Fire-risk assessment of oil and LPG storage facilities highlights critical vulnerabilities that can halt production and disrupt offshore operations for months. Using Task Risk Assessment methodology, the analysis identified high-risk hydrocarbon releases and spill scenarios. The findings reinforce the importance of hierarchy-based controls to strengthen safety, resilience, continuity, and planning.

Advanced composite sandwich materials could enhance future minehunting vessel design by delivering lightweight low-magnetic hull structures. Comparing carbon fibre, Kevlar, pineapple-fibre composites and conventional GRP through ASTM-based testing, researchers identified significant strength advantages for hybrid solutions. The findings highlight promising pathways for larger, more capable, and durable naval platforms ahead.

New research into Indonesian Ro-Ro ferry stability highlights challenges in applying dead-ship vulnerability criteria consistently. Using roll-decay and beam-sea model testing, engineers examined key hydrodynamic factors influencing capsizing risk. The findings reveal discrepancies between assessment levels, offering important insights for refining stability standards and enhancing passenger vessel safety overall today.

Transitioning from OHSAS 18001 to ISO 45001 demands more than compliance. By combining gap analysis and SWOT-based planning, the organisation measured readiness, identified improvement priorities, and executed a structured migration strategy. The experience highlights practical pathways for strengthening occupational safety governance, organisational resilience, and long-term competitiveness effectively across maritime sectors.

An innovative glass-bottom tourism vessel could help revitalise post-pandemic coastal travel through advanced propulsion engineering. Using CFD-driven optimisation, researchers developed a ducted-nozzle thrust-vectoring system that concentrates propulsive force more effectively. Simulations across multiple configurations showed average thrust gains of 47%, highlighting opportunities for efficiency, performance, and visitor experience enhancement worldwide.

Accurately reproducing ship motion is critical for evaluating vessels and onboard systems. By combining the Marine Systems Simulator toolbox, inertial measurement data, and a six-degree-of-freedom Stewart platform, researchers reconstructed realistic ship movements with strong fidelity. The methodology supports advanced testing, though accuracy declines as sea-state severity increases during rougher conditions.

Analysis of AIS data reveals how new traffic separation measures in Sunda Strait are reshaping vessel movements and navigational risk. By examining crossing patterns before and after implementation researchers identified the precautionary area as the primary interaction hotspot. The findings provide valuable evidence to support safer traffic management and optimization.

High-volume fly ash concrete is showing strong potential for marine infrastructure durability. Through advanced material characterization and resistivity testing, researchers demonstrated improved resistance to chloride-induced reinforcement corrosion compared with conventional concrete. The findings suggest longer service life, lower maintenance demands, and enhanced resilience for structures operating in aggressive seawater environments.

New insights into ballast tank drainage are improving vessel efficiency and system design. Combining scaled hydraulic experiments with validated CFD volume-of-fluid modelling, researchers accurately predicted drainage behaviour and optimised evaluation methods. The approach enables faster configuration assessment, enhanced operational performance, and more efficient ballast management for future ship designs globally.

To safeguard Indonesia’s seafarers and fishers in a post-pandemic environment, researchers combined CFD, machine learning, remote monitoring, surveys, and operational analysis to identify onboard infection risks. The resulting framework informs vessel reconfiguration, safer working practices, and long-term health monitoring, strengthening maritime resilience against future outbreaks globally and supporting sustainable operations.

Advanced sloshing mitigation techniques are improving the safety and reliability of growing LNG carrier fleets. Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics simulations, researchers demonstrated that strategically positioned vertical baffles can significantly reduce fluid motion, impact pressures, and hydrodynamic loads. The findings offer valuable guidance for safer, more resilient tank designs going forward.

Achieving maritime decarbonisation demands more than new technology. Applying the Theory of Constraints, this analysis exposes tensions between economic growth and sustainability while identifying systemic barriers to zero-emission shipping. By taking a holistic perspective, it highlights strategic pathways that could accelerate environmental progress without undermining industry competitiveness long term resilience.