In this opportunity,the Ship Science & Technology Journal starts the series of special publications with the best works presented during the 2nd

International Ship Design and Naval Engineering Congress - ISDNEC held in the city of Cartagena de Indias on the 16, 17 and 18 of March, 2011 and whose objective was that of “Consolidating a dissemination scenario supported on the process, exchange, development, and appropriation of knowledge related to the research, technological development, and innovation of the naval, maritime, riverine, and ports industries”