Marine

The marine industry has experienced a steady rise in the use of composites. In addition to helping hulls be lighter and more damage-resistant, composites can be found in many more areas of a maritime vessel–from interior moldings to furniture on super yachts.

GFRP Takes Center Stage in Floating Docks

Bellingham Marine, headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., recently installed its first fully GFRP-reinforced Unifloat® concrete dock system in a New Zealand marina. The docks, which feature GFRP thru-rods,...

Composite Components Being Used to Develop Wave Energy Converters for Barges

Aquaculture, also known as aquafarming, is the breeding, rearing, and harvesting of fish, shellfish, algae, and other organisms in water environments. As aquaculture operations move further offshore and...

Structural Panels Provide Fire Protection

When Incat Tasmania, a builder of high-speed ships for commercial ferry operators and militaries, was experiencing problems with their supplier of structural fire protection (SFP) panels, the company reached...

A New IMOCA Boat Will be Built from Declassified Carbon Fiber from Airbus

As the transportation industry works hard to move toward sustainability in manufacturing, a partnership between an innovator in boat building and a world leader in aviation is taking things in a new...

Composite Materials Used to Design Resto-floats Modeled After Classic Cars

You may soon see what appears to be a Volkswagen Bus or 1970s Dodge Charger cruising on a lake, but it won’t be driving on water. It will be part of a new line of products called Floating...

It Takes an Industry to Attain Sustainability

Sustainability has become a watchword for businesses in the 2020s. Consumers want the companies they deal with to use sustainable practices, while governments are adopting policies holding corporations...