Current projects

Current Projects

Advanced Protection for Maritime Infrastructure and Globally Sustainable Shore Power (AEGIS)

Lloyd’s Register Foundation, ES\100018,

2026-2030

Led by the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and funded by Lloyd’s Register Foundation, the AEGIS programme aims to support and widen the safe adoption of Onshore Power Supply (OPS), the practice in the maritime industry that allows a docked ship to draw power from environmentally sustainable shore-based systems, rather than use its own diesel engines.

AEGIS is delivered through a collaboration of NTUA schools, the School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (lead school), the School of Chemical Engineering, and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, bringing together interdisciplinary expertise. This academic base is matched with international cooperation with leading professional and standardisation bodies: AMPP (the Association for Materials Protection and Performance), IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), and IMarEST (the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology).

This strategic project establishes a comprehensive research and validation framework to address the technical challenges that arise when ships are connected to Onshore Power Supply systems at berth. It focuses on advancing corrosion prevention and ensuring the long-term structural integrity of maritime assets, while further solidifying the high electrical safety standards already associated with shore-side connections. The AEGIS programme disseminates its research findings to key decision-makers across the maritime value chain, supporting the confident and widescale deployment of OPS worldwide.

AMPP - Association for Materials Protection and Performance
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IMarEST Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology
School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (lead), NTUA
School of Chemical Engineering, NTUA
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NTUA

State-of-the-art sustainable energy efficiency technologies roadmap for waterborne transport towards the fit for-55 guidance compliance - FLEETfor55

January 2025-June 2028

HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-12

FLEETfor55 is an ambitious initiative under the Horizon Europe call [HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-12], designed to integrate state-of-the-art emission reduction and efficiency improvement technologies into ship design and retrofitting.

Coordinated by Hydrus Engineering S.A., this project aligns with the EU’s “Fit for 55” package and the Zero-Emission Waterborne Transport (ZEWT) Partnership, aiming to make maritime transport more sustainable by 2030.

FLEETfor55 is committed to transforming maritime transport by addressing its 13.5% share of EU transport emissions. Our vision is to become a lighthouse project for sustainable waterborne transport, achieving the following objectives: Design Development, Roadmap Creation, Digital Tools, Demonstration, Business Models, Compliance, Networking

Hydrus Engineering S.A.
Atlantec Enterprise Solutions
ABS Hellenic SM LLC
Watermelon Sustainable Blue Innovation
Superfast Ferries
RINA
National Technical University of Athens
Freire Shipyard
University of Patras
Foundation Valenciapory
University of Strathclyde
Epsilon
Stealth Marine Corporation S.A.
Magellan Circle
NTNU
FincantieriSi Evolving Integration
CERTH
CETENA
SEKAVIN
Columbia Shipmanagment
DST
DNV

Safe and Efficient Use of Sustainable Fuels in Maritime Transport - SAFeCRAFT

December 2023-November 2027

HORIZON-CL5-2023-D5-01-12

Europe’s waterborne transport is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, accounting for approximately 13% of overall transport emissions. Thus, meeting ambitious climate targets is imperative and requires accelerating the transition to sustainable, climate-neutral fuels in this sector. However, the adoption of sustainable alternative fuels (SAFs) is often slow due to concerns around safety, global availability, technological maturity, and economic viability. SAFeCRAFT seeks to address these challenges by leveraging the ZEWT Partnership’s existing network of stakeholders and infrastructure to develop, validate, and demonstrate SAFs on board oceangoing vessels.

With the central participation of SEANERGY, a leading NASDAQ listed shipping company, and a multi-disciplinary experienced consortium led by HYDRUS, SAFeCRAFT will proceed to implement SAFs in full transnational operations on a 180,000 DWT Capesize Bulk Carrier. This includes fuel distribution, bunkering, storage, handling and supply, power conversion, and possible residue handling, with a minimum power output of 1.5MW. Use of H2 (stored in gaseous or liquid form) will be physically demonstrated onboard in actual operating conditions.

In addition, SAFeCRAFT demonstrates alternative SAFs technologies in application scenarios in four different types of oceangoing and short sea shipping vessels in newbuilding and retrofit cases. These scenarios will be assessed and validated through detailed desktop simulation studies. The investigated technologies include direct handling, storage, and use of H2, for main propulsion purposes, in either liquid (LH2) or gaseous (CGH2) form as well as use of two hydrogen carriers, namely Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHCs) and ammonia (NH3).
SAFeCRAFT addresses significant safety and operating challenges, going beyond the state-of-the-art while achieving FuelEU Maritime 2040 targets.

MOTOR OIL
Metacon
Hydrus Engineering S.A.
SEANERGY
University of Strathclyde
National Technical University of Athens
University of Patras
Technische Universitaet Dresden
RINA Services S.p.A.
ABS Hellenic SM LLC
WEGEMT

Safe and Efficient Marine Transportation of Liquid Hydrogen - LH2CRAFT

June 2023-May 2027

HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-02-06

The overall goal of LH2CRAFT is to develop next generation, sustainable, commercially attractive, and safe long-term storage and long-distance transportation of Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) for commercial vessels (or even as fuel in certain applications). It aims at developing an innovative containment system of membrane-type for high-capacity storage (e.g., 200,000 m3) at a temperature of -253 deg C and demonstrating and validating it on a 10 ton (180 m3) prototype. It foresees the analysis of alternative conceptual designs with safety and risk assessment initiated at an early stage of the design process of the cargo containment system (CCS) exceeding currently demonstrated sizes. The design will allow LH2 storage to large dimensions, similar to those of existing LNG carriers. Special characteristics (storage tank, handling, distribution, safety, and monitoring subsystems (HDMSS) of the concepts that support up- or down-scaling will be detailed in order to prove the modularity and scalability of the proposed solution. The CCS will achieve AiP and general approval by a major classification society (three IACS members are participating). Demonstration will be done via the detailed design, construction, and testing of the reduced size prototype. LH2CRAFT will also develop a preliminary integrated ship design and carry out the corresponding cost estimation, achieving reduced boil-off rates of 0.5 % per day. A life cycle model will provide a significant tool enabling comparison between different new design or retrofit strategies while the LCA of the large carrier will evaluate the environmental impact from cradle to grave identifying also activities related to sustainability and recyclability and determining the environmental benefits. Two societal objectives will be served: society’s needs and EU’s strong global maritime leadership for its innovation-driven industry providing highly skilled jobs, efficient technological solutions, and international regulatory standards.

The partners involved in LH2CRAFT are the following: HYDRUS, AMERICAN MPIRO OF SIPING HELLENIC MONOPROSOPI ETAIREIA PERIORISMENIS EVTHINIS, AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING (ABS), TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN (TUD), GABADI, S.L. (GBD), PANEPISTIMIO PATRON (UPAT), FOUNDATION WEGEMT - A EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES IN MARINE TECHNOLOGY AND RELATED SCIENCES (WEG), RINA SERVICES SPA (RINA), BUREAU VERITAS MARINE & OFFSHORE REGISTRE INTERNATIONAL DE CLASSIFICATION DE NAVIRES ET DE PLATEFORMES OFFSHORE (BV), EASN TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION SERVICES BVBA (EASN), CEGELEC NDT-PSC (ACT).

Α Hybrid Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle System Opening New Horizons in Conducting Military Operations in the Marine Environment - PASITHEA

2023 - 2026

EDF-2022-LS-RA-SMERO-NT

The main idea for this project is to develop well known UAV’s and UUV’s Technologies into a combined technology for a Hybrid Unmanned Vehicle, which can fly, hover in the air and sail under the water and which has the ability to repeat air water transmedia motions. The HAUV will be able to be launched, operated and controlled by land, sea, air platforms/units.

BALANCE TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING GMBH.
SIGNALGENERIX LIMITED.
A.S. PROTE MARITIME LTD.
MARESCO LTD.
BEIA CONSULT INTERNATIONAL SRL.
INOV INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPU.
ACADEMIA FORTELOR AERIENE HENRI COANDA.
FUNDACION ANDALUZA PARA EL DESARROLLO AEROESP.