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January 27, 2012 - New Joint Industry Project <br>Design For Sea
Ships are generally designed with a sea margin of 15% but this may either result in an installed engine with too much or too little power. The Design For Sea (DeFoS) JIP aims to provide an accurate determination of the sea...

January 27, 2012 - Manoeuvring and seakeeping tests for 5415M
In this paper, an extensive measurement campaign conducted within the WEAG THALES project is presented. During this project, free sailing manoeuvring and seakeeping tests were performed using a variant of the DTMB 5415 ship...

January 20, 2012 - MARIN at Vietship 2012, <br>February 28-March 1, Hanoi
MARIN will be present at Vietship 2012, from February 28 until March1 in Hanoi . Visit us within the Maritime by Holland Pavilion of HME (stand A136).

January 19, 2012 - Partnership OCEÂNICA - MARIN results in simulator contract
The partnership between OCEÂNICA and MARIN has resulted in the first simulator contract in Brazil. The partners are set to deliver a MERMAID500 simulator to Companhia Brasileira de Offshore (CBO) in Rio de Janeiro.

January 18, 2012 - Delft University of Technology designs fastest model sailing boat at MARIN
Team 10 of Delft University of Technology, with the boat Team X, designed and built the fastest radio controlled model sailing boat of the Netherlands. On January 20th, the team won the design and sailing contest out of 15...

January 13, 2012 - Simulator game for knowledge transfer
For the UK Marine Environment Protection ALSF, MARIN developed a ‘green shipping simulator’ for the UK dredging fleet. The simulator is a game where the player controls the ship and is directly faced with the consequences...

January 13, 2012 - Spring courses: Ship Hydrodynamics I & Offshore Hydrodynamics
This spring MARIN will again organise the courses Ship Hydrodynamics I (February 13 -17) and Applied Hydrodynamics of Floating Offshore Structures (March 12-16).

January 12, 2012 - Students challenged to design, manufacture and sail fastest model sailing boat
Together with Delft University of Technology (TUDelft) and INHOLLAND, MARIN organises the traditional design and sailing contest. On Friday January 20, students will be challenged to design, manufacture and sail the fastest...

December 16, 2011 - MARIN Report 104: Depressurised Wave Basin
In this new issue of MARIN Report you can read all about the unique, new Depressurised Wave Basin that will be offially opened on March 19. MARIN has taken the step to combine a depressurised towing tank with a wave maker which...

November 21, 2011 - Natural Propulsion seminar at MARIN, January 20, 2012
The use of environmental forces such as wind, waves, current or sun has always been at the heart of maritime transport. To sustain new initiatives and to share potential technical and concept opportunities, MARIN is organising...

November 20, 2011 - MARIN joins 'Wind Hybrid Coaster' project
MARIN joined the new project 'Wind Hybrid Coaster' focussing on the use of wind assisted propulsion on cargo vessels in order to improve fuel efficiency and emissions. The project is conducted within the framework of the...

November 14, 2011 - MARIN impressed vietnamese community
MARIN organised a seminar in Vietnam on October 28 during the Vietnam Oil & Gas Expo. More than 100 interested participants were welcomed, covering a wide range of maritime fields ranging from Inland shipping, Ship design,...

November 13, 2011 - MARIN at Marintec China, Shanghai, Nov. 29 - Dec. 2
MARIN will again be exhibiting at Marintec China in Shanghai, November 29-December 2. Together with SSSRI China we will be present to discuss and show the latest developments in hydrodynamics. Visit us at stand 5E41 within...

November 3, 2011 - Few places left for workshop Human Factors in Maritime Operations, November 22
MARIN organises a workshop on Human Factors in Maritime Operations on November 22. The possibilities and needs for better knowledge of human performance in maritime operations will be discussed and examples of human performance...

October 28, 2011 - MARIN at SNAME, November 16-18, Houston
Visit us again at the SNAME Maritime Technology Conference & Exhibition, November 16-18, Houston. Meet us at stand 500 to discuss the latest in maritime research.

October 26, 2011 - On the application of wall functions in ship viscous flows
This paper presents a numerical study on quantifying the effect of wall function boundary conditions on the calculation of ship viscous flows based on the RANS equations at model and full scale Reynolds numbers.

October 25, 2011 - MARIN at Europort Rotterdam, November 8-11
MARIN cannot be missed at Europort, the international maritime and inland shipping exhibition in Rotterdam. We welcome you at stand 1209 within the Dutch Pavilion of HME (Hall 1).

October 25, 2011 - Working at MARIN
MARIN is ready for enthusiastic colleagues who want to put their hydrodynamical know-how into practice for the maritime industry. Measuring technicians, project engineers, project managers, software engineers and...

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