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This title contains the papers presented at the IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS 2001), held on 18-20 of July 2001 at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. More than 120 delegates from over 20 countries attended the conference and discussed and exchanged their research results in marine control systems design and applications. The papers in the proceedings cover a wide range of areas including: autopilot systems; dynamic positioning systems; tracking systems; roll stabilization; robotic off-shore systems; ship navigation systems; ship propulsion; traffic guidance and control systems; engine and machinery control systems; safety and fault tolerant control and training and vehicle simulation. There are also papers on underwater vehicle control and high speed ship control which provide an excellent review of the current work in these areas.