On behalf of the Scientific Committee, I am glad to introduce the proceedings of NAV 2022.

They contain contributions by Italian and European Universities and Research Centres, as well as from Industries and the Italian Navy, covering the most updated subjects in the field of naval, commercial and pleasure crafts.

The papers have been presented in a three-day conference organised by ATENA and held in Genova and La Spezia on 15 to 17 June 2022. After a delay of one year due to the COVID Pandemic it was an excellent return to the tradition of NAV conferences, reaching this year the 20th edition. As known, these events have been organised itinerantly in Italy since as far back as 1980.

The contributions have been selected and reviewed by experts in the relevant fields and are now collected here for your convenience.

Please enjoy the reading!

Enrico Rizzuto

Chairman of the Scientific Committee of NAV 2022