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Prune Bouillot, a naval architect at Houlder, works on ship design and maritime decarbonisation. She holds a BASc in Engineering and Social Sciences and an MSc in Naval Architecture from UCL. She chaired SMIFutures in 2024 and volunteers with ocean conservation charity Wings of the Ocean.

Catherine Ingram, head of naval architecture at Navantia UK, reflects on her career journey.

A quarter-century of partnerships and professional development at the Scottish Branch.

A career in industry and academia has taught the Newcastle University in Singapore-based professor to be patient, humble and never stop learning.

Amy McLellan examines how the RNLI, now entering its third century, is reconfiguring its fleet and redesigning its inshore rescue capability to reflect changes in how we use the sea.

The future of maritime patrol missions lies in smart and scalable autonomous fleets, with naval architects key to driving their performance, explains Martin Conway.

A rubber expansion joint, years overdue for replacement, triggered a complete blackout on the Interislander ro-pax ferry Kaitaki off Wellington Harbour in January 2023. Iain MacIntyre reports on the investigation, the prosecution and the questions that remain.

Fully electric, eCSOV’s are being designed in Spain for Bibby Marine. Battery power, with enough energy to power a CSOV for 24hours, will increase efficiency and cut costs according to the company. New and more thermally stable batteries will aid the transition.

Power generation and offshore support vessels are both in the frame to benefit from fourth-generation small modular nuclear reactors. Ulsteinvik and Island Offshore explore the possibilities.

Deeper, more exposed and less accessible fossil fuel reserves require more sophisticated offshore support vessel designs. With floating LNG increasingly in demand to help access and process fuels.

Vessel owners of 10-year-old ships are going through a mid-life crisis. To retrofit or not to retrofit, that is the question? Can investments in energy savings be recovered in these not old, but not new ships.