The invention relates to a system for monitoring the operation of a ship comprising a plurality of sensors, which are designed to monitor equipment of the ship and/or people and objects on board the ship, a central computer connected to the sensors in a communicating manner, and a plurality of reporting units connected to the central computer in a communicating manner, wherein the reporting units are grouped in a plurality of reporting groups, corresponding to organisational units for operationally and nautically controlling the ship, and the central computer is designed for informing a reporting unit associated with a predetermined reporting group according to an event detected by at least one sensor, characterised in that at least one of the sensors is a video camera, a LIDAR and/or a radar system, wherein at least one of the sensors or the central computer is designed for face, gesture and/or facial expression recognition and the detected event is a face, gesture and/or a facial expression.

An integrated passenger or goods transport system, comprising: a vessel (10) capable of maintaining itself at a fixed height with respect to the floating surface (100), in all conditions of speed and sea state. A system capable of supporting the vessel once it has rested thereon (31). A quick-release coupling system (50) of the pylon (14) and the submerged body (11), in which the propulsion system (20, 22 and 23), the drive system of the wings (12) and the rudder (21), the batteries (19) are contained. A system (70) for recovering and moving the submerged body (11) and the pylon (14) when they are released from the upper part of the vessel (16). This system (70), consisting of an arm having two movements, one in the vertical direction and one in the transverse direction, is also capable of sliding longitudinally on a trolley (71). Once the arm is engaged to the lower part of the vessel, the electrical and hydraulic connections are also restored: this makes it possible to charge the battery, download data for diagnostics and maintenance.

A hydrofoil boat (100), having a T foil comprising an underwater mast (41) and an elongated horizontal hydrofoil (47) The draft and underwater beam of the boat can be reduced by sliding the mast upwards and rotating the hydrofoil from the normal transverse orientation to a fore-and-aft direction.