Integrated manufacturing of REciclable multi-material COmposites for the TRANSport sector
A Project to Replace Steel With Composites for More Efficient Large Length Ships
A new European research project seeks to change the shipbuilding sector by replacing steel with composite materials for the construction of more efficient large length ships. Fibreship is an ambitious project that will allow for the construction of light commercial vessels, passenger and leisure transport and oceanographic vessels more than 50 meters in length using fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials.
Fibreship is a project that will allow for the construction of light commercial vessels, passenger and leisure transport and oceanographic vessels more than 50 meters in length using fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials. It is one of the largest innovation projects funded by the EU with a budget of €11 million, of which €9 million is funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 Programme.
The project involves 18 international entities representing the European shipping and shipbuilding industry from 11 countries including Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Romania and Spain. Dr Anthony Comer (UL lead Principal Investigator) and Dr Ioannis Manolakis (UL Co-Investigator and Project Manager) from the School of Engineering and the Irish Composites Centre (IComp) at UL are the experts in the composites element on this project.
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» Publication Date: 24/07/2017
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Nº 768737
