Ship Repair & Maintenance

Ship Repair & Maintenance is a window into vessel lifecycle management, focusing on the latest technical advancements, regulatory requirements, and best practices in maintenance and repair operations.

Topics such as condition-based and predictive maintenance, hull integrity, corrosion control and propulsion system overhauls will be explored, in addition to the application of digital tools in maintenance diagnostics and planning. Ship Repair & Maintenance will also follow market trends and the distribution of work across the world.

Ferries & Fast Craft - 2026 - Edition 2

The ferry designed to reshape Australia's waterways

Ferries & Fast Craft (Newsletter)
Edition Issue: Edition 2 Publication Year: 2026 Publication Type: Articles

A digital rendering of the Aus Ships ferry powered by Volvo Penta (image: Volvo Penta).

Australia’s first 100% electrically driven passenger ferry, a collaboration between Aus Ships and Volvo Penta, aims to validate scalable electric marine propulsion with the overall aim of decarbonising the country’s waterways.

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Deep-vee without the penalty? The Petestep hull

Ferries & Fast Craft (Newsletter)

By Jake Frith

Edition Issue: Edition 2 Publication Year: 2026 Publication Type: Articles

Vexus Boats DVX23 was designed to run a single 500hp outboard (image: Petestep)

Can diagonal deflector strakes solve the classic deep-vee compromise? Petestep’s hull technology is promising faster planing, lower slamming loads and efficiency gains across the fast craft market.

Detail Link: Deep-vee without the penalty? The Petestep hull

Shaping design around battery integration

Ferries & Fast Craft (Newsletter)
Edition Issue: Edition 2 Publication Year: 2026 Publication Type: Articles

The world's first fully electric battery car ferry, the MF Ampere (image: Corvus Energy).

Battery specialist Corvus Energy discusses how it is working on large-scale battery integration projects that reshape weight distribution and stability design in high capacity ferries and fast craft.

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