Sallaum Lines moves in on net-zero with newbuild PCTC Ocean Breeze
A series of six LNG-enabled pure car and truck carriers are set to play a crucial role in Sallaum Lines’ efforts to decarbonise its transportation operations
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The Royal Institution of Naval Architects is represented in Australia by the Australian Division. All members resident in Australia are registered as members of the Division.
In 1954, a number of Australian members of the Institution of Naval Architects proposed that a Branch of the Institution should be formed in that country. Accordingly, the Australian Branch of the Institution of Naval Architects was formally constituted. A Section was formed in Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory in 1972. The Division now has Sections in New South Wales, Queensland, ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia-Northern Territory and Western Australia. The Australian Branch became a Division of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects in 1979, the year of its Silver Jubilee.
Today, the Australian Division has members throughout the Commonwealth of Australia and Sections in the Australian Capital Territory (Canberra), New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland and South Australian & Northern Territory. Local Sections meet regularly and organise professional, technical and social events for the benefit of Members, providing an opportunity to meet and exchange views with other industry professionals. Each Section is organised by an elected Committee.
The Australian Naval Architect is the journal of the Australian Division of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects. It is published four times per year and is distributed to the members of the Institution in Australia. The ANA contains news from the RINA Sections in Australia, the activities of the Division, selected technical articles or papers, and maritime news. Copies in pdf format are available for downloading from this site from the last week of the month of publication, namely February, May, August and November. Australian Division members (other than Student Members) may alternatively request the Secretary of the Australian Division to arrange for a hard copy to be mailed.
Technical meetings are generally combined with the ACT & NSW Branch of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology
Chair - Phil Helmore
Secretary - Lauren Kurts
Treasurer - Adrian Broadbent CEng FRINA
Australian Division Council Nominee - Peter Blackwood FRINA
New approach to shipbuilding with LSM deal
The US Navy is pioneering a new approach to shipbuilding with its Landing Ship Medium (LSM) programme, an approach it hopes will enable it to quickly bring large numbers of newbuilds into service on time and on budget
Somtrans' latest United bunker barge an international affair
Outfitted in the Netherlands, with a hull built in China, Somtrans’ new bunker barge, United LNG I, will help the company to extend its LNG bunkering capacity across various Belgian and Dutch seaports
ZeroUSV's Oceanus17 USV builds on core values
The forthcoming Oceanus17 USV from UK-based ZeroUSV will incorporate most of the components and design features that characterised its earlier, smaller, Oceanus12 model, speeding up the design, engineering and build phases
The USV launch and recovery 'missing link'
Sealartec's radical ALR-S technology can convert a conventional ship's stern ramp to a fully autonomous recovery system for unmanned surface vessels
'ROC + Dock' project darts towards the wrap-up phase
The UK-based ROC + DOCK project has brought together remote-controlled operations, a dual-function simulator and a ‘hands-off’ docking station, to encourage force multiplication of uncrewed vessels in ports and harbours
Hybrid CSOV 'Windea Clausius' joins Bernhard Schulte Offshore fleet
The latest addition to Bernhard Schulte Offshore’s CSOV fleet, Windea Clausius, combines a methanol-ready hybrid propulsion plant with Ulstein’s Twin X-STERN design for energy efficiency and ease of operations
Wind power for patrol boats? Ask the New Generation
We've seen wingsails applied to bulkers and tankers - but aboard a smaller patrol boat? The latest design from MAURIC, set for launch in 2027, could open up an entirely new market for wind-assisted propulsion systems
Aircat on the attack
Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine has signed a memorandum of understanding with US-based Eureka Naval Craft to collaborate on the construction of the first Aircat Bengal MC Modular Attack Surface Craft.
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