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.
The ferry designed to reshape Australia's waterways
Ferries & Fast Craft (Newsletter)
A digital rendering of the Aus Ships ferry powered by Volvo Penta (image: Volvo Penta).
Australia’s first 100% electrically driven passenger ferry, a collaboration between Aus Ships and Volvo Penta, aims to validate scalable electric marine propulsion with the overall aim of decarbonising the country’s waterways.
Deep-vee without the penalty? The Petestep hull
Ferries & Fast Craft (Newsletter)
Vexus Boats DVX23 was designed to run a single 500hp outboard (image: Petestep)
Can diagonal deflector strakes solve the classic deep-vee compromise? Petestep’s hull technology is promising faster planing, lower slamming loads and efficiency gains across the fast craft market.
Shaping design around battery integration
Ferries & Fast Craft (Newsletter)
The world's first fully electric battery car ferry, the MF Ampere (image: Corvus Energy).
Battery specialist Corvus Energy discusses how it is working on large-scale battery integration projects that reshape weight distribution and stability design in high capacity ferries and fast craft.
Newsletters
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- Warship Technology (members-only)
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