HYDRODYNAMIC DESIGN ASSESSMENT OF ESDs IN STRAIGHT-AHEAD AND DRIFT CONDITIONS
HYDRODYNAMIC DESIGN ASSESSMENT OF ESDs IN STRAIGHT-AHEAD AND DRIFT CONDITIONS D. Ntouras1, A. Arapakopoulos2, K. Kostalas1, H. Renzsch2, S. Harries2, R. D’Souza1, V. Zagkas11 SimFWD P.C., Eth. Antistaseos 14A, 15232 Chalandri, Greece2 Friendship Systems AG, Benzstr. 2 D-14482 Potsdam, Germanyvzagkas@simfwd.com Presented at the 20th International Congress of the International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean (IMAM […]
A SCOPING REVIEW ON SIMULATION-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION IN MARINE ENGINEERING: TRENDS, BEST PRACTICES, AND GAPS
A SCOPING REVIEW ON SIMULATION-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION IN MARINE ENGINEERING: TRENDS, BEST PRACTICES, AND GAPS Andrea Serani1 , Thomas P. Scholcz2 , Valentina Vanzi3 1 National Research Council-Institute of Marine Engineering, Rome, Italy2 Maritime Research Institute Netherlands, Wageningen, The Netherlands3 Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy Correspondence: andrea.serani@cnr.it ABSTRACT This scoping review assesses the current use of […]
RETROFIT55 – Dissemination activities – SeaFuture 2025, La Spezia-Italy, Sep 28 – Oct 2, 2025
The 9th SeaFuture 2025 conference took place in La Spezia, Italy from September 28th to October 2nd, 2025. The RETROFIT55 project Co-ordinator Alessandro Iafrati made a presentation at the event, focused on advancing technologies for the energy-efficient retrofit of existing ships.. The presentation was part of the session “Green shipping & alternative fuels” and was […]
RETROFIT55 – Dissemination activities – IMAM 2025, Crete-Greece, Sep 28 – Oct 3, 2025
The IMAM 2025 – 20th International Congress of the International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean was organized in Crete, Greece from September 28th – October 3rd 2025. This conference was attended by several partners of the consortium and presentations were made by + Dr. Onur Yuksel (LJMU) – “Economic assessment of MCFC and WHRS integration […]
RETROFIT55 – Dissemination activities – International Symposium on Air Lubrication Technologies, Trondheim-Norway, June 16-17, 2025
The 1st International Symposium on Air Lubrication Technologies was organized in Trondheim, Norway from 16-17th June 2025, by SINTEF Ocean and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). David Hitchmough from LJMU had the pleasure of attending the Symposium and made a presentation which was titled “‘Investigation of air ingress from a passive air Lubrication […]
RETROFIT55 – Newsletter (Issue 4 – April 2025)
In our first Newsletter for 2025, this edition focuses on the dissemination activities that have been carried out to date. This includes participation at industry event and fairs, workshops, interaction with other consortiums having similar objectives, presentation of papers at international conferences and submission of journal publications. An extensive list of these has been presented […]
RETROFIT55 – Dissemination activities – Waterborne Days, Brussels, February 4-5, 2025
The Waterborne Days event was organized on 4-5th February 2025 in Brussels. Our partners from ATLANTEC ES, CNR, LASKARIDIS Shipping & LJMU, attended this event. Project coordinator Alessandro Iafrati delivered a presentation which was part of the “Wind workshop” session and spoke about the main goals of the RETROFIT55 project with focus on WASP systems. […]
CFD MODELLING OF AIR LUBRICATION SYSTEMS IN SHIPS
CFD Modelling of Air Lubrication Systems in Ships Roya Shademani1, Tommi Mikkola1, Teemu Manderbacka1, Sasan Tavakoli2, Heikki Remes11Department of Mechanical engineering, Aalto University 2 University of Melbourne, AustraliaRoya.shademani@aalto.fi Presented at the 26th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS) – Duisburg, Germany – October 2024 ABSTRACT Maritime transportation dominates global trade, with oceangoing ships, including container […]
STATUS AND FUTURE TRENDS OF ELECTRIFICATION-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR EFFICIENCY-ORIENTED SHIP RETROFITTING
STATUS AND FUTURE TRENDS OF ELECTRIFICATION-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR EFFICIENCY-ORIENTED SHIP RETROFITTING Maria Carmela Di Piazza, Marcello Pucci, Alessandro Iafrati (Institute of Marine Engineering-National Research Council) Presented at IEEE SARS ITEC Europe – Naples, Italy – November 2024 ABSTRACT The development of retrofitting solutions to increase the fuel efficiency and environmental sustainability of vessels is […]
OPTIMIZATION OF AN AIR LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR GEOMETRY & TOPOLOGY
OPTIMIZATION OF AN AIR LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR GEOMETRY & TOPOLOGY Hannes Renzsch (FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS)Andrew Spiteri, Eduardo Blanco-Davis (LJMU)Milad Armin (ENKI Marine)Alex Routledge (Armada Technologies) Presented at 16th Symposium on High-Performance Marine Vehicles – “Technologies for the Ship of the Future” – Druebeck, Germany – June 2024 ABSTRACT This paper presents the challenges of developing […]
