Summary
The Blue Economy, which includes sectors like fisheries and marine production, offshore transport and engineering, and offshore energy, contributed about $397 billion to the nation's GDP in 2019 and supported 2.4 million jobs. Maine and the New England region are vital to this sector but face challenges such as workforce shortages, declining natural resources, and infrastructure limitations. Digital Twin (DT) technology, which builds real-time virtual models of physical systems, is a transformative approach for monitoring, predictive maintenance, and data-driven decision-making. However, the U
