An advanced safety enhancement and real time tracking system for boats

ABSTRACTMaritime transportation plays a crucial role infishing, tourism, and coastal trade; however, boatsoperating in rivers, lakes, and coastal regions facesignificant safety challenges due to unpredictableweather conditions, mechanical failures, navigationerrors, and limited real-time monitoring. Traditionalsafety systems lack continuous tracking and timelyemergency response mechanisms, leading toincreased risks to human life and property. Thispaper proposes an advanced safety enhancement andreal-time tracking system for boats using Internet ofThings (IoT), Global Positioning System (GPS), andonboard sensors. The proposed system continuouslymonitors the vessel’s location, speed, route, andstability parameters, and transmits the data to acentralized monitoring platform through wireless