Ship and Boat International

Editor: Angela Velasco

Six issues a year providing detailed coverage of small craft and small ship design, construction and operation.News items together with specialised features and technical descriptions of selected new vessels, including fast ferries, tugs, offshore support vessels patrol craft, pilot launches, coastal cargo ships
Regular features on propulsion machinery; CAD/CAM and marine electronics.

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Selection of Articles from the latest issue Ship & Boat International

If you would like to read more about these particular articles just click on the title and the links will take you directly to the relevant pages within the lastest issue of Ship & Boat International.

New approach to VPP

Kevin Cudby discusses his part in Jérémie Raymond's PhD project on the study of potential design tools for the keelboats of the future. The project focuses on planing phenomena, an important topic for Groupe Finot, who financed the project.

Unerring quest to optimise combustion process

The development of medium-speed engines is driven by a current market-wide goal to increase efficiency and reduce emissions. Intensified research and a more holistic approach to powering requirements at ship design stage are influencing the sector, according to David Tinsley.

What now for Scandinavia?

The ship and boat building industry in Scandinavia is looking into a rather uncertain future as a prolonged boom comes to an end. Richard White looks at the current trends influencing the industry.

Secure seas: patrol vessels offer extended reach

With coastal states laying claim to larger areas of the oceans in order to gain access to valuable natural resources, and territory, patrol vessels are being recognised as one of the best solutions to police ever expanding maritime borders. Harry T Reynolds reports.

'Super green' superyacht features at Abu Dhabi Yacht show

Soliloquy, a renowned revolutionary concept superyacht with an entirely eco-friendly focus is featuring at the 2010 Abu Dhabi Yacht Show at the end of February, displaying its ultra-modern design and adaptable superstructure.