Building to IMPROVE standards

摘要

Supported by the European Commission, the three year 'IMPROVE' ship design research project is approaching the half-way stage in its bid to deliver a rationale for making decisions pertaining to the design, production, and operation of three new ship generations.Coordinated by ANAST, University of Liege, IMPROVE involves 17 partners, including Aker Yards of France, Uljanik shipyard of Croatia, Szczecin New Shipyard of Poland, owners Grimaldi, Exmar, and Tankerska Plovidba Zadar, Bureau Veritas, two ship design companies, two engineering companies, and two software companies, as well as WEGEMT (European Association of Universities in Marine Technology and Related Sciences).