Category: Ship Design
Managing design complexity for cruise vessels with NAPA Steel
Wismar, Germany / Helsinki, Finland In the 55 years between 1940 and 1995, the record for the largest passenger ship changed hands twice. In the 24 years since 1995 that record has been broken 11 times. With additional size comes additional complexity, and it’s no different for the design process. MV Werften has developed […]
Read ArticleApril 9, 2019
PROSTEP and NAPA successfully completed their first joint co-operation project for Meyer Turku
Darmstadt/Helsinki, 26 March 2019 A partnership between PROSTEP, the product lifecycle management (PLM) consulting and solutions company and NAPA, the leading maritime software, services and data analysis provider, has successfully completed a ship design solution development project for Meyer Turku, one of the world’s leading shipbuilders. Increasingly, shipyards function as integrators between multiple parties in […]
Read ArticleMarch 26, 2019
NAPA User Meetings
Customer Experiences – Technical Workshops – Training – NAPA Labs – Networking NAPA User Meetings bring together NAPA users from all around the world to hear about the latest developments of NAPA, to learn new ways to use our solutions, and to share experiences and ideas with peers and NAPA experts. They provide an excellent […]
Read ArticleMarch 20, 2019
Using operational data, 3D product models, and digital structure analyses to estimate a ship’s life cycle
by Tapio Hulkkonen and Teemu Manderbacka For most of maritime history it has been difficult to assess the real environmental history of a ship. Its classification society records will give you information about any mechanical or structural defects that have had to be fixed. What those records won’t tell you are the storms it has […]
Read ArticleFebruary 12, 2019
Using flooding simulation analysis to improve SOLAS damage stability results
by Daniel Lindroth, NAPA Design Solutions When it entered service in 1912, the Titanic was the largest passenger ship in the world. During its construction it was hailed as “practically unsinkable,” and as the journalist Walter Lord wrote in his history of the ship, “[This] was the considered opinion of experts at the time.” The tragic […]
Read ArticleJanuary 28, 2019
DSME selects NAPA Steel to transform ship design processes
Helsinki, Finland/Geoje, Korea – 6 February 2018 Leading maritime software, services and data analysis provider NAPA has announced that DSME, one of the world’s leading shipyards, has selected 3D model-based NAPA Steel software to streamline design processes and meet the needs of 21st century naval architects and structure designers. DSME chose NAPA Steel thanks to […]
Read ArticleFebruary 6, 2018
NAPA – C-Job webinar: The evolution of ship design
How genetic algorithms are powering Accelerated Concept Design NAPA and C-Job Naval Architects invite you to learn more about the implementation of Accelerated Concept Design – a way to automate and optimize the concept stage of the ship design process using genetic algorithms together with a 3D model developed for early design phases. This webinar […]
Read ArticleDecember 14, 2017
C-Job chooses NAPA to accelerate vessel concept design with Darwinian theory and 3D models
Helsinki, Finland/Hoofddorp, The Netherlands – 7 December 2017 NAPA, a leading global maritime software, services and data analysis provider, and C-Job Naval Architects, the largest independent ship design and engineering company in the Netherlands, have announced a webinar to introduce Accelerated Concept Design – a way to automate and optimize the concept stage of the ship […]
Read ArticleDecember 7, 2017
NAPA and NDES announce co-operation on system collaboration and engineering service business for shipbuilding
Helsinki, Finland – July 19, 2017 Co-operation begins with interfaces for NAPA Steel and NDES Beagle, linking early-stage design with production planning NAPA, a leading global maritime software, services and data analysis provider, and NTT Data Engineering Systems (NDES), Japanese experts in maritime software development and engineering, today announced collaboration on ship design and manufacturing […]
Read ArticleJuly 19, 2017
Hyundai Heavy Industries chooses NAPA Steel for paradigm shift in ship design
Helsinki, Finland – February 13, 2017 Hyundai Heavy Industries achieves paradigm shift in ship design by using new 3D model-based software from NAPA Leading maritime software, services and data analysis provider NAPA has announced that Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder and frontrunner in ship design technology has implemented NAPA Steel’s 3D-model-based ship structural […]
Read ArticleFebruary 13, 2017