Introduction
Over 40 years experience in offshore engineering and ship performanceComputermodeling model tests and measurements on board world wide
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Publications
Magazine
WINDLASS JIP – analysing the impact of wind in the port environment
Dec 7, 2020
Reading time 6 minutes
In the port environment wind is variable in space and time, whereas engineering methods often rely on uniform wind and standard spectrum to describe ...
Magazine
Measuring 3D wind fields at the speed of light!
Dec 7, 2020
Reading time 6 minutes
Wind is the driving force for wind turbines and ships under sail. At the same time, it is a dominant environmental loadfor many large vessels and ...
Paper
Sewol ferry capsizing and flooding
Mar 4, 2020
The capsizing and sinking of Sewol close to the South Korean coast in fair weather on April 16, 2014 caused the death of 304 people. In December ...
Paper
Heel angles in turn and passenger safety
Mar 4, 2020
The present paper addresses the issue of heel angles in turn, focusing on experimental results, existing regulations and passenger safety. ...
Magazine
WINDLASS JIP - a better grip on high windage vessels
Sep 13, 2019
Reading time 3 minutes
Container ships, cruise vessels and LNG carriers feature increasingly large windage and have to navigate into ports through waterways and locks, and ...
Magazine
Success of renowned 'Wageningen B' followed by the future-ready C & D-Series
Dec 8, 2015
Reading time 6 minutes
A three-year JIP leads to 35 new, open and ducted Controllable
Pitch Propeller (CPP) designs after a test programme involving
more than 750 open ...
Magazine
Sharing knowledge, experience and costs through joint R&D
Apr 30, 2015
Reading time 6 minutes
The offshore industry works closely together to resolve common challenges. Here is an update on new and running Joint Industry Projects. ...
Paper
Ship Speed-Power Performance Assessment
Oct 20, 2014
The speed/power characteristics of ships have always been at the core of ship design. To prove contractually agreed values, speed trials are ...
Paper
ROPES - Joint Industry Project on Effect of Passing Ships on Moored Vessels
May 1, 2014
Ships have significantly increased in size and number over the last decades. Ports and waterways are accommodating these ships and at the same time ...
Paper
Full Scale Measurements of Passing Ship Effects
May 1, 2014
Within the ROPES (Research on Passing Effects of Ships) joint-industry project (JIP), an extensive full scale measurement campaign has been ...
Magazine
IMO approved method for EEDI
Apr 25, 2014
Reading time 3 minutes
The new STAIMO software for Speed/Power Trial analysis and
reporting on board was released in January for use by the worldwide maritime industry ...
Paper
The Wageningen C- and D-Series Propellers
Dec 5, 2013
The Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) has recently started a Joint Industry Project (JIP) on developing two new propeller series for ...
Paper
Development of an Advisory Hull Fatigue Monitoring System
Nov 1, 2013
In this paper the development of a monitoring system for hull fatigue of FPSOs is discussed. Fatigue assessment is subject to many uncertainties. ...
Magazine
Joint R&D in JIPs
Apr 14, 2013
Reading time 6 minutes
The offshore industry works closely together to share knowledge, experience and costs. Here an update on the latest Joint Industry Projects. ...
Magazine
IMSV Serkeborg instrumented for ice trials
Jan 21, 2013
Reading time 3 minutes
IMSV 'SERKEBORG' instrumented for ice trials.
In October 2012 Dutch shipyard Koninklijke (Royal) Niestern Sander in Delfzijl delivered ...
Paper
New Guidelines for Speed Power Trials, Level playing field established for IMO EEDI
Jan 1, 2013
The speed/power characteristics of ships have always been at the core of ship design. To prove contractually agreed values, speed trials are ...
Magazine
New Wageningen CD propeller series
Aug 31, 2012
Reading time 6 minutes
The open water characteristics for a large systematic series of Controllable Pitch Propellers (CPP) were recently measured at MARIN, including ...
Magazine
FPSO Forum returns home
Apr 20, 2012
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN has been supporting the FPSO Forum right from the very start and has been referred to as 'the soul of the Forum'. Since it began 15 years ago, ...
Magazine
Reliable speed assessment more relevant than ever
Dec 16, 2011
Reading time 3 minutes
The speed-power characteristics of ships have been at the core of ship design. But Report outlines how they are becoming even more important.
Magazine
Extensive bollard pull & escort trials
Aug 2, 2011
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN carries out an extensive array of tests for bollard pull & escort trials and it has recently boosted its offering with new dedicated ...
Magazine
The Magnificent Seven
Dec 14, 2010
Reading time 6 minutes
New ideas for Joint Industry Projects (JIPs) are born almost every
day at MARIN. Here, we highlight seven new JIPs that are starting up.
Magazine
Working Networks
Dec 14, 2010
Reading time 6 minutes
Report examines the crucial role played by both professional and social networks in the maritime industry.
Magazine
Pulling together in ROPES JIP
Aug 26, 2010
Reading time 3 minutes
With the increase of ship size and the planning of new terminals along waterways and port
entrances, the effects of passing ships on the motions and ...
Magazine
OWME project makes technological breakthrough
Apr 24, 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
Ship motions are often critical for offshore operation. Rather than 'waiting on weather', a new system is now available that predicts quiescent ...
Paper
Speed-Power Performance of Ships during Trials and in Service
Oct 1, 2008
Where in the past the operational cost of a ship was dominated by crew costs, this is now taken over by the bunker costs due to the ever increasing ...
Magazine
Vessel Operator Forum meets in Norway and France and welcomes fresh initiatives
Aug 22, 2008
Reading time 3 minutes
Feedback from the actual service of ships is the key to successful concept and design development. In addition, dedicated R&D can benefit the vessel ...
Magazine
Norway FPSO Forum to focus on harsh environments
Apr 1, 2008
Reading time 6 minutes
As FPSO designers, developers and researchers prepare to meet in Trondheim for the 21st FPSO Research Forum and JIP Week, Report provides a preview ...
Magazine
New OWME system assists motion critical operations offshore
Apr 1, 2008
Reading time 6 minutes
Many offshore operations are dependent on wave-induced vessel motions. The On Board Wave and Motion Estimator (OWME) predicts floater motions some ...
Paper
Full Scale Monitoring Marco Polo Tension Leg Platform
Jun 10, 2007
Installed 160 miles South of New Orleans in 1300 m of water, the Marco Polo Tension Leg Platform is subjected to an extensive monitoring campaign to ...
Magazine
On board wave and motion estimator project supports motion-critical operations offshore
Apr 1, 2007
Reading time 6 minutes
An innovative system is being developed to predict quiescent periods in floater motions some two minutes in advance. Supporting offshore operations ...
Magazine
FSPO industry set to flock to Houston for 19th Research Forum and JIP Week
Apr 1, 2007
Reading time 6 minutes
FPSO researchers and developers from around the world will meet in Houston during the 19th FPSO Research Forum and JIP week, April 23 to 27. This ...
Magazine
An ocean of knowledge
Feb 1, 2007
Reading time 9 minutes
Full-scale investigations have become essential in research and development and increasingly support operations in shipping and the offshore ...
Magazine
New SPA project cuts fuel bills!
Aug 1, 2006
Reading time 2 minutes
After completing the Sea Trial Analysis Joint Industry Project, MARIN is now starting a JIP to reduce fuel costs - the Service Performance Analysis ...
Magazine
New JIP brings sea trials up to speed
Sep 1, 2005
Reading time 3 minutes
As leading shipowners and shipyards co-operate in the 'Sea Trial Analysis' Joint Industry Project, Report takes a closer look at the new initiative.
Paper
Offshore Monitoring - Real World Data for Design, Engineering and Operation
May 1, 2005
The challenging development of new platform concepts and their installation in deeper water in more remote areas and more severe weather conditions ...
Magazine
Sharing & Caring in FPSO R&D
Apr 1, 2005
Reading time 6 minutes
Formed eight years ago, the FPSO Research Forum and FPSO JIP Week are now established as 'The Market Place' for many working in floating production, ...
Magazine
Marco Polo arrives home
Mar 1, 2004
Reading time 6 minutes
Installed 150 miles south of New Orleans in 4,300 ft (1,290 m) of water - the largest depth ever - the Marco Polo Tension Leg Platform (TLP) is ...
Magazine
Sharing Floating Production expertise benefits the whole industry
Mar 1, 2004
Reading time 6 minutes
For the last six years oil companies, operators, contractors, yards, research institutes and safety authorities, have been sharing their experiences ...
Magazine
Vessel owners join forces to set standards for sea trials
Sep 1, 2003
Reading time 2 minutes
Often the analysis of shipbuilders' speed trials requires application of several corrections to allow for any deviations between conditions during ...
Magazine
MARIN answers clients' needs at sea
Apr 1, 2003
Reading time 6 minutes
Report explains how MARIN can help closing the gap between computation, model testing and reality for deepwater
developments.
Magazine
Initiatives flow from Lisbon FPSO JIP Week
Apr 1, 2002
Reading time 6 minutes
As usual the FPSO JIP week proved invaluable as a forum whereby leading industry members in the field of floating production can get together, ...
Magazine
MARIN aims to play an important role in the offshore industry
Apr 1, 2002
Reading time 6 minutes
2001 saw MARIN getting increasingly involved in the offshore industry. Bas Bucher, Henk van den Boom and Jos van
Doorn explain the increasing role ...
Magazine
Tanker escort turnaround by Rotortug
Dec 1, 2001
Reading time 2 minutes
Rotterdam-based KOOREN SHIPBUILDING AND TRADING, the company responsible for developing the Rotortug concept, is now developing in close corporation ...
Magazine
Speed trials on cruise liner OLYMPIC VOYAGER
Aug 1, 2001
Reading time 3 minutes
Royal Olympic Cruises accelerated into the fast lane recently when its latest high speed liner Olympic Voyager received a top award for the most ...
Magazine
Decent proposals at 7th FPSO JIP Week
Aug 1, 2001
Reading time 5 minutes
The latest FPSO JIP Week, held in Wageningen, home of MARIN, again provided an excellent platform for exchanging expert industry knowledge and for ...
Magazine
JIPs 'Offloading Operability' and 'FPSO Roll'
Apr 1, 2001
Reading time 3 minutes
Stimulated by its industry contacts, MARIN has started two new JIP initiatives: 'Offloading Operability' (offloading from FPSOs) and 'FPSO Roll' ...
Magazine
PODs in Service JIP features 'unique' grouping of interests
Sep 1, 2000
Reading time 3 minutes
New azimuthing electric drives have proven to be highly efficient, with vessel lay-out and reduction of noise and vibration; now a new Joint ...
Paper
FPSO Integrity- Structural Monitoring of Glas Dowr
May 1, 2000
The objective of the Joint Industry project ‘FPSO Integrity’ is to provide insight in the fatigue loading of FPSO’s and the accuracy and validity of ...
Paper
FPSO INTEGRITY - JIP on FPSO Fatigue Loads
May 1, 2000
The hull forms used for FPSOs and trading tankers look very similar. So similar in fact that it may appear that one could use the same design and ...
Magazine
Sea-river shipping
Dec 1, 1998
Reading time 6 minutes
A new concept for a 330 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units) hatchless container vessel capable of travelling on both open seas and rivers has been ...
Magazine
Whale tail hits the road
Dec 1, 1998
Reading time 3 minutes
The rudiments of cycloidal propulsion - a paddle-wheel, for example - were being seriously investigated at least as far back as the 1920s. But ...
Paper
Monitoring Offshore Lift Dynamics
May 1, 1992
This paper illustrates the significance of lift dynamic aspects observed during two major offshore heavy lift operations performed in 1991. ...
Paper
Wind, Wave, and Current Loads on Semisubmersibles
Jan 1, 1991
Prediction of environmental forces on offshore structures is indispensable in the design and engineering stage. Evaluation and dimensioning of ...
Paper
Hydrodynamic Aspects of Flexible Risers
Jan 1, 1990
For the evaluation of extreme loads and the assessment of the fatigue life of flex risers, use is made of discrete element models. Most of the ...
Paper
Computer Analysis of Heavy Lift Operations
May 1, 1988
Construction, installation and retrieval of offshore platforms are carried out in exposed areas and at still growing scales. Not only entire ...
Paper
Dynamic Aspects of Offshore Riser and Mooring Concepts
May 1, 1987
Recent research indicates that dynamic amplification of tension in lines and risers can be of the same order of magnitude as the so-called ...
Paper
Dynamic Behaviour of Mooring Lines
Jan 1, 1985
In designing offshore mooring systems the dynamic behaviour of mooring chains, wires and multi-component lines is of increasing importance. Various ...
Paper
Hydrodynamic Analysis of Dynamically Positioned Vessels
Oct 1, 1983
Present-day offshore operations involve many types of floating structures such as drilling units and support vessels, which have to be kept on ...
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Christian VeldhuisTeam Leader Ships - Simulation & Development | Senior Project Manager | Research coordinator Zero Emission Shipping
Christian VeldhuisTeam Leader Ships - Simulation & Development | Senior Project Manager | Research coordinator Zero Emission Shipping