Technical Presentation 5 July 2023: HMAS Choules – Capability Assurance Programme Lachlan Rowley, Engineering Manager, Atlantic & Peninsula Australia, gave a presentation on HMAS Choules SEA3030 Mid-Life Upgrade, to a joint meeting of the NSW Section and IMarEST ACT & NSW Branch in the Henry Carmichael Theatre, Sydney Mechanics School of Arts in the Sydney […]
Having successfully weathered the effects of the pandemic, the Italian-based shipyard group is going from strength to strength Unlike some other regional yards, the Palumbo Group did not experience any significant impacts as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, neither suffering a major absence of workers due to illness nor any significant disruption of planned […]
Bollinger Shipyards has been awarded a detailed design and construction contract for the sixth Auxiliary Personnel Lighter–Small (APL(S)) 67-class berthing and messing barge. Construction will take place at Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi and is due to begin in the second quarter of 2023. The previous five APLs were built by VT Halter Marine, […]
Technical Presentation 5 June 2023: The Australian Future Submarine Multiverse: Between Myths and Realities Eric Fusil, Program Director Marine Engineering, The University of Adelaide, gave a presentation on The Australian Future Submarine Multiverse: Between Myths and Realities, to a joint meeting of the NSW and SA&NT Sections and IMarEST ACT & NSW Branch in Room S112, […]
Technical Presentation 3rd May 2023: Seaworthiness Assurance in the Royal Australian Navy CAPT Sands Skinner RAN, Director, Navy Materiel Seaworthiness Assurance Agency, gave a presentation on Seaworthiness Assurance in the Royal Australian Navy, to a joint meeting with the IMarEST in the Henry Carmichael Theatre, Sydney Mechanics School of Arts in the Sydney CBD, and streamed […]
Developing safe, reliable and efficient ammonia-fuelled engines demands new research capabilities, writes Dr. Andreas Schmid, General Manager Technology Development, WinGD. With ammonia emerging as one of the leading clean fuel candidates for decarbonising the shipping industry, WinGD and other engine designers face an important challenge: to design an engine concept that can be applied to […]
President’s Report to the 2022 AGM Members of The Royal Institution of Naval Architects (Australian Division) Inc. (RINA), I welcome you to the 2022 Annual General Meeting. I would like to thank all members for their ongoing support for the Australian Division and it is my pleasure to provide you with an overview of the […]
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022 22 MARCH 2022 BACKGROUND In accordance with its practice from the preceding two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Division Council at its December 2021 meeting determined that this meeting should be held on-line via Zoom. ATTENDANCE Mr Sammar Abbas, Prof Jonathan Binns, Mr Jim Black, Mr Craig Boulton (Treasurer), Mr […]