The odd looking ship whose image leads this piece actually exists, as do many ships bearing that distinctive bow. It’s the Ulstein X-Bow, an innovative hull design that reduces pitching and speed loss ...

When discussing ship design, the maritime industry has been tossing around a number of new terms and definitions. Sustainability, alternative fuel “ready”, digitization and lifecycle are a few of the ...

As a part of the NYK Group’s medium-term management plan “Staying Ahead 2022 with Digitalization and Green,” a new future concept ship has been designed by incorporating innovative technologies that ...

Unique in this demonstrator project is that the whole cycle from product design, novel resin development, alternative fibre architectures, novel joining solutions, scaling up infusion technology, ...

The global electrification of transportation is an uneven evolution, simultaneously enabled and hindered by the myriad forces that govern technology development and affect everything from automobiles ...

My first boat was an Owens cabin cruiser, built in the early 1960s, about 30 feet long and powered by a single ­gasoline engine. Back then I thought it was the end all, be all — at least until I tried ...

High-speed planing hull hydrodynamics is a rapidly evolving field that investigates the behaviour of vessels designed to rise and skim on the water surface at high velocities. By utilising ...

Composite double hull. The optimized material choices and design of Compmillennia’s 39-foot catamaran fishing boat result in a weight decrease of more than 30% compared to conventional designs, ...