Ferries & Fast Craft
Ferries & Fast Craft focuses on vessel design, performance optimisation, and operational technologies shaping high-speed and passenger transport sectors. You can expect topics such as hull design and hydrodynamics, propulsion systems including hybrid and electric solutions, lightweight and innovative new materials, and advanced navigation and safety systems.
Gain insights into regulatory compliance and efficiency improvements in the unseen workhorses of the maritime industry.
CII 2025 Conference Proceedings
CII
This is the Whole Conference Proceedings for: Managing CII and Associated Challenges, 21st - 22nd January 2025, London, United Kingdom
Engineering flexibility into hybrid ferry design
Ferries & Fast Craft (Newsletter)
Incat and Echandia are demonstrating how working closer together on modular battery integration, collaborative vessel design and whole-system engineering is working to future-proof ferries as technology and infrastructure evolve.
Naval architecture in the electric age
Ferries & Fast Craft (Newsletter)
Chartwell Marine is expanding its work in the fast passenger ferry market, drawing best practice from CTV design. Its low-wake ferry hullform is a direct response to how electrification has fundamentally changed vessel design.
Simple physics with a significant impact
Ferries & Fast Craft (Newsletter)
Salmon Marine’s Wavebreaker dynamic ballast system, originally conceived for offshore racing powerboats, has evolved into a design solution for reducing vertical accelerations experienced by crew and passengers operating at speed.
Autonomous Ships 2024 Conference Proceedings
Autonomous Ships
This is the Whole Conference Proceedings for: Autonomous Ships, 20th - 21st November 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark
CII 2024 Conference Proceedings
CII
This is the Whole Conference Proceedings for: Technical Conference: Managing CII and Associated Challenges, 16th- 17th January 2024, London, United Kingdom
Human Factors 2024 Conference Proceedings
Human Factors
This is the Whole Conference Proceedings for: Human Factors, 8th - 9th October 2024, Wageningen, The Netherlands
ICCAS 2024 Conference Proceedings
ICCAS
This is the Whole Conference Proceedings for: International Conference on Computer Applications in Shipbuilding, 10th - 12th September 2024, Genoa, Italy
Warship 2024 Conference Proceedings
Warship
This is the Whole Conference Proceedings for: Future Surface Combatants, 18th - 19th June 2024, Adelaide, Australia
Wind Propulsion 2024 Conference Proceedings
Wind Propulsion
This is the Whole Conference Proceedings for: Wind Propulsion, 22nd - 23rd October 2024, London, United Kingdom
Historic Ships 2023 Conference Proceedings
Historic Ships
This is the Whole Conference Proceedings for: Historic Ships Conference, 28th - 29th November 2024, London, United Kingdom
ICSOT 2023 Conference Proceedings
This is the Whole Conferene Proceedings for: 7th International Conference on Ship and Offshore Technology, Green Technologies in the Maritime Industry, 8th - 9th December 2023, IIT Kharagphur India
Newsletters
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Whether you are a member or not, you can receive updates from The Naval Architect, alongside selected RINA news, events and industry insights. Members also gain access to a wider portfolio of exclusive newsletters on key topics in the maritime industry.
- The Naval Architect (currently available to all members & non-members)
- Power & Sustainability (members-only)
- Ship Repair & Maintenance (members-only)
- Warship Technology (members-only)
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