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Innovate! Regardless Launched at ICEPRONAV, Galați
The first meeting in 2026 of the Romanian Shipbuilders Association (ANCONAV) not only marked the 60th anniversary of its host, ICEPRONAV, but also saw the launch of a remarkable book on engineering persistence titled Innovate! Regardless. The book documents the life and work of Matei Kiraly II (1936–2011), a Romanian naval architect recognised for his pioneering contributions to high-speed craft ...
An ICEPRONAV Alumnus Promoting Safer Ships
Graduating from Galati University in 1980, Dragos Rauta worked for a local shipyard before joining Icepronav in 1983. There, he became part of the team that started up its new towing tank in cooperation with Mitsui Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries from Japan. Difficult living conditions under the former communist regime and the Chernobyl nuclear accident compelled Dragos and his wife ...
