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Passengers & Yachting
Passengers & Yachting
Passenger vessels and yachts operate in a complex environment shaped by energy transition, stricter regulations and rising expectations for comfort and efficiency. MARIN supports designers, shipowners, operators and shipyards with independent expertise across the full lifecycle. By combining advanced testing, simulation and data-driven insights, we enable confident, future-proof decisions.
Our EXPERTISE
MARIN provides independent expertise to optimise performance, safety and sustainability in the passenger and yachting market, with a strong focus on human-centred design. Our core expertise includes:
This enables clients to reduce design and operational risk, improve comfort and efficiency, and make informed, regulation-ready decisions.
- Seakeeping & manoeuvrability – comfort and safety, accounting for human response
- Damage stability & safety compliance – meeting international passenger ship regulations
- Hydrodynamic & propulsion performance – optimised hull forms, propulsion and powertrains
- Sustainable energy systems – emission reduction and energy efficiency
This enables clients to reduce design and operational risk, improve comfort and efficiency, and make informed, regulation-ready decisions.
Contact
Enrico Della Valentina
senior project manager | team leader
Our approach
As an independent knowledge institute, MARIN supports passenger vessels and yachts across the full lifecycle:
from concept development and design through to operational optimisation.We combine research, model testing, simulations, digital twins and AI-based decision support to deliver reliable, human-centred insights.
Our approach covers four complementary roles:
from concept development and design through to operational optimisation.We combine research, model testing, simulations, digital twins and AI-based decision support to deliver reliable, human-centred insights.
Our approach covers four complementary roles:
- Assess designs & operations – independent validation beyond acceptance testing, reducing project risk
- Accelerate client innovation – from concept exploration to operational integration and upscaling
- Explore emerging technologies – supporting energy transition, autonomy and AI-driven operations
- Advise policymakers & regulators – contributing independent expertise to international standards and regulation
Jips & Networks
Joint Industry Project
do-it radar
Closed
This JIP will combine Auto Ride Control and motion prediction based on remote wave sensing by radar and demonstrate this in a prototype system on a ...
Joint Industry Project
navais
Closed
NAVAIS is developing a platform-based modular product family approach supported by the 3DEXPERIENCE integrated business platform. This concept ...
Joint Industry Project
FLARE
Closed
The FLARE consortium comprises key stakeholders from industry, academia and policy makers, involved in ship flooding risk research as a Group for ...
Trends & Challenges
The passenger and yachting market is evolving rapidly under the influence of:
MARIN translates these trends into practical, evidence-based strategies, helping clients balance comfort, efficiency and compliance while preparing for future operational and regulatory demands.
- Energy transition – alternative fuels, wind-assisted propulsion and energy optimisation
- Regulatory pressure – stricter emission, noise and safety requirements
- Passenger safety & comfort – including health and infection prevention
- Urban water mobility – growth of ferries, water buses and water taxis
MARIN translates these trends into practical, evidence-based strategies, helping clients balance comfort, efficiency and compliance while preparing for future operational and regulatory demands.
Publications
Paper
TopTier model tests and simulations on parametric roll behaviour of two large container vessels
15 Jan 2026
Running from end of 2021 to early 2025, the TopTier Joint Industry Project, with 40 participants, focused on enhancing cargo securing safety on ...
Magazine
Jan De Nul bridges the gap between engineering and onboard decision support
5 Dec 2025
Aiming to precisely predict the workability of dredging operations, Belgian marine contractor Jan De Nul has developed an accurate tool for office ...
Magazine
Ocergy returns to MARIN for advanced testing of OCG-Wind Float
5 Dec 2025
At the start of the year, Ocergy returned to MARIN for the third time to test the 15+MW design of its OCG-Wind™ Float—a floating wind platform ...
SUBMARKETS
MARIN supports a broad range of submarkets within the passenger and yachting sector, each with specific technical and operational challenges.
Events
Other
Webinar: Standardising wind tunnel tests for wind propulsion
22 Jan 2026
Wind propulsion is emerging as one of the key pathways to decarbonise shipping. With increasing regulatory pressure and rapidly improving ...
Trade
Euromaritime
3 Feb 2026 - 5 Feb 2026
MARIN is present at Euromaritime, February 3-5 2026, Marseille, France. Visit us at stand H2K32 to discuss the broad range of services we offer the ...
Courses
Hydrodynamics in Ship Design | Wageningen
9 Mar 2026 - 13 Mar 2026
To share our knowledge and expertise we organise specialist courses. The Hydrodynamics in Ship Design course is intended for both existing ...
Why marin
MARIN is an independent knowledge partner with a strong international position at the interface of industry, research and regulation. Our strength lies in the unique combination of world-class facilities, in-house tools, advanced simulations, hydrodynamic model testing and data-driven methods.
Supported by international networks and a proven global track record, we deliver objective insights that reduce risk, improve performance and accelerate innovation across the passenger and yachting market.
Supported by international networks and a proven global track record, we deliver objective insights that reduce risk, improve performance and accelerate innovation across the passenger and yachting market.
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