The Naval Architect May-June 2026 - Copy

CONTENTS

INSIGHTS 6-13

6       Big picture: topping up the tank

8       Next level electric tug; carbon capture Baltic first

9       Wind power for Co₂ carrier; torpedo recovery system contract

10      Marine robotics research

11      Anti-submarine vessels; Chartwell Japan deal

12      Subsea innovation in Senegal; HMS Queen Elizabeth dry docking

13      New training simulation platform; autonomous tech boost

OPINION 14-17

14      Evangelos Boulougouris on Al in ship design

15      Catriona Savage on her time as the first female president of RINA

17      James Gladman on staying in control and the importance of Human-Autonomy Teaming

FEATURES 18-41

18      THE UNDERWATER ARMS RACE

The technologies and strategies shaping future submarine capability around the world

24      DESIGNING FOR EXTREMES

Conditions are changing for vessels in the Arctic north

28     DESIGNING AN AFRICAN PASSENGER FERRY

Team Nagapasa's MV Safarind, winner of the WFSA's Maritime Student Design Competition

32      MAPPING THE UNMAPPABLE

How autonomy and intelligence are reshaping offshore surveys

34     EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Crisis in Crete averted thanks to quick thinking and teamwork

38     SALVAGE OPERATIONS

A complex salvage job of a containership off a remote Canadian coast