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Marijan Lorencin |
AITAC Group, Croatia |
NOT EVERYTHING IS “GREY”
Abstract:
Not Everything Is “Grey” analyzes current trends in naval shipbuilding and the growing investments in fleet modernization.
The European military ship market is estimated at around €36 billion in 2025, with expected growth to over €58 billion by 2030.
The focus is on digitalization, modular design, and new technological solutions that are shaping the future of maritime platforms.
The presentation also explores the potential for integrating the Croatian shipbuilding industry into European defense value chains, in the context of
future needs of the national navy.
Key Message: Naval shipbuilding is not just “grey”, it represents a strategic opportunity for technological and economic development.
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Niko Fierens |
Multi Engineering Group, Netherlands |
MORAY BASE FLOATING WIND TECHNOLOGY
Abstract:
“The offshore wind energy industry is facing multiple challenges to meet the global goal to increase the renewable energy resources.
The overarching objective is to provide reliable, affordable, and zero-carbon electricity to help meet the EU’s climate neutrality goal
by 2050 and the Paris Agreement target for limiting global warming. Expanding offshore wind is crucial for reducing reliance on fossil fuels
and achieving energy independence. The EU has set ambitious targets, including a minimum of 60 GW of offshore wind by 2030, with a long-term
goal of 300 GW by 2050. To meet these targets, the deployment of offshore wind needs to accelerate significantly. Lots of offshore wind locations
are too deep or too remote to allow for bottom-fixed wind solutions. It is expected that in the future huge numbers of floating wind turbines are
to be developed, built and installed. The order of magnitude ranges within the fabrication of over 20.000 floating foundations of the size of a large
floating oil rig to be delivered over the next 20 years. This is only achievable by optimizing the foundation design to allow for serial mass production.
The Moray Base technology is specifically conceived to industrialize the supply chain. Its design has moved away from traditional naval architecture
principles and has been based on innovative, but proven bottom-fixed pile technology. It is groundbreaking.
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Ivo Rebić |
TSI, Croatia |
CRUISE SHIPBUILDING AND DESIGN OUTLOOK
Abstract:
Cruise shipbuilding and design outlook is concentrated on following main topics: CRUISE MARKET, CRUISE SHIPS BUILT TODAY, MODERN CRUISE SHIPYARD ORGANISATION,
CRUISE SHIP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS and ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION OF A CRUISE SHIP.
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Igor Kvasić |
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing University of
Zagreb, Croatia |
CoE MARBLE - CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN MARINE ROBOTICS AND
TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE BLUE GROWTH
Abstract:
CoE’s are a relatively new concept within the European research framework, but an increasingly vital instrument in the R&I community.
European Centres of Excellence are high-level research and innovation hubs established to concentrate expertise, infrastructure, and long-term scientific
capacity in areas that are strategically important for Europe. Marble was recognised as such a centres in the areas of Maritime Robotics and Technologies
for Sustainable Blue Economy, with the goal of engaging Croatia in a path of sustainable innovative growth in blue economy sector.
Partnership with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and National Research Council (CNR, Italy). The strategic vision of the centre is to put
Croatia on the map of R&I excellence by becoming a European lighthouse and a role model in the field of maritime robotics and technologies, focusing on four key
research areas identified as essential enablers with the highest impact on the blue economy sectors aligned with the Smart Specialization Strategy of Croatia.
Large portion of these funds are going towards building the research infrastructure and pilot sites partly distributed across Croatia to support the transformation
of Croatian regional economies and reduce the development disproportion between the City of Zagreb, the administrative and industrial centre of Croatia,
and the Adriatic part of Croatia (cities of Rijeka and Šibenik); Smart mussel farm in Šibenik under the operation of DIH AgriFood Croatia; Smart marina in a port in
Rijeka under the operation of MARINN;
Autonomous marine vehicle operation site in Šibenik in front of marine station Martinska (Ruđer Bošković Institute).
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