The Naval Architect provides in-depth information on all aspects of vessel design, construction and engineering. Practical applications of latest technology and case studies are accompanied by analysis and foresights. Published every two months, the magazine covers everything from superyachts and short-hop ferries to tankers and heavy-lift vessels; from battery pack installations and sail-assisted solutions to LNG tank retrofits; and from offshore safety to warship resilience.
Top shot: Royal Navy tests launch-and-recovery system
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Image: EIVA
Royal Navy completes first at-sea trials of bespoke launch-and-recovery system for ScanFish platform.
Japan backs floating wind push in UK waters with £9bn investment
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Floating wind capacity of 5.9GW would power an estimated 8 million homes (image: Shutterstock).
Japan-UK Offshore Wind Compact backs major floating wind projects, strengthening bilateral collaboration on renewable energy.
Dynautics wins 2026 Seawork award with modular Phantom 2
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Phantom 2 AUV (image: Dynautics)
Dynautics’ Phantom 2 AUV delivers enhanced endurance, payload flexibility and autonomous subsea survey capability.
Opinion: MASS code moves the industry along
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Cristina Saenz de Santa Maria, CEO Maritime, DNV
Cristina Saenz de Santa Maria on why autonomous shipping needs deployment with purpose, not technology for its own sake, and she charts the shift from trials to regulation.
Opinion: Lean crewing and the need for trust
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James Gladman MRINA, Expleo UK
James Gladman on how to maintain operational resilience and safety with a reduced headcount onboard naval ships.
The unmanned edge
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The future of maritime patrol missions lies in smart and scalable autonomous fleets, with naval architects key to driving their performance, explains Martin Conway.
Shallow reckoning
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The RNLI has saved almost 150,000 lives since it was founded in 1824 (image: RNLI).
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 facts on fission
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Knutsen is installing two KP-FHRs on its LNG carrier Cadiz Knutsen (image: Knutsen)
Vessel owners are being urged to look at nuclear power to decarbonise shipping, with the promise of almost limitless power and zero emissions. But, are the proponents of atomic energy downplaying its limitations?
Blackout in Cook Strait
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Kaitaki in the Marlborough Sounds on a regular Cook Strait crossing (image: Kiwirail Limited)
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.
Innovations of yesterday shaping the ships of today
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HMS Warrior, a 128m steam frigate with an iron hull (image: Alamy)
Bruno Cianci on engineering feats of the past that live on in the work of today’s naval architects and how one organisation is helping to preserve this maritime heritage.
Arctic Corsair
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Arctic Corsair is a 1960s sidewinder trawler, one of the last surviving to sail from the UK. Part of Hull’s deep-sea fishing fleet, she fished as far as Iceland and Newfoundland, saw action in the Cod Wars and retired in 1987.
An engine that makes its own hydrogen
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Yang Wenming and Zhou Xinyi in their laboratory
A new approach to ammonia-hydrogen marine propulsion could remove one of the most significant practical obstacles to zero-carbon shipping, say associate professor Yang Wenming and senior research fellow Dr Zhou Xinyi, from the College of Design and Engineering at the National University of Singapore
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