A seven-month feasibility study has produced a crew transfer vessel with 11% lower fuel use and 9% lower CO₂ than a diesel baseline. It’s a working test of whether generative design can move from concept to class approval.

RINA talks to Bob Cripps about the experiences, influences and engineering challenges that shaped a varied career, and the advice he would offer today’s aspiring naval architects.

EcoPro retrofit device from Ecomotus aims to improve diesel combustion and reduce emissions without the need for major vessel modifications.

The award of a contract to design and build two multifunctional vessels marks a major milestone in General Lighthouse Authority Trinity House's Future Afloat fleet renewal programme.

Regulatory uncertainty is placing growing pressure on shipowners to make investment decisions robust enough to hold up across multiple possible futures, according to DNV’s Maritime Forecast to 2050, published in August.

Bollinger Shipyards has opened a new 7,200ft² workforce training centre at its Gulfport, Mississippi facility, developed in partnership with the Submarine Industrial Base Program Office and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

How a year of biocide-free robotic hull cleaning on a trading LPG carrier held performance close to dry-dock levels, despite high fouling pressure and imperfect execution.

Resolve Marine has started one of the UK’s most sensitive wreck salvage operations – the removal of the three masts of the SS Richard Montgomery, a sight that has become iconic for residents around the Thames Estuary.

Martin Shutler on the design challenges created by modern water and waste treatment requirements.

Norwegian researchers find machine learning consistently beats a purely empirical benchmark for shaft power, though combining the two brings no clear gain.