The China-France Shipbuilding CAE Industrial Software Innovation and Cooperation Conference was recently held at the headquarters of Bureau Veritas in Paris. Convened under the framework of the International Cooperation Network for Maritime and Ocean Engineering (ICNAME), the conference aimed to promote technological innovation and bilateral collaboration in shipbuilding CAE industrial software.
During the event, a total of 25 thematic presentations were delivered. Significant international attention was drawn to the “Langhua Platform,” an integrated shipbuilding CAE industrial software jointly developed by the China Ship Scientific Research Center (CSSRC) and Harbin Engineering University (HEU), in collaboration with over twenty other institutions.
Professor XIA Guihua from the College of Intelligent Systems Science and Engineering, serving as the Chairman of ICNAME and the chief technical lead for the Langhua Platform, represented the Chinese shipbuilding CAE industrial software R&D team in signing a Memorandum of Understanding with relevant representatives from Bureau Veritas.
Furthermore, HEU, together with Bureau Veritas, CSSRC, Zhejiang University, and other partners, jointly launched a Joint Industry Project (JIP) focused on ship mooring basin tests at docks. This initiative is dedicated to addressing safety challenges associated with ship mooring in typhoon conditions.
Attending experts and scholars reached a consensus that shipbuilding CAE software still faces multifaceted technological challenges. Moving forward, China and France have committed to sustained collaboration. The two sides plan to host the Shipbuilding CAE Software Innovation and Cooperation Conference annually on a rotating basis, establishing a stable and long-term high-level international exchange platform to jointly advance the high-quality development of industrial software for the shipbuilding sector.
The International Cooperation Network for Maritime and Ocean Engineering (ICNAME) was established in 2015. Since its inception, it has repeatedly facilitated in-depth cooperation in high-level international scientific research, talent cultivation, technology transfer, and resource sharing. It continuously works to enhance the level of scientific and technological innovation in international ship and ocean engineering equipment. In response to the technical challenges posed by the development of deep-sea resources, ICNAME focuses on new development directions for ship and ocean engineering equipment, such as digitalization, networking, intelligence, unmanned operation, and green technology, promoting mutual development among its member organizations.
