Association of

Polish Naval
Architects and
Marine Engineers
„Korab”
Gdańsk – June 28th, 2022

Monika Ogórek
Marcin Skrzyński
 KORAB
Korab is for a ship in old-polish language.
We are a non-profit organization focused on promoting
maritime economy as well as ocean engineering as a
science. Estalished in its current form in 1992.

Association of Polish Naval Architects and Marine

Engineers „Korab” has slightly over 100 individual
members and three institutional ones:
• National Maritime Musem;
• Damen Marine Components;
• Association of Polish Maritime Industries.

Meetings are held on a monthly basis. During those, a

lecture is usually given on the topic related to maritime
economy, engineering, technology etc.

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 Activities
• Monthly meetings;
• Reviewing technical and legal documents;
• Cooperation with industrial partners;
• Cooperation with similar associations:
 RINA,
 IRANAME,
 CEMT,
 SIMP;
• RINA-Korab Award;
• International Conference on Postgraduate Research in Maritime
Technology
• Lectures for students, including members of scientific clubs.

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 Notable meetings:

• Visit to ORP „Xawery Czernicki”, October 2001;

• Privatization of „Remontowa” Shiprepair yard;
• Shiphandling Training and Research Centre;
• Cooperation of Polish and Vietnamese shipbuilding industry;
• Visit to Żarnowiec power plant;
• Visit to Sunreef Yachts;
• On the collapse of Szczecin’s shipbuilding industry;
• Visit to Gdańsk Shipyard;
• Slide rule exercise.

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 Launching ceremony,
El-Mellah – the 1000th in a row

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m/v Oceanograf

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 CTO
Ship design and research centre

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s/v Dar Młodzieży

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 RINA-Korab Award
•Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology faculty’s
students compete for the „best MSc thesis” prize
on a yearly basis by presenting their
achievements to the public.
•This year’s winner is Ms. Hanna Pruszko for her
„Optimization of foils for small solar-powered
hydrofoil using CFD”.

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 Recruitment process

• Regular scheme • RINA-Korab

RINA-Korab finalists are

automatically offered
„Korab” membership free of
charge for one year and two
years for the winner.

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 Challenges and opportunities
The biggest challenge for us is to attract new entrants. That is one of the
reasons for organising RINA-Korab Award and to offer „Junior membership” to
students.

Opportunities include members’ employment in diverse companies locally and

internationally, thanks to which various experience can be shared.

The International Conference on Postgraduate Research in Maritime

Technology provided a unique opportunity for younger postgraduates to
present and discuss their work, both complete and in progress, and to meet
with other ypung maritime professionals from universities and industry world-
wide in an international conference environment

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Thank you for yours
attention