Marine Information System provides ship-owners, ship
companies, port authorities and other related organizations
with real time marine information. However such
information cannot be accessed by external users due to
marine information system design. As a result we analyze a
novel marine information system based on cloud computing
to improve traditional system, to bridge the gap between
different marine information systems. This paper looks at
the advances in the cloud computing applications to enable
public and private agencies with real-time marine
monitoring information to address some of the issues
hampering progress in the maritime environment.