Publications
Magazine
Developing operational guidance to mitigate the risks of parametric rolling
31 Oct 2024
Parametric roll has been found to be an important contributor to container losses at sea. But how can we support seafarers to recognise the ...
Magazine
Assess and feel the motions
24 Jun 2024
Designing a ship or operation involves careful consideration of various factors. For a yacht the focus might be on ensuring comfort for passengers ...
Magazine
Joint development to improve the efficiency of offshore wind installation and maintenance
31 Oct 2023
With offshore wind playing a major role in the Dutch green energy transition, MARIN is participating in a joint industry project to improve the ...
Magazine
TopTier JIP aims to reduce container losses at sea
27 Jun 2023
The World Shipping Council estimates (see reference below) that there was on average a total of 1,566 containers lost at sea each year over the ...
Magazine
Beware of parametric roll in following seas
12 Dec 2022
Reading time 12 minutes
With major industry stakeholders on board, the Joint Industry Project TopTier has been launched to address concerns about the safety and ...
Paper
TopTier, seakeeping and container cargo securing safety
13 Jun 2022
Thomas Fuller (1608 – 1661 AD) wrote “It is skill, not strength, that governs a ship”. Good ships are designed to be safely operated instead of ...
Magazine
MARIN helps to increase the workability of SOVs
30 Sep 2021
Service Operation Vessels are used for installation and maintenance activities on offshore wind turbines. Thesevessels are typically equipped with ...
Paper
Validation of Mooring Simulations (for Mooring Integrity Assessment) With In-Service Tension Measurements
22 Jun 2021
Integrity of mooring system is of high importance in the offshore industry. In-service assessment of loads in the mooring lines is however very ...
Paper
How to deal with basin modes when generating irregular waves on shallow water
19 Jun 2016
Modeling shallow-water waves in a basin with a finite length and width introduces challenges related to low-frequency (LF) waves, especially for ...
Magazine
MARIN provides assistance from concept to operation
22 Apr 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN assists its clients from concept to operation. By combining its
hydrodynamic knowledge and operational experience it can provide clients with ...
Magazine
Lifetime assessment for deepwater moorings
22 Apr 2016
Reading time 3 minutes
Mooring integrity is an important concern in the offshore industry [1].
Mooring leg failures can have significant consequences, such as
temporary ...
Magazine
A focus on waves
30 Apr 2015
Reading time 6 minutes
For model tests, the correct generation of a realistic representation of a natural wave field is vital, as the environmental conditions determine ...
Paper
Improvement of shallow-water basin wave generation using ‘anti-waves’
13 Jun 2014
The demand for hydrodynamic research facilities to correctly model shallow-water effects associated with lowfrequency (LF) waves increases. ...
Paper
ROPES - Joint Industry Project on Effect of Passing Ships on Moored Vessels
1 May 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
New Methods and Insights in Advanced and Realistic Basin Wave Modelling
9 Jun 2013
For model tests, the correct generation of the most realisticrepresentation of the natural wave field is of greatest importanceas the environmental ...
Magazine
Tests for one of the largest floating platforms in the world
14 Apr 2013
Reading time 3 minutes
Tests for one of the largest floating platforms in the world MARIN recently carried out a model test campaign for Samsung Heavy
Industries for a ...
Magazine
MARIN examines effects of passing ships
31 Aug 2012
Reading time 3 minutes
Model tests to investigate the effects of passing ships are
performed in MARIN's Shallow Water Basin.
Magazine
The impact of ships that pass in the night... or in the day
2 Aug 2011
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN is involved in several projects examining the effects of passing ships. Here we present the many ways we help to shed light on this phenomenon.
Magazine
Pioneering purpose-built wind turbine installation vessels under test
26 Aug 2010
Reading time 6 minutes
For large offshore wind farms significant time and therefore, cost can be reduced by using a purpose-built installation vessel. MARIN carried out a ...
Paper
SS - Safe Transfer of Liquefied Gas in the Offshore Environment
1 May 2010
In order to capture value from stranded gas reserves, operators are looking to offshore gas production from FPSOs and also from platforms stripping ...
Paper
Hydrodynamic analysis for side-by-side offloading
21 Jul 2009
In this paper a comparison between model basin experiments and results of linear diffraction computations on side-by-side moored LNG carriers is ...
Magazine
Early cooperation in design process fundamental to successful SSP project
1 Apr 2008
Reading time 6 minutes
A successful example of cooperation and support at an early design stage has been the extensive analysis of the Satellite Services Platform (SSP), ...
Paper
Advances in the Hydrodynamics of Side-by-side Moored Vessels
10 Jun 2007
In this paper a comparison between model basin experiments and results of diffraction computations on side-by-side moored LNG carriers is presented. ...