping services to promote the relevant business fields to accelerate the in-depth integration of digital technology and application scenarios, and improve the efficiency and service quality of waterway transportation.
(3) Key scenarios of green transformation. Three typical application scenarios are proposed from the aspects of green and intelligent port operations, green and intelligent shipping management and control, and green and compliance and intelligent supervision of ships, to promote the deepening of the integrated application of green technology and artificial intelligence in relevant business fields, and to empower the green and sustainable development of the industry.
Each unit must combine its own actual situation and work foundation to identify the main direction of attack, promote key breakthroughs, strengthen the transformation and application of results, and summarize and refine typical cases in a timely manner.
Related documents: Notice from the General Office of the Ministry of Transport on the issuance of the "Guidelines for Application Scenarios of Artificial Intelligence in Water Transportation"