1 Contents thursday 3rd May 2018 DR Special issue le marin CONTEXT Fighting barnacles with biology 12 Innovation boosted by regulations and digital technology Thalos develops routeing solutions 13 Mega container ships more energy efficient 2-3 4 Marinelec Technologies wants to make systems smarter 14 22 Sherpaz, a LNG bunker vessel project 23 Le Drezen reaps the benefits of its innovations Bernard Palissy 3, an eco-friendly electric-solar vessel 24 15 The navibus H2 ready for service 24 Morgère banks on the N-Viro dredge 15 The entire expertise of Ocea in an aluminium 84-metre patrol vessel 25 Fishing catamarans with a foil 26 A Mediterranean passenger boat 27 Ixblue delivers a support launch for Wind of Change 28 New tug Papillon commissioned in French Guiana 28 Automated ship solutions are making quantum leaps 6 Erwan Jacquin: 'Calculation tools dramatically change hull design' 7 VESSELS Automatic battery charging solutions 8 Innovations in the fishing industry 9 Dutch yard De Hoop's Celebrity Flora to operate in the Galapagos 16 Danish seine fishing now trending in France 10 L'Ostrea, an eco-friendly dredger in Bordeaux built by Socarenam 17 Freezing trawler L'Émeraude all set for her first fishing campaign 18 CFT working on a first hydrogen powered river unit 20 12 A hybrid fishing vessel comes to fruition 14 5 UV in antifouling paint tested by Akzo Nobel 21 Bopp developps on-screen hydraulic control The mothership principle applied to the renewable energy sector EQUIPMENT Yves Tanguy, leader in bow bulb designs Cover photo: Rolls-Royce