MagazineLong-term structural integrity monitoring of Bonga FPSO gets underway
MARIN Report 120
21 Apr 2017
Reading time 6 minutes
Shell contracted MARIN for the installation of an Advisory Hull Monitoring System (AHMS) aboard the Bonga FPSO and in December 2016, it was ...
MagazineDefining the Nautical Safety Profile
MARIN Report 120
21 Apr 2017
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN is working together with the industry to develop the Nautical Safety Profile for operations and risk management.
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata sciencesafe operations and human factorsoil and gasinfrastructureauthorities and regulatorstransport and shippingmonitoringoperabilitysafetyinland shipping
MagazineMarine hazards to subsea cables and pipelines
MARIN Report 120
21 Apr 2017
Reading time 3 minutes
In February 1989 the ro-ro vessel Vinca Gorthon ran into heavy weather and sank off the Dutch coast. She landed on an oil pipeline that was ...
MagazineFloating cities - our future is on the water
MARIN Report 120
21 Apr 2017
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN is working together with the social enterprise and collaboration platform 'Blue21' to create a floating city. MARIN starts open innovation ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructurelife at seadefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingcomfortmooring and offloadingoffloadingseakeeping performancewaves & motions
MagazineFree basin time for SME concept testing
MARIN Report 120
21 Apr 2017
Reading time 6 minutes
To stimulate Dutch maritime innovation, MARIN has invited Small & Medium Enterprises to test their new ideas and concepts for free in 2016 and ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsustainable propulsionwaves, impacts and hydrostructuraldynamic positioningresistance and propulsionrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemspassengers and yachtingtransport and shippinghull form optimisationhydro-elasticitymooring and offloadingwaves & motions
MagazineFLNG ASV - Bridging engineering to operations
MARIN Report 120
21 Apr 2017
Reading time 6 minutes
An impressive operation and an impressive project! FLNG ASV
highlights MARIN's strategy of linking the engineering phase to the operational phase.
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralsafe operations and human factorsdynamic positioningmanoeuvringrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seadefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingoffloadingoperabilityperformance based assessmentroll stabilisationseakeeping performancewaves & motions
MagazineBilge keel damping from in-field motion measurments
MARIN Report 120
21 Apr 2017
Reading time 6 minutes
Chevron worked with MARIN on a novel approach to characterise the actual damping for an FSPO in real world conditions.
MagazineJIPs - sharing experiences and building knowledge
MARIN Report 120
21 Apr 2017
Reading time 6 minutes
Joint Industry Projects are still one of the most important steps in the development, sharing and application of knowledge. Participants are welcome ...
MagazineA standardised Launch & Recovery system is a step closer with LAURA JIP
MARIN Report 119
23 Nov 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
There is an evident trend towards fewer, but multifunctional, navy
platforms capable of (international) cooperation that are operated by smaller ...
defencenavylaunch
MagazineObserving cavitation for naval applications
MARIN Report 119
23 Nov 2016
Reading time 3 minutes
One of the services of MARIN is to carry out measurement campaigns on board ships and to analyse the collected data. For our navy customers MARIN is ...
sustainable propulsionnoise and vibrationresistance and propulsionmarine systemsdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingmonitoringcavitationpropulsionnavyfull scalepropellerpropulsor
MagazineMARIN plays an important role as the Netherlands studies future naval assets
MARIN Report 119
23 Nov 2016
Reading time 3 minutes
The Dutch military procurement arm 'Defence Materiel Organisation' (DMO) investigates requirements for future naval assets. DMO naval architects, ...
cfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencetime-domain simulationsdefencenavysoftware engineeringsoftware
MagazineWhy wait for the seventh wave?
MARIN Report 119
23 Nov 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
The Royal Netherlands Navy, NLR (the Dutch Aerospace Laboratory), RADAC, Amarcon/ABB and MARIN joined in the 'Salute' project to work out a ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata sciencedefencemodel testingmonitoringnavyfull scalewave measurementswaves & motions
MagazineSpeeding up landing craft
MARIN Report 119
23 Nov 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
To reduce vulnerability to attacks from the coast and maintain safe operations with Landing Platform Docks (LPDs), the distance from ship to shore ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiessustainable propulsionresistance and propulsionmarine systemsauthorities and regulatorsdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingpropulsionsafetynavy
MagazineFast Small Ship Simulator takes to the waves for the first time!
MARIN Report 119
23 Nov 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
Bouncing over the waves at a speed of 43 knots, the director of the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) Vice Admiral Arie Jan de Waard, and MARIN's ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiescfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsdefencesimulatorsnavysimulationssoftware engineering
MagazineSUBSIM to SAMSON to XMF - 30 years later and still going strong
MARIN Report 119
22 Nov 2016
Reading time 3 minutes
Since 1986, MARIN has used in-house software SUBSIM for predicting the manoeuvring behaviour of submarines. Using the hull geometry as input, this ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiescfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsmanoeuvringinfrastructuredefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingnavysimulationssoftware engineeringsoftware