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
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
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
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
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
MagazineCNIM asks MARIN to verify the performance of a new SWATH design
MARIN Report 123
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
With a growing demand for wind farm support vessels, Constructions Industrielles de la Méditerranée (CNIM) has developed a SWATH design with the aim ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringrenewableslife at sea
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
MagazineModel tests for the world’s first deepwater FLNG
MARIN Report 123
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN recently carried out a model test campaign on a FLNG that is expected to be the first deep-water FLNG in the world. The FLNG will be a ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuraloil and gas
MagazineMARIN launches first ‘Digital Twin’ to investigate reducing emissions
MARIN Report 123
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
The Netherlands Initiative for Changing Oceans (NICO) is a special oceanographic expedition launched by the Dutch Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), ...
resistance and propulsionlife at sea
MagazineThe ‘Human Factor’ is at the heart of a new offshore research programme
MARIN Report 123
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
With more complexity and increasingly stringent safety standards, it is vital to focus closely on the human element in an offshore operation. With ...
cfd/simulation/desk studiessafe operations and human factors
MagazineManaging operational expectations
MARIN Report 123
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
Many design choices for floating offshore installations are driven by expected operational performance. Design studies help to understand ...
cfd/simulation/desk studiessafe operations and human factors
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