The papers will be organized under the following main areas:
Thematic Areas
• Behaviour of large passenger vessels in collision and grounding
• Collision and grounding in winter navigation
• Collision and grounding in arctic conditions including accidental ice impact
• Stability and residual strength of damaged ship after collision or grounding
• Collision and grounding statistics and predictions and measures of the probability of incidents
• Risk assessment of collision and grounding
• Prediction and measures for reduction of collision and grounding
• Consequences of collision and grounding
• New designs for improvement of structural resistance to collisions
• Analysis of ultimate strength of ship structures
• Design of buffer bows to reduce collision consequences
• Design of foreship structures of ferries with doors to avoid water ingress in case of a collision
• Development of rational rules for the structural design against collision and grounding
• Innovative navigation systems for safer sea transportation
• The role of IMO, classification societies, and other regulatory bodies
• Collision between ships and offshore structures
• Collision between ships and fixed or floating bridges and submerged tunnels
• Collision with quays and waterfront structures
• Collision and grounding experiments
• Behaviour of various ships in collision and grounding
• Collision between offshore wind turbines and OSVs and ice floes
• Properties of marine-use materials under impact loadings
Industrial & Service Sectors
• Maritime industry
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