NEWS

FINAL REVIEW MEETING OF THE FIBRESHIP PROJECT

It is our pleasure to announce that the final review meeting of the FIBRESHIP project was held on the 1st July 2020. The meeting was hosted online due to the current pandemic situation which limit the possibility of attending face-to-face meetings. The event counted with participation of the Project Officer of FIBRESHIP, Renata Kadric, onread more

9th and last PROGRESS MEETING OF THE FIBRESHIP PROJECT

9th and last Progress Meeting of the FIBRESHIP project (H2020, Grant number 723360) was held on the 20th May 2020. The meeting was online due to the COVID-19 lockdown situation and the impossibility of travelling and attending face-to-face meetings. The meeting was attended by 38 representatives of the consortium from the entities BV, SOERMAR, COMPASS,read more

DISSEMINATION ACTION #5 FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

It is a pleasure to announce that the FIBRESHIP consortium has carried out the fifth-dissemination action for university students and staff at the University Complutense de Madrid (UCM). The seminar was held on 26th February 2020 at the Faculty of Physics in Madrid, Spain.The following two presentations were delivered to Materials Engineer students from theread more

EIGHTH PROGRESS MEETING OF THE FIBRESHIP PROJECT

The eighth Progress Meeting (PM8) of the FIBRESHIP innovation project was held on 12th and 13th of February 2020 at Nantes, France. The venue of the progress meeting was hosted by the classification society BV at the Euro Meeting Centre. The meeting was participated by 34 members of the FIBRESHIP consortium from the companies BV,read more

FIBRESHIP PARTICIPATES AT THE E-LASS SEMINAR IN BREMEN, GERMANY

It is a great pleasure to announce on behalf of the FIBRESHIP project that the company “Técnicas y Servicios de Ingeniería (TSI)” has participated at the 11th seminar on Lightweight Applications at Sea (E-LASS), which was held on January 29 and 30 at Bremen, Germany. The E-Lass seminar is an international forum of representatives fromread more

The FIBRESHIP and RAMSSES joint approach “Towards Safety of Composite Ships” at IMO

The FIBRESHIP and RAMSSES joint approach “Towards Safety of Composite Ships”, was presented in London (UK) during the last IMO SDC7 (Ship Design and Construction Comitee) at IMO headquarters. Both European R&D projects, RAMSSES and FIBRESHIP, share similar goals on the using of FRP (Fibre-Reinforced Polymers) in the Shipping and Shipbuilding industry but with differentread more

FIBRESHIP PARTICIPATES IN MARINE DESIGN 2020 CONFERENCE

It is a great pleasure to announce that the technical outcome of the FIBRESHIP project have been presented at the event of Marine Design 2020 conference in Cadiz, which was held between 15th to 16th of January, 2020 at Cadiz University, Spain. This event was kindly organized by the Royal institute of naval architecture (RINA), which isread more

DISSEMINATION OF THE FIBRESHIP PROJECT IN “COMPOSITES ENGINEERING” FAIR

It is a great pleasure to announce that the last outcomes and technological discoveries of the FIBRESHIP project has been presented at the event “Composites Engineering” in Madrid, which was held on 29th November, 2019 at the conference room sponsored by HP Printing 3D. This event was kindly organized by the Spanish Association of Compositeread more

FIBRESHIP PRESENTATION AT THE 2ND WORKSHOP OF EU RESEARCH & INNOVATION MARITIME PROJECTS, THE HELLENIC CONTRIBUTION

The “2nd Workshop of EU Research & Innovation Maritime Projects, The Hellenic contribution” hosted by Danaos Shipping was held on 5 November 2019. This workshop was dedicated to the Hellenic contribution in the EU research initiative for innovative thinking applied in shipping operation. Several EU projects with maritime perspective were presented showing the leading position of the Greekread more

PRESENTATION OF THE FIBRESHIP PROJECT IN THE WATERBORNE BROKERAGE EVENT

The FIBRESHIP project was presented by Técnicas y Servicios de Ingeniería (TSI) during the Waterborne / ECMAR H2020 Brokerage Event, which was held at the Office in Brussels on 23th and 24th of October. This workshop provided insight about the last developments and technological achievements made in Waterborne transport projects supported by Horizon 2020 program.read more

THE FIBRESHIP PROJECT IS PRESENTED IN THE KETMARITIME EVENT

It is our pleasure to announce that the last findings and technological discoveries of the FIBRESHIP project has been recently presented in the Spanish workshop “Tecnologías habilitadoras, Motor de Innovación en el sector Marino”, which was held on 30 October at Gijon (Spain). The workshop was organized by IDONIAL technological centre and counted with theread more

SEVENTH PROGRESS MEETING OF THE FIBRESHIP PROJECT

The seventh Progress Meeting (PM7) of the FIBRESHIP project (H2020,Grant number 723360) was held on 17 th and 18 th of October 2019 at Genoa, Italy. The venue of the meeting was hosted at the central offices of RINA in Genoa, Italy and it was attended by representatives from the entities ANEK, ATEKNEA, BV, CIMNE,read more

DISSEMINATION ACTION #4 FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

According to the dissemination action planned by FIBRESHIP, Spanish partners continue fostering the project with a series of conferences all around Spanish universities with potential interest in the application of composites material in the marine sector and large length vessels. This time the fourth conference was held at the Higher Technical School of Naval Architectureread more

PRESENTATION OF FIBRESHIP PROJECT IN SAMPE CONFERENCE 2019

The University of Limerick presented a paper at SAMPE conference 2019 held in Nantes, France (17-19th Sep 2019). The title of the paper was: “Mechanical Evaluation of a fire retardant through-thickness reinforced sandwich structure for marine applications” The work was completed as part of the FIBRESHIP project which is a H2020 Project (grant agreement 723360).read more

FIBRESHIP PARTICIPATION IN MARINE AGING CONFERENCE

ULIM (University of Limerick) presented a paper at Marine Aging Conference 2019 held in Brest, France (28-29th Aug 2019). The title of the presentation was: “Experimental investigation on the effect of water ingress on the flexural and interlaminar properties of glass/vinyl-ester composite for marine applications”. The work was completed as part of the FIBRESHIP projectread more

FIBRESHIP PUBLISHES A PAPER IN HIGH IMPACT JOURNAL

It is a great honour for the FIBRESHIP project to announce that the University of Limerick have published a paper entitled “Effect of environmental conditioning on the properties of thermosetting -and thermoplastic-matrix composite materials by resin infusion for marine applications” in a high impact factor and reputed scientific journal. In summary, this publication deals withread more

FIBRESHIP IN THE 13th SPANISH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS (MATCOMP19)

PRESENTATION OF FIBRESHIP IN THE 13th SPANISH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS (MATCOMP19) IN VIGO (SPAIN) In the strong dissemination campaign of FIBRESHIP Consortium, it has been presented the last technological achievements and progress of the FIBRESHIP project at the 13th Spanish National Conference of Composite Materials (MATCOMP19). The Conference was held in Vigo fromread more

Summary of FIBRESHIP 2nd Public Workshop in La Ciotat (June 25th, 2019)

    The second public workshop of the FIBRESHIP project was held in La Ciotat, France, on 25th of June 2019 gathering stakeholders of composites and marine sector. The event offered to the participants a chance to discuss the different composite materials solutions for shipbuilding and shipping sectors as well as learn more about theread more