MagazineThree working group chairmen reflect on 50 years of CRS success
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 12 minutes
With decades of experience between them, three longstanding chairmen share their thoughts on the importance of CRS to the maritime industry. In a ...
marine systemspassengers and yachtingtransport and shipping
MagazineAbility to predict the added resistance of ships in waves has matured
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 6 minutes
Over the last five years the RAW working groups in CRS have investigated the nature of the added resistance of ships at sea and the merits of ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentresistance and propulsion
MagazineRisk reduction by cavitation control
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 9 minutes
As all kinds of stakeholders regarding cavitation-related issues are represented in CRS, cavitation has been a major research topic through the CRS ...
noise and vibrationresistance and propulsionmarine systemspropeller and cavitationpassengers and yachtingtransport and shipping
MagazinePropulsion design
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 9 minutes
In the year 2030, the French Naval Architect Monique Lorand was tasked to optimise a preliminary ship design in only 24 hours - a task deemed ...
cfd developmentnoise and vibrationresistance and propulsionpowering
MagazinePodded propulsion, a novel propulsion type providing new hydrodynamic challenges
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 3 minutes
In the mid-nineties, a novel propulsion type made its appearance in the maritime market - podded propulsion. The first installations were on ...
hydrostructuralresistance and propulsionmarine systemspoweringpropeller and cavitation
MagazineHow good is our understanding of reality?
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 3 minutes
If innovation is the engine that drives ship designs, tools and procedures to higher standards beyond far horizons, then full-scale measurements ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuraldata sciencesafe operations and human factorsmarine systemstransport and shippingmonitoring
MagazineCooperative Research Ships 1969-2019
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 12 minutes
The years 1969-2019 establish a half-century where mankind has achieved enormous technological progress in many areas, such as aviation ...
marine systemspassengers and yachtingtransport and shipping
MagazineCooperative Research Ships celebrates 50th anniversary!
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 12 minutes
As Cooperative Research Ships (CRS) celebrates its 50th anniversary, we talk to some of MARIN’s key figures – both past and present - about this ...
marine systemspassengers and yachtingtransport and shipping
MagazineTackling the challenge of hydro-structural response
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 9 minutes
Evaluating the wave induced, structural response is of fundamental importance in the process of the design verification of a ship’s structural ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmenthydrostructuralpassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingmodel testing
MagazineMARIN assists in the transition to zero-emission inland shipping
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN is investigating the transition towards zero-emission inland shipping in cooperation with the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water. They ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsustainable propulsionrenewablesemissioninland shippingenergy saving
MagazineClose cooperation in China
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
In the last decade China became the largest shipbuilding nation in the world and cooperation with MARIN increased rapidly. This article highlights ...
resistance and propulsiontransport and shippingmodel testing
MagazineMulti-use concept development for seaweed and floating solar energy production around wind turbines
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
The offshore environment holds many opportunities for the production of both energy and food. Wind energy will be produced in large quantities on ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringlife at seaoffshore windwind propulsionfloating wind turbinerenewable energywind farms
MagazineFuture proofing fish farming
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 12 minutes
Viewpoint Seafarm and the Spider Cage concepts are both innovative, offshore fish farm solutions based on semisubmersible technology. Viewpoint ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringlife at seamodel testingoffshore basin
MagazineWind Assisted Ship propulsion design explorations
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
As part of MARIN’s strategy to support the transition towards zero emission shipping, we are continuing research on Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion ...
sustainable propulsionrenewableswind propulsionrenewable energywind assisted ships wasp
MagazineTackling the growing plastic pollution problem
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
The Ocean Cleanup has developed and built the first prototype of a free-floating cleanup system that will be placed in the North Pacific gyre to ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringrenewableslife at sea