Ship Repair & Maintenance

Ship Repair & Maintenance is a window into vessel lifecycle management, focusing on the latest technical advancements, regulatory requirements, and best practices in maintenance and repair operations.

Topics such as condition-based and predictive maintenance, hull integrity, corrosion control and propulsion system overhauls will be explored, in addition to the application of digital tools in maintenance diagnostics and planning. Ship Repair & Maintenance will also follow market trends and the distribution of work across the world.

Ferries & Fast Craft - 2026 - Edition 3

Engineering flexibility into hybrid ferry design

Ferries & Fast Craft (Newsletter)

By Anne-Marie Causer

Edition Issue: Edition 3 Publication Year: 2026 Publication Type: Articles

Incat and Echandia are demonstrating how working closer together on modular battery integration, collaborative vessel design and whole-system engineering is working to future-proof ferries as technology and infrastructure evolve.

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Naval architecture in the electric age

Ferries & Fast Craft (Newsletter)

By Anne-Marie Causer

Edition Issue: Edition 3 Publication Year: 2026 Publication Type: Articles

Chartwell Marine is expanding its work in the fast passenger ferry market, drawing best practice from CTV design. Its low-wake ferry hullform is a direct response to how electrification has fundamentally changed vessel design.

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Simple physics with a significant impact

Ferries & Fast Craft (Newsletter)

By Jake Frith

Edition Issue: Edition 3 Publication Year: 2026 Publication Type: Articles

Salmon Marine’s Wavebreaker dynamic ballast system, originally conceived for offshore racing powerboats, has evolved into a design solution for reducing vertical accelerations experienced by crew and passengers operating at speed.

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