Category: Ship Design
Reducing emissions is the most significant sustainability theme in maritime
Maritime software company NAPA develops design, safety, and operational solutions that help reduce ship emissions. One of the key sustainability challenges the company faces is determining how to measure emissions avoided through the use of NAPA’s solutions and how to communicate these findings effectively. A study conducted by University College London and maritime consultancy UMAS […]
Read ArticleMarch 21, 2025
Kawasaki Heavy Industries – pushing ship design boundaries with a novel large LH2 carrier
The project was colossal in every way: not only for the size of the large liquefied hydrogen (LH2) carrier concept, but also for the technical achievement that creating this completely new vessel design represented for Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ teams of engineers and naval architects. Here’s how, equipped with NAPA tools, they overcame design challenges to […]
Read ArticleMarch 17, 2025
Chantiers de l’Atlantique takes digital shipyard to new heights and chooses NAPA for hull design
Leading shipyard selects NAPA to strengthen 3D-based workflows, innovation and efficiency in ship design, from the very early stage of hull design to production design. Helsinki (Finland) and Saint-Nazaire (France); 11 March 2025: Chantiers de l’Atlantique, one of the largest shipyards in Europe, has entered a collaborative agreement with NAPA, a global provider of maritime software […]
Read ArticleMarch 11, 2025
Four new major Japanese maritime organizations join Digital Twin Project
Renowned participants support the initiative to transform the way shipping shares design and operational data, helping overcome barriers to the adoption of digital twins Tokyo, Japan/Helsinki, Finland, 25 February 2025: Four new companies—Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE), Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation, Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., and Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine&Engineering—have joined the collaborative cross-industry […]
Read ArticleFebruary 25, 2025
Navigating the next era of ship design in Japan
NAPA once again returned to Japan with a splash, attracting over 130 participants from 54 organizations for its NAPA User Seminar Japan last autumn in Kobe, Japan. With each year, we’re getting bigger and better and this time, we set a record for the largest turnout to date which is a testament to the market’s […]
Read ArticleFebruary 21, 2025
NAPA Release 2024.2
The second NAPA Release of 2024 is out now! NAPA Release 2024.2 has been published! The new functionality, updates and changes in the software have been included in the NAPA Release Notes 2024.2 document, available in NAPAnet, with the installation media. The new release highlights include: Enhanced 3D ship model design Simplified painting area tool […]
Read ArticleJanuary 30, 2025
NAPA User Meeting 2025
Join us for the NAPA User Meeting 2025, returning to NAPA’s home base in Helsinki, Finland. Save the date for May 2025 and step into the future of ship design technology with us! The NAPA User Meeting is more than just an event – it’s a unique gathering of the brightest minds in ship design, […]
Read ArticleDecember 2, 2024
Vard Marine – mastering complexity to design innovative ships
“Tailor-made” is the watchword at Vard Marine, a naval architecture and marine engineering firm that prides itself on creating highly specialized vessels customized to each owner’s needs. But delivering novel concepts every time is no mean feat – its designers need the right tools to manage iterations efficiently and evaluate the viability of concepts early. […]
Read ArticleNovember 15, 2024
Want to design better, greener ships? Operational data can help.
Simulation tools are well-known as the foundation for voyage optimization and advanced stability software that boosts operational safety and sustainability at sea. Now, a new role is emerging for this digital arsenal: powering innovation in ship design, by enabling novel concepts to be tested virtually from the drawing board. We are at the onset […]
Read ArticleOctober 25, 2024
A digital response to shipyards’ multifaceted efficiency challenges
What do competitive markets, changing demographics and the energy transition all have in common? They are powerful forces driving a need for greater efficiency in the ship design and building process – which, in turn, is accelerating the digital transformation of the sector. The market’s tectonic plates are shifting. The headline-grabbing rivalry between the world’s […]
Read ArticleSeptember 13, 2024