Topics

Technologies for Green Shipping:
New designs and technologies for green shipping; EEDI/EEOI versus safety requirements;
energy saving in engines and propulsion systems; emerging sources of ship
powering systems; other issues concerning green shipping technology.

Ship Hydrodynamics:
Non-linear ship motions and loading; control of ship motions; dynamic positioning;
added-resistance prediction; effect of hull fouling on ship resistance and performance;
voyage optimisation; hydrodynamic hull optimisation.

Ship Strength:
Ultimate strength and fatigue analysis; reliability based strength analysis; new and
composite materials; effect of corrosion on ultimate strength and fatigue life.

Marine Engineering Systems:
Propulsion systems; marine engines and machinery; thermal fluid systems and equipment;
renewable and hybrid power systems; alternative fuels and emissions; marine
control systems; noise and vibration control.

Offshore Engineering:
Design and analysis of deepwater floating structures; loads and dynamic response
analysis; CFD modelling; fluid-structure interaction; design and analysis of station-

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keeping systems; risers & pipelines; VIV experiments and analysis.

Marine Environment:
Effect of marine and offshore operations on climate change; protection of marine ecosystem;
ballast water management; carbon capture, transportation and storage; port

management.

Marine and Offshore Renewable Energy:
Wave, wind and tidal energy resource assessment and forecasting; wind, wave and tidal

device technology; grid connection and electrical systems; social and environment issues.

Other topics:

Maritime safety and security; supply chain management; EEZ management; human resources,
education and training.