Modeling of the environment and environmental loads Global structural loads induced by extreme waves on ships; N. Fonseca & C. Guedes Soares Safety of ice-strengthened shell structures of ships navigating in the Baltic Sea; P. Kujala Some aspects of quasi static hydro structure interactions in seakeeping; F.X. Sireta, Š. Malenica F. Bigot, Q. Derbanne, V. Hsu & X.B. Chen Application of an advanced beam theory to ship hydroelastic analysis; I. Senjanovic, S. Tomaševic, N. Vladimir, M. Tomic & Š. Malenica Methods for estimating parametric rolling; A. Turk, J. Prpic-Oršic, S. Ribeiro e Silva & C. Guedes Soares Effect of water depth and forward speed on ship dynamic behavior in waves; I. Kolacio, C. Guedes Soares & J. Prpic-Oršic Comparison of various classification societies requirements regarding bow area subject to wave impact loads; D. Bajic & J. Prpic-Oršic Dynamic analysis of structures partially submerged in water; D. Sedlar, Ž. Lozina & D. Vucina Ship Structural Reliability With Respect to Ultimate Strength Reliability assessment of intact and damaged ship structures; A.P. Teixeira & C. Guedes Soares Improving the ultimate strength of ship hull; K. Žiha, J. Parunov, M. Corak & B. Tušek Extended IACS incremental-iterative method for calculation of hull girder ultimate strength in analysis and design; S. Kitarovic, J. Andric & V. Žanic Performance of the Common Structural Rules design formulations for the ultimate strength of uniaxially loaded plates and stiffened panels; M. Corak, J. Parunov, A.P. Teixeira & C. Guedes Soares Bending and torsion of stiffeners with L sections under the plate normal pressure; R. Pavazza, F. Vlak & M. Vukasovic Fatigue Reliability and Rational Inspection Planning Risk based maintenance of deteriorated ship structures accounting for historical data; Y. Garbatov & C. Guedes Soares Hull girder fatigue strength of corroding oil tanker; J. Parunov, K. Žiha, P. Mage & P. Jurišic Fatigue crack propagation in stiffened panels under tension loading; Ž. Božic, J. Parunov & M. Fadljevic High cycle and low cycle fatigue in ship structures; S. Rudan Design optimization and product reliability—responsibility of designers and producers; V. Grubišic & N. Vulic Maritime component reliability assessment and maintenance using Bayesian framework and generic data; J. Barle, D. Ban & M. Ladan Collision and Grounding as Criteria in Design of Ship Structures Ship collision as criteria in ship design; P. Varsta, S. Ehlers, K. Tabri & A. Klanac Autonomous guidance and navigation based on the COLREGs rules and regulations of collision avoidance; L.P. Perera, J.P. Carvalho & C. Guedes Soares Oil spill incidents in Portuguese waters; J.A.V. Gouveia & C. Guedes SoaresProbabilistic Approach to Damage Stability Probabilistic approach to damage stability; T.A. Santos & C. Guedes Soares Aircraft carrier stability in damaged condition; V. Slapnicar & B. Ukas The effect of L/B and B/T variation on subdivision indexes; I. Munic, V. Slapnicar & V. Stupalo Vibration & MeasurementsEvaluation of propeller-hull interaction in early stage of ship design; R. Grubišic Investigation of propulsion system torsional vibration resonance of a catamaran vessel in service; A. Šestan, B. Ljubenkov & N. Vladimir Active vibration control using PI regulated electro-dynamic actuator—bond graph approach; I. Tomac, I. Pehnec & Ž. Lozina Measurements for reliability of ship production and operation interaction; B. Ljubenkov, T. Zaplatic, K. Žiha & F. Bosancic Ship Design AFRAMAX tanker Baltic Ice class—power determination doubts; D. Bezinovic Conceptual changes in the CRS classification and Croatian statutory technical rules; N. Vulic & A. Vidjak Ship geometry modeling using radial basis functions interpolation methods; D. Ban, B. Blagojevic & J. Barle Author Index