RINA WA at Fremantle Maritime Day –– 2 November 2024
This year’s Fremantle maritime Day was held on Saturday 2 November 2024 at the Fremantle Passenger Terminal with more than 90 displays, free harbour boat rides, tours of tugs and emergency-response vessels, Border Force display, Royal Australian Navy interactive displays, Kids dress-ups as a mermaid, pirate or fish, free entertainment, music, train rides, face painting, art, etc., visits to the WA Maritime Museum, and historic and modern photography displays.
The RINA Stand at this year’s Fremantle Maritime Day was an outstanding success, thanks to all WA members who assisted and, particularly, to Ken Goh who supplied the student-pleasing Lego models (Nuyina with Millenium Falcon on her back deck, and Titanic), the practical stability challenge, and the virtual reality headset—how could anyone not be interested in an engineering career after all that?
About 9000 people attended the event, roamed the stands and visited the ships berthed alongside. The Australian Maritime College also had a stand there and reported real interest from potential students—we shared brochures and information with them, and also with IMarEST who shared our stand—and we look forward to a surge in student naval architects!
RINA’s stand at the Fremantle Maritime Day
(Photo courtesy Jim Black)
Technical Presentation –– 9 October 2024
Dr Tim Gourlay, Principal of Perth Hydro, gave a presentation on Measured and Modelled Flow around Container Ships in Shallow Water to a meeting at the Flying Angel Club in Fremantle on 9 October. The presentation was attended by 22.
Container ships are the racehorses of the cargo shipping world, with fine lines designed to travel at high speed. This presentation discussed a linear method (SlenderFlow) and a nonlinear method (phFlow) for calculating flow around container ships at moderate-to-high speeds in shallow water. Wave patterns and dynamic sinkage and trim were discussed, and results were compared with full-scale measurements on container ships in the Fremantle shipping channels, and model-scale measurements on container ships in the Duisburg towing tank.
The presentation not streamed live but was recorded and is available on the Perth Hydro website at www.perthhydro.com/archive.html.
The Presenter
Dr Tim Gourlay MRINA is a mathematician specialising in ship hydrodynamics. Through his company, Perth Hydro, Tim undertakes ship motion modelling and measurements, locally and internationally. Tim’s experience with container ships includes conducting full-scale measurements on over 40 container ships in Hong Kong, the Torres Strait, Fremantle and Napier, as well as coordinating international benchmarking exercises on container ship motions in shallow water.
Technical Presentation –– 9 October 2024
Jason Lecoultre, Managing Director, Fuze Solutions also gave a presentation on Composite Ingenuity to the meeting at the Flying Angel Club in Fremantle on 9 October. The presentation was attended by 22.
This presentation gave an overview of the current capabilities of composites to provide cost-effective temporary and permanent repairs to ships and maritime structures, both above and below the waterline. Steel repair and replacement solutions which extend asset life, reduce maintenance downtime and increase revenue were presented.
The presentation was not streamed live or recorded.
The Presenter
Fuze Solutions ensure the reliable and continued operation of critical assets by combining sophisticated composite technology with complex engineering-style thinking, from simple fixes to sophisticated and extensive repairs.
