Our EU R&D projects

At Bureau Veritas, our Research & Development (R&D) team work on projects covering all aspects of the marine and offshore industries. Our research supports our Rules, Guidelines and software offer to better support our clients.

We frequently participate in consortiums answering to EU calls for research into the most pressing issues in the maritime industry. These include the efficiency of marine renewable energy installations for a more secure energy supply and decarbonizing shipping, but also the structural integrity of assets or smart ship connectivity.

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OUR EU R&D PROJECTS

COPROPEL

#CompositeMaterials #Marine 
The CoPropel project unites an interdisciplinary team from research and industry fields to explore composite material technology for the next-generation of marine vessel propellers. Together, we will develop and market a composite propeller with an embedded structural health monitoring system.

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SATURN

#Sustainability #Marine 
SATURN is a four-year research project into underwater radiated noise (URN) to fill gaps in scientific knowledge. We are focused on understanding the sources of URN, determining its impacts and developing solutions that can be implemented on existing and new ships.

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HELENUS

#SustainableShipping #Marine 
HELENUS is a demonstrator project that will build, integrate and demonstrate a 500kW solid oxide fuel cell, in an MSC ocean cruise vessel. We are aiming to creates a technological and regulatory roadmap to scale-up clean energy systems that operate on renewable fuels.

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OPTIWISE

#SustainableShipping #Marine 
Through OPTIWISE, we will help to develop and deploy holistic design and control methods in realistic scenarios for new ship designs using wind propulsion.

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FIBREGY

#CompositeMaterials #MRE 
Fibregy looks to develop multi-functional FRP material solutions for the main structure and components of offshore wind and tidal platforms. We will be assisting in the design review, benchmark of simulation tools and the development of guidelines, guidance notes and recommendations.

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GATERS

#CompositeMaterials #Marine 
GATERS explores a cost-effective retrofit application of a gate rudder system, as a means to improve environmental impacts and life-cycle costs.

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GRADE2XL

#StructuralIntegrity #Marine
Grade2XL will demonstrate the potential of multi-material wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) for large structures. Its high printing rate and nanoscale material control will enable stronger and more durable structures.

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PIAQUO

#Marine #Environment
PIAQUO aims to reduce the acoustic impact of maritime traffic on marine ecosystems. Underwater radiated noise would be minimized in real time according to the surrounding environment.  

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RESHIP

#SustainableShipping #Marine
RESHIP is focused on determining energy efficiency solutions for sea-going and inland hydrogen-powered ships. It will look at energy demand, power spikes and demanding energy storage requirements.

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SEADETECT

#Environment #Marine 
Seadetect is an EU-backed project to protect cetaceans from shipping with an automated detection and anti-collision system.

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EVERLONG

#SustainableShipping #Marine 
EverLoNG is a demonstrator project on the use of onboard carbon capture and storage (CCS) systems on two LNG-fueled ships.

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BUGWRIGHT2

#StructuralIntegrity #HealthMonitoring #Marine 
BugWright2 is a research project to facilitate the inspection and maintenance of ship hulls using muti-robot visual and acoustic techniques.

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FIBRE4YARDS

#CompositeManufacturing #Marine 
Fibre4Yards aims to match end-users’ needs with targeted advanced production technologies from other competitive industrial sectors, and to transfer, adapt and combine them to improve fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) shipyards’ production and maintenance, in a Shipyard 4.0 environment.

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LASHFIRE

#Safety #Marine 
The Lashfire project adopts a holistic approach to addressing and significantly reducing the risk of fire on ro-ro ships.

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LH2CRAFT

#SustainableShipping #Marine 
Main objective at LH2CRAFT is to create an innovative and eco-friendly technology that makes storing and transporting LH2 on ships safer and more cost-effective in the long run.

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