Almost 150 participants from more than 10 countries attended the LASS-day at
Grand Hotel in Borås October 31st. All possible aspects and interests for
shipbuilding were present in the audience and it was quite clear that
lightweight construction at sea is a popular topic in today’s maritime
world.
A lot of information and practical shipbuilding knowledge was given
during the day. Many questions from the audience concerned regulations and
how authorities and classification societies approached new materials and
lightweight constructions. The main opinion from “the experts” was that
demonstrated examples of accepted lightweight design were needed in order to
facilitate the appearance of more advanced materials for shipbuilding as the
task of accepting new designs through SOLAS regulation 17 is new also to the
authorities. Hopefully, LASS will be able to contribute to this.
Figure 1 Professor Anders Ulfvarson talks to the audience about a
composite and aluminium HSC
Abstracts and pdf’s of the powerpoint presentations are available on
request from
britt-mari.stromback.sp.se.
