ExploMar’s Smart Captain System and Smart Fleet Platform will receive their global debut during the forthcoming 2026 Monaco Energy Boat Challenge.
The launch represents another milestone in ExploMar’s product evolution and marks the company’s transition from a high-performance electric propulsion provider to a comprehensive intelligent boating solutions provider.
The company points out that unlike conventional combustion engines, electric propulsion systems are built upon an integrated electronic control architecture.
Power delivery, battery management, steering, navigation, positioning, and onboard communications are interconnected through a unified digital platform, creating the foundation for intelligent vessel operation.
Single intelligent platform
ExploMar developed its Smart Captain system to bring navigation, propulsion, safety, and digital connectivity together into a single intelligent platform.
Smart Captain has been designed around real-world on-water scenarios and integrates propulsion control, intelligent navigation, safety management, and remote connectivity into a unified software platform.
The system intelligently adapts power delivery and energy management to different operating conditions, delivering smoother, more precise, and more efficient performance.
The system also helps simplify vessel handling, intelligently aiding manouvers such as docking and navigating confined waterways.
Intelligent fleet management platform
Smart Captain also incorporates GPS-based dynamic positioning, electronic anchoring, remote diagnostics, and multiple intelligent safety features to improve operational reliability.
Alongside Smart Captain for individual boat owners, ExploMar is also introducing Smart Fleet, an intelligent fleet management platform to support entire fleets and future digital water transportation networks.
The platform provides real-time connectivity between vessels, propulsion systems, and operational data.
Through remote monitoring, asset management, operational analytics, and predictive maintenance, Smart Fleet helps operators improve fleet efficiency, optimise operating costs, maximising asset utilisation.
Commercial operations
Smart Fleet is designed for applications such as tourism, boat rental, public service, and commercial operations to enable smarter and more efficient fleet management.
During the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge event, ExploMar will also showcase multiple boats powered by its electric propulsion systems, demonstrating the company’s latest achievements in propulsion performance, system integration, and intelligent control.
“Over the past several years, the industry’s primary focus has been electrifying boats,” explained ExploMar founder and CEO Alex Dong.
“Looking ahead, the bigger question is how to make boats truly intelligent.
“Smart Captain is far more than an intelligent control system — it reflects ExploMar’s vision for the next generation of vessel architecture.”
He continued: “We believe electric propulsion will become the foundation of intelligent boats, seamlessly integrating propulsion, safety, control, and digital connectivity to deliver a safer, more efficient, and smarter on-water experience.”
The 2026 Monaco Energy Boat Challenge takes place from July 8 to 11.
