Supporting clients with reliable wind propulsion performance predicitions

The wind propulsion market continues to accelerate, with the fleet of commercial ships equipped with wind propulsion technology doubling in the last year. The prospects for future retrofit and newbuild installations are also looking promising with several recent announcements.

These are both exciting and challenging times for the shipping industry, which is gradually embracing wind propulsion as a powerful tool to decarbonise the global fleet. As an independent research institute, MARIN provides advice and clarity with respect to wind propulsion technology by covering all aspects of ship design, from the concept phase to the monitoring of operations on board. For these services, MARIN has developed a set of numerical and experimental tools to deliver reliable wind propulsion performance predictions.