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.
PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR A HEAVY WEATHER PILOT BOAT
SURV
Procuring a pilot boat for extreme weather demands more than robust engineering. This case examines a structured procurement framework integrating technical assessment, risk management, cost-benefit analysis, and crew expertise. The resulting lessons reveal how human factors and evidence-led decision-making can shape safer, higher-performing maritime operations in challenging environments today ahead.
UNDERSTANDING AND MITIGATING SHOCK AND VIBRATION IN FLEXIBLE INSHORE LIFEBOATS
SURV
New insights into the RNLI’s D Class lifeboat are improving understanding of crew exposure to shock and vibration. Combining sea trials, towing-tank experiments, and evaluations of innovative mitigation technologies, the programme reveals how vessel flexibility influences impacts and identifies practical solutions to enhance safety, comfort and operational effectiveness for crews.
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Whether you are a member or not, you can receive updates from The Naval Architect, alongside selected RINA news, events and industry insights. Members also gain access to a wider portfolio of exclusive newsletters on key topics in the maritime industry.
- The Naval Architect (currently available to all members & non-members)
- Power & Sustainability (members-only)
- Ship Repair & Maintenance (members-only)
- Warship Technology (members-only)
- Ferries & Fast Craft (members-only)
- Offshore Technology (members-only)
