MagazineAssessing the impact of offshore wind farms in the North Sea by using SAMSON
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN is assisting the Dutch government with policy making issues concerning the development of offshore wind farms. Currently we are examining all ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringrenewablesoffshore windtraffic and safetytransport and shippingsafety
MagazineAdvanced backbone deployed to measure bending modes of ultralarge container vessels
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN carried out a series of model tests on behalf of the Marine Designand Research Institute of China (MARIC) to assess the flexural responseof an ...
transport and shippingmodel testingstructural response
MagazineAddressing the elusive issue of comfort onboard
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
In a world that brings pretty much anything to you at the press of an app, we are often asked why it is so difficult to assess comfort onboard a ...
safe operations and human factorsmarine systemspassengers and yachtingcomfort
MagazineFloating Future Seminar and BlueWeek success
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
‘Better Ships, Blue Oceans’ is our credo. To achieve this, we are starting up research projects together with the industry, research organisations ...
ocean energylife at seafloating wind turbine
MagazineReFRESCO successfully coupled to ParaView Catalyst for in-situ analysis
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
When running complex parallel calculations on thousands of processors, the amount of data generated quickly becomes a bottleneck. To tackle this ...
cfd development
MagazinePrediction methods for sailing yachts in the early design phase
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
Recent sailing yacht projects have highlighted the importance of getting involved in the design process as early as possible. And given the ...
cfd/simulation/desk studiesresistance and propulsionpassengers and yachting
MagazineTackling increasing cruise vessel dimensions in virtual reality
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN has performed simulator research and advanced simulator training for major cruise ship builder Meyer Werft to assist the yard with handling ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiessafe operations and human factorspassengers and yachtingtraining
MagazineThe challenges of building the biggest cruise ship in the world
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 9 minutes
Report interviews Loic Morand, Head of STX Europe’s Hydrodynamic Department, about whether the industry can go on building even larger vessels and ...
sustainable propulsionresistance and propulsionpropeller and cavitationhull form optimisationcruise and ferry
MagazineReal-time simulations to test propulsion alternatives
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN helps yacht owners make vital decisions about the propulsion and thruster configurations best suited to their yacht by using virtual ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiessustainable propulsioncfd/simulation/desk studies
MagazineNew McdSeries tool - design CP propellers using the WAGENINGEN CD Series
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
Within the scope of the CD Propeller JIP, a modern, systematic series of controllable pitch propellers (CPP) was developed and tested in open water. ...
propeller and cavitationjoint industry project
MagazineMeasuring the deformations of a composite propeller at full scale
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
Important measurement data was gathered at full scale to facilitate the design of shape-adaptive propellers. Ship propellers are generally ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controlpropeller and cavitationmonitoring
MagazineSuccessful delivery of the Boskalis Bokalift1 simulator
MARIN Report 123
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
The former Dockwise heavy lifting vessel “Finesse” of the Boskalis fleet was converted into the heavy lift crane vessel “Bokalift1” last year. ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiescfd/simulation/desk studiestransport and shipping
MagazineSoftware-in-the-Loop provides valuable alternative to traditional offshore wind model testing
MARIN Report 123
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
Since 2003, MARIN has built up an extensive trackrecordin testing floating wind turbines. To date, themain method for model testing has been based ...
renewableslife at sea
MagazineKOMtech’s new semisubmersible design under test in the Offshore Basin
MARIN Report 124
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
To make offshore operations economically viable in the present challenging oil market, high operability is required. In order to achieve this Keppel ...
offshore operationsoil and gasmodel testingoffshoreoperabilityoffshore basin
MagazineNew phase of Monitas Group project welcomes 7th FPSO
MARIN Report 123
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
Bluewater contracted MARIN for the installation of an Advisory Hull Monitoring System (AHMS) on board the Aoka Mizu FPSO last December. The addition ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralmonitoring