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This book compiles the papers on Ship Operations, Autonomy, Safety, Digitalization, Human Factors, Logistics, Shipyard Organization, presented at the 20th International Congress of the International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean (IMAM 2025), held in Chania, Greece, from September 28 to October 3, 2025. Organized biennially or triennially in Mediterranean-adjacent countries, IMAM congresses are pivotal events in the international maritime industry. They foster the development of innovative solutions for maritime transport and the sustainable exploitation of sea resources in the Mediterranean region. Explore the latest advancements and strategies for achieving sustainable growth in the maritime sector through this comprehensive collection of research and insights.
List of contents
1. Automated CFD Tools for the Design of Marine Propulsion Systems.- 2. Multi-Fidelity Shape Optimization for Bow Retrofitting of a RoRo Cargo Ship.- 3. Multi-Objective CFD Optimisation to Demonstrate the Potential of Aft-Ship Replacement as An Extreme Retrofitting Option in IWT.- 4. Hydrodynamic Design Assessment of ESDs in Straight-Ahead and Drift Conditions.- An Integrated Methodology for the Prediction of Ship’s Calm Water Resistance Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Artificial Neural Networks.
About the author
Prof. Kostas J. Spyrou has extensive experience in Conference organization and publication of Proceedings. He was the Chairman of the 11th International Conference on the Stability of Ships an Ocean Vehicles (2012) and the Editor-in-Chief of the published proceedings (ISBN 978-618-80163-0-9). Moreover, he was editor of three books published by Springer in the Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications series, which included selected papers from several International Conferences on the Stability of Ships and Ocean Vehicles and from International Ship Stability Workshops (ISBN: 978-94-007-1481-6; ISBN: 978-3-030-00514-6; ISBN: 978-3-031-16328-9). Prof. Spyrou has acted as the editor-in-chief of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of Marine Technology taking place in Athens, for several years (period 2007 to 2014).He has been a member of several executive committees supervising the organization of international conferences and the publication of proceedings.
Dr. N. Themelis was the Secretary of the 11th International Conference on the Stability of Ships an Ocean Vehicles (2012) and editor of the published proceedings (ISBN 978-618-80163-0-9). He has been a member of the organizing committee of the Annual Meetings of Marine Technology of Greece for more than 10 years, with main responsibility to manage papers’ reviewing and to liaise with the publisher.
Summary
This book compiles the papers on Ship Operations, Autonomy, Safety, Digitalization, Human Factors, Logistics, Shipyard Organization, presented at the 20th International Congress of the International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean (IMAM 2025), held in Chania, Greece, from September 28 to October 3, 2025. Organized biennially or triennially in Mediterranean-adjacent countries, IMAM congresses are pivotal events in the international maritime industry. They foster the development of innovative solutions for maritime transport and the sustainable exploitation of sea resources in the Mediterranean region. Explore the latest advancements and strategies for achieving sustainable growth in the maritime sector through this comprehensive collection of research and insights.
