The increase in maritime threat in some regions of the world has been noted as one of the major factors affecting international trade.

Solution providers such as Kongsberg, Raytheon, Terma, Thales Group, Northrop Grumman Corporation,and many others are expected to provide integrated solutions and offer better competitive services. Researchers stress that the companies in this industry must take advantage of the growing awareness of maritime security in markets such as Middle East and Africa (MEA) as well as Asia Pacific (APAC). The surveillance and tracking systems and solutions, smart container systems as well as scanning and screening systems have a high growth rate in the market.

Marketsandmarkets has segmented the maritime security market by type of technologies and systems: screening and scanning, access control, detectors, Geographic Information System(GIS), surveillance and tracking, weather monitoring, smart containers, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition(SCADA), communication, and others. The report is also segemented by type of services:training, risk assessment and investigation, maintenance and support, consulting, and others; and then also by categories:port and critical infrastructure security, vessel security, and coastal surveillance.  Finally the analysts have also divided the report by regions: North America (NA), Asia Pacific (APAC), Europe (EU), Middle East and Africa (MEA) and Latin America (LA).

According to Marketsandmarkets, the maritime security market is estimated to grow from $13.94 billion in 2014 to $20.87billion in 2019.This represents a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 8.4% from 2014 to 2019. The vessel security segment continues to be the largest contributor for maritime security. In terms of regions, NA is expected to be the biggest market in terms of revenue contribution in 2014, whereas APAC is expected to experience increased market traction, in due course.