Tag: Stability Management
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
NAPA launches stability management solution for ferries in collaboration with leading ferry operators
Advanced NAPA Stability for Ferries enhances operational safety and efficiency with a cloud-based digital solution that enables faster, more intuitive, and reliable voyage and cargo management. Helsinki, 13 May 2024 – Maritime software provider NAPA has formally launched NAPA Stability for Ferries, with installations confirmed on seven Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) vessels and ongoing sea […]
Read ArticleMay 13, 2024
Beyond Fuel Reduction: Sustainable and Efficient Ferry Operations Without Losing Sight of Safety
How digital tools and data can help operators to predict, test, plan and even make strategic decisions to sail safety, more efficiently and sustainably . During “Optimizing Operations and Safety” at the 47th Interferry Conference 2023, our Account Director for Ferry & RoPax Business, Tuomas Häkkinen spoke about “Beyond Fuel Reduction: Sustainable and Efficient Ferry Operations […]
Read ArticleNovember 9, 2023
More robust solution to mitigate flooding risks
NAPA’s innovation for the EU-funded FLARE project improves flooding-related situational awareness onboard passenger ships and further advances emergency support systems to avert casualties. Watch video: Every year more than 100 million passengers travel by ship, making calls to European Union ports, and enjoying the allure of the open seas. And accidents are exceedingly rare — […]
Read ArticleJuly 10, 2023
Enabling safer voyages with ship data and cloud connectivity
For a successful green transition, voyage safety and sustainability must go hand-in-hand. At International Maritime Organization’s 107th Maritime Safety Committee meeting, Jussi Siltanen, our Go-to-market Lead, presented on “Enabling safer voyages with data and cloud connectivity”. Ensuring there is no trade-off between these priorities, Jussi explains how greater ship data collection and sharing are allowing […]
Read ArticleJune 12, 2023
Cruise industry welcomes a new level of real-time collaboration on safety data as Lloyd’s Register approves NAPA Stability
Helsinki (Finland), 10 October 2022: NAPA Stability, NAPA’s new stability management software for passenger vessels, has been approved by the classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR). This marks a milestone for the platform as it has now received type approval from both Lloyd’s Register and DNV who are the only class societies that provide this certification […]
Read ArticleOctober 12, 2022
NAPA signs eLearning agreement with major cruise company for crew training
Helsinki (Finland), 20 September 2022: NAPA, a leading digital technology provider for the maritime industry, has entered a new long-term agreement with Royal Caribbean Group, one of the largest cruise companies in the world, to deliver eLearning to its crews worldwide. This partnership will help Royal Caribbean Group train both shipboard and shoreside crew on […]
Read ArticleSeptember 21, 2022
DNV awards NAPA’s next-generation passenger ship stability management solution type approval
Type approval makes it simpler for vessels to adopt new generation of leading stability platform, which enables better real-time data sharing and multi-user collaboration. Helsinki, Finland – 11 July 2022: DNV, the world’s leading classification society, has awarded type approval to NAPA’s new onboard stability software for the passenger sector – NAPA Stability, a new […]
Read ArticleJuly 11, 2022
Is your cruise ship’s stability data going to waste?
A ship’s stability is no longer restricted to the loading computer. From digital twins to cloud technology and the growing role of shoreside, stability management has taken a massive digital leap. by Tuomas Häkkinen, Naval Architect and Safety Service Manager Cruise ships are the safest commercial ships sailing – the safety margins factored into their […]
Read ArticleMay 23, 2022
Webinar: NAPA Stability – the next generation stability management
Recording of the NAPA Stability webinar available for viewing Following the launch of NAPA Stability, our NAPA Safety Solutions experts ran a webinar on 2 November 2021 to introduce the solution a bit further. The recording of the webinar is now available for you, in case you missed the live streaming. The webinar allows you […]
Read ArticleNovember 4, 2021