This journal aims to provide a medium for presentation and discussion of the latest developments in research, design, fabrication and in-service experience relating to marine structures, i.e., all structures of steel, concrete, light alloy or composite construction having an interface with the sea, including ships, fixed and mobile offshore platforms, submarine and submersibles, pipelines, subsea systems for shallow and deep ocean operations and coastal structures such as piers.
 
Marine Structures covers:
• Definition of the ocean environment and of loads exerted by waves, currents, winds, tides and ice;
• Seabed foundations and structural interaction;
• Evaluation of static and dynamic structural response including collapse behaviour;
• collision mechanics;
• Fatigue and fracture;
• Materials (and their selection), corrosion and other forms of degradation;
• Formulation and application of design methods and criteria including use of reliability analysis, optimisation techniques and CAD;
• Inspection and structural monitoring, repair and maintenance;
• Fabrication, launching, installation and decommissioning techniques.
 
Papers submitted to the journal must be original and will be refereed to a high standard. They may include new research findings, together with developments in design methodology and fabrication techniques. Priority will be given to papers which are likely to have an impact on design. Constructive state-of-the-art reviews are also welcome.
 
The journal will also include technical notes, discussion of papers, invited commentaries, letters to the editors and reviews of significant new publications in the field, together with a calendar of important events worldwide.

Editors
Masahiko Fujikubo
Osaka University School of Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Department of Global Architecture Division of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engin, Osaka, Japan
Email Masahiko Fujikubo

John Niedzwecki
Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, Texas, United States
Email John Niedzwecki

Svein Sævik
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Email Svein Sævik

Associate Editors
S. Ehlers
Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany
S. Fu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Fahua Campus, Shanghai, China
Z. Gao
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Advisory Editor
T. Moan
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Editorial Board
J. Amdahl
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Demos Angelides
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
S. Benson
Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Y.-S. Choo
National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
W. Cui
Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
S.F. Estefen
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
W. Fricke
Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany
C. Guedes Soares
University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
A. Incecik
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
J. Juncher Jensen
Technical University of Denmark, Kongens(Kgs) Lyngby, Denmark
M. Kaminski
TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands
I. Lotsberg
A S Veritas Research, Høvik, Norway
Y.M. Low
National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
S. Malenica
Bureau Veritas Group, Paris, France
S. Mavrakos
National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
F.G. Nielsen
University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
T. Okada
Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
N. Osawa
Osaka University School of Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Department of Global Architecture Division of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engin, Osaka, Japan
P.T. Pedersen
Technical University of Denmark, Kongens(Kgs) Lyngby, Denmark
N. Pegg
Defence Research and Development Canada Atlantic Research Centre, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
H.R. Riggs
University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
P. Rigo
University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
J.W. Ringsberg
Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden
E. Rizzuto
University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
J. Romanoff
Aalto University, Aalto, Finland
M.S. Samuelides
National Technical University Of Athens School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Zografos, Greece
H. Suzuki
The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Chiba, Japan
F. Taheri
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
A.W. Troesch
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
M.A. Vaz
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
P.M. Videiro
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ge (George) Wang
American Bureau of Shipping, Houston, Texas, United States
X. Wang
American Bureau of Shipping, Houston, Texas, United States
X.Y. Zheng
Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China