Abstract: Maritime technology and engineering is one of the major research domains in the ship and ocean engineering field,and has been attached keen importance both in academic and in industry.Extensive research work has emerged in this area of study,which promotes the integration of the related technology and the sustained upgrading of the maritime industry.The 3rd International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering (MARTECH 2016) is a leading conference in the field,and it collects a large volume of featured research work,with insightful discussion on the hot and edge-cutting topic.This paper provides a summarization of the invited speeches and some statistics of the conference papers.Detailed review and analysis on the focused study and progress in maritime technology are delineated with respect to under water and deep sea exploitation,safety and reliability,intelligent ship development,simulation and numerical calculation.Based on the review,the paper gleans the essence of the conference and extracts the research trends and directions,aiming to provide beneficial reference for the interested scholars and practitioners.