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The shipping industry is facing its biggest transition ever. International regulations have set out clear requirements: carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced by 75 per cent by 2050. The EU's emissions trading system puts a price on every tonne of carbon dioxide emitted, and emissions must be reduced by 40 per cent by 2030. This means that shipping companies, shipyards and ports must make crucial choices between alternative fuels, new technologies such as wind propulsion, and extensive investments in ships and land-based infrastructure. At the same time, the market demands cost-effective, sustainable solutions in the long term.

RISE can support you throughout this process with independent analysis, advanced technological infrastructure, simulation and proven methods. We help you to evaluate and optimise energy-saving solutions, including wind propulsion, alternative fuels, electrification and hydrodynamic design. Using simulations, model tests and risk analyses, we verify that your solutions are effective before you invest. We also contribute to the development of maritime logistics and sustainable ports as transport, energy and digital hubs for future freight transport.

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Solutions in maritime
Solution

Maritime hydrodynamic design and verification

Maritime design, decision support, Optimization, Simulations/Computations and Validation/Verification of hydrodynamic, hydroacoustic and aerodynamic performance - based on experience from over 8000 hull forms, 2000 propellers and 80 years of consulting.

Solution

Naval architecture and systems engineering

With naval architecture and project management services, RISE supports shipowners through the life cycle of the vessel. Using a systematic, scientific, and holistic approach to ship design combined with a vast knowledge and experience within the naval architecture domain, it gives us the ability to support your plans or development project to reach their full potential.

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Wind-Powered Ships

Wind propulsion and wind assistance for ships has great potential in resolving the unprecedented challenges that the shipping industry faces today.
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Maritime environment, risk and operation

By combining technical and operational knowledge and expertise, RISE reduce risks, costs and environmental impact for safe, resilient, and efficient maritime operation. We contribute with stability and predictability.

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Integrated maritime logistics support and technical information

Accurate, complete, vessel-specific and easily accessible technical information for ships not only enhances safety and accessibility – it also reduces the total life-cycle cost. RISE provide information analysis, the production, quality assurance and efficient publication of technical information, as well as practical verification of maintenance measures on board vessels. 

Technology infrastructures for maritime
Projects in maritime
Through research and development projects, RISE is driving forward the development of maritime transition. From wind-powered ships and hydrodynamic optimisation to sustainable ports as digital and electrified hubs – solutions are being created here for the biggest transformation in maritime transport ever.
Project

EMERGE

The EMERGE project focuses on emergency preparedness for autonomous passenger ferries and remote operation centres (ROCs). It addresses challenges such as passenger evacuation, man overboard and loss of communication. The project involves RISE, Torghatten and other stakeholders, with the aim of imp…
Hydrogen / Project

NAVHYS

NAVHYS is a European collaborative project that develops a system for utilising liquid hydrogen (LH₂) as a fuel in service vessels at sea. The aim is to enable completely emission-free operations at sea, thereby contributing to climate-neutral maritime transport.
Infrastructure / Project

The sustainable port in a changing world

How are the activities of Swedish ports affected by external factors such as total defense, NATO and climate change? What are the synergies and contradictions between the development towards the sustainable port and the new investments that need to be made in a changing world?
Wind power / Project

Swedish offshore wind ports

Offshore wind power offers great potential for renewable electricity generation in Sweden. However, port capacity to meet the needs of the offshore wind power industry is far from sufficient. The project will help Swedish ports to evaluate their business potential for the wind power industry, throu…
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SWOPP 3

The RISE Workshops On Performance Prediction for Wind-Powered Ships (SWOPP) are a series of benchmark projects for all organizations working with performance predictions of wind-powered and wind-assisted ships. Building on the insights and feedback from SWOPP 1 & 2 we are now running SWOPP 3.
Articles and blogposts on maritime
Article

Shipping: New technology and optimal design reduce energy usage

Stena Line’s new concept vessel Stena Futuro can reduce energy usage by 20 percent or more, combining existing technologies such as wing sails and air lubrication. RISE independently assessed the saving potential of the wing sails and helped with a study to confirm that the vessel fulfills certain requirements for stability and maneuverability in scenarios such as sudden wind shifts or quick course changes.
Article

Wind drives shipping forward

The maritime transport sector is expected to grow strongly in the coming years. There is an urgent need to reduce the industry's carbon footprint. Wind power, a technology with millennia-old roots, is experiencing a renaissance and could be the key to climate neutrality.
Article

Building on 40-year bridge to South Korea – will strengthen Swedish competitiveness

To remain competitive in technology and industry, Sweden needs strong partners in Europe and beyond. A decades-long business relationship with South Korea in shipping is now creating new opportunities – in completely different industries.
Article

Energy-efficient and fossil-free – the shipping of the future

The Swedish shipping industry generates sales of just over SEK 85 billion, indirectly employs 100,000 people and transports more than 170 million tonnes of goods and 67 million passengers – every year. Now, international regulations require significantly reduced carbon dioxide emissions from shipping. Parallel to this, increasingly more suppliers and subcontractors are making increasingly explicit demands that any sea freight must be both environmentally friendly and economically viable. Can shipping be made fossil-free? And is society ready for the major transition shipping faces?

Why RISE

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World leader in wind-powered ships

– independent assessments of fuel savings, stability and safety
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Unique test infrastructure

– ship flume, cavitation tunnel, one of the world's largest wave laboratories and advanced simulators
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Hydrodynamic optimisation

– experience from over 8,000 hull shapes and 2,000 propellers for reduced energy consumption
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Risk analysis and safety verification

– transparent process for the maritime environment, operations and offshore wind power
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Support for sustainable ports

– strategic and operational development of digitalisation, electrification and logistics solutions