The marine sensors market is expected to grow from USD 1,168.953 million in 2025 to USD 1,571.598 million in 2030, at a CAGR of 6.10%.
Oceanography and environmental monitoring use marine sensors, also known as water quality sensors, to detect the characteristics of both saltwater and freshwater. Marine sensors come in a wide variety of forms with numerous uses. The most frequent measurements they make are of sound velocity, conductivity, temperature, turbidity (water clarity), dissolved oxygen, pH, hydroacoustic currents, and sound waves. A rising variety of practical uses for these tools include mapping the ocean floor and waterways, aquaculture, subsea construction, and determining how climate change is affecting the world's oceans, lakes, and rivers. The use of marine sensors is crucial for obtaining information about what is occurring below the ocean's surface. These sensors are a crucial data gathering and measurement tool for marine businesses all over the world that build coastlines, tailings ponds, subsea structures, and dredges.
The increasing frequency of marine hazards, such as piracy, has prompted many countries to modernize their systems for maritime tracking and surveillance. In order to combat a variety of criminal activities, such as pirate attacks and illegal fishing trailers, surveillance is essential in maritime environments. Computer vision is one of many systems that can be useful in the legal system. Additionally, a strong maritime system should be able to distinguish between marine life and man-made objects. The selection of the surveillance methodology is influenced by all of these considerations.
Government and private sector investments and initiatives have also contributed to the growth of this market. The Indian National Institute of Ocean Technology's (NIOT) Marine Sensor Systems Division has launched and plans to commence a number of projects, including the development of standalone buried object detection SONAR and acoustic cameras and the incorporation of synthetic aperture techniques in buried object detection SONAR. Similarly, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) partnered with the UK Research and Innovation division of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to conduct a marine sensor project from 2017 to 2021. The project had a £900,000 budget.
The marine sensor market is projected to increase as a result of the high demand for thermometric marine sensors used to reduce the temperature of marine engines. Additionally, it is projected that the marine sensors market would rise quickly due to the growing demand to monitor engine oil temperature. The rising need for next-generation missiles, air defense systems, and novel sensors in navy ships will further fuel the development of this market.
In terms of regional growth, the marine sensors market in the Asia Pacific is anticipated to become more prominent. Asia Pacific is anticipated to hold a sizable market share in the marine sensors market due to the highly concentrated shipbuilding industry in China, Japan, and South Korea. Maritime industry growth and successful technology integration are expected to increase demand for marine sensors in this region's developing nations over the course of the forecast period. Another crucial growing reason is the existence of sizable shipbuilding industries in China and other nations. The increased use of marine sensors in Canada and the United States for the construction of new undersea electronics support facilities is responsible for the expansion of the marine sensor market in North America. The presence of multiple marine sensor producers in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany would spur growth in Europe.
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