MagazineIs a Green FPSO the answer for future low carbon feedstock and fuel?
MARIN Report 133
8 Apr 2022
Reading time 6 minutes
The moonshot idea of a Green FPSO may be closer to reality than we think. Although extremely ambitious indeed, it seems unlikely that there will be ...
MagazineWhat you order is what you get
MARIN Report 81
1 Dec 2003
Reading time 3 minutes
In a time of a continuously growing demand for gas products, MARIN has recently performed the sea trials for two new LNG carriers built in Korea. To ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsustainable propulsionwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralresistance and propulsionoil and gasmarine systemsdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingmonitoringtrials and monitoringcavitationspeed/power performancetrialsfull scalewaves & motions
PaperPrediction Downtime of Dredges Operating in the Open Sea
WEDA Conference, Rhode Island
1 Jan 2000
Beach nourishment, maintaining excess channels to harbors, dredging trenches for pipe lines and covering pipelines with stone, trailing suction ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencesafe operations and human factorstime-domain simulationsrenewablesoffshore operationsoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seatransport and shippingmodel testingoperabilitysimulationswaves & motionsoffshore engineering
PaperAdvances in full-scale wake-field predictions and the implications for the propeller design
10th International Congress of the International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean (IMAM ), Crete, Greece
1 May 2002
In the design of propellers for today’s advanced ships important design trade-offs have to be made regarding propulsion efficiency, ...
sustainable propulsioncfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata scienceresistance and propulsionoil and gasmarine systemspoweringdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingmodel testingresearch and developmentcavitationpropeller designspeed/power performanceresearch
PaperShip Service Performance Analysis
31st Motorship Propulsion and Emissions Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark
1 May 2009
Where in the past the operational cost of a ship was dominated by crew costs, fuel costs have taken over the majority of costs due to ever ...
monitoringtrials and monitoringfull scale
PaperOC6 Phase 1b - Validation of the CFD predictions of difference-frequency wave excitation on a FOWT semisubmersible
Ocean Engineering
1 Dec 2021
During the previous OC5 project, state-of-the-art mid-fidelity engineering tools for floating wind systems were found to consistently underpredict ...
offshore windcfdcfd/simulation/desk studiescfd developmentverification and validation
PaperA new technique for testing a sailing yacht in waves
10th Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
1 Oct 1990
A new experimentel technique is presented to test sailing yachts in investigation of ship motions in all sux degrees of freedom and added resistance ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsustainable propulsionmeasurements and controldata sciencemanoeuvringresistance and propulsioninfrastructureseakeepingdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingmodel testingextreme conditionshull form optimisationmotionsseakeeping performance
PaperReduction of frictional resistance by air bubble lubrication
SNAME Annual Meeting, Providence, Greece
21 Oct 2009
The reduction of resistance and the increase of propulsive efficiency are major drivers for ship designers both for economic reasons and ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiessustainable propulsionmeasurements and controldata sciencemanoeuvringresistance and propulsioninfrastructurepoweringdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingmodel testingmonitoringtrials and monitoringhull form optimisationspeed/power performancefull scaleair lubrication
PaperDynamic Positioning of Large Tankers at Sea
Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, Texas, USA
1 May 1986
In this paper, an unconventional dynamic positioning (DP) system is introduced which is relatively simple from the point of view of the thruster ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencetime-domain simulationsdynamic positioningrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamodel testingmooring and offloadingmotionssimulationswaves & motionsoffshore engineering
PaperUse of CFD in the optimisation of a naval ship
ICCAS 13th International Conference on Computer Applications in Shipbuilding, Portsmouth, UK
18 Sep 2007
In recent years there has been a change in the operational requirements for large Naval Support Ship vessels. Whether responding quickly to military ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiessustainable propulsioncfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencetime-domain simulationsmanoeuvringresistance and propulsioninfrastructuredefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingmodel testinghull form optimisationpropulsionnavysimulations
MagazineCTV motion behaviour investigated
MARIN Report 130
7 Dec 2020
SPOWTT project provides fresh insight into ship motions, improving the wellbeing of technicians. The recently completed ‘Improving the Safety and ...
safetymodel testingseakeeping and manoeuvring basin
MagazineE-buoys and HVPC innovation support the energy transition
MARIN Report 134
12 Dec 2022
Reading time 12 minutes
With a keen focus on how best to achieve the energy transition, electric charging buoys and next generation High Voltage Power Cables (HVPC) are ...
offshore energyoil and gasmeasurements and controlwaves, impacts and hydrostructural
PaperScenario simulations in design for service
9th International Symposium on Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures (PRADS 2004), Lübeck-Travemünde, Germany
12 Sep 2004
Regarding design for service as a competitive edge for both ship builder and ship owner, the present paper addresses the problem of expressing the ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsafe operations and human factorsseakeepingpassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingoperability
PaperMotions and Mooring Loads of an LNG-Carrier Moored at a Jetty in a Complex Bathymetry
28th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2009), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
1 Jun 2009
The Yemen LNG Company Ltd. is working on the design and construction of an LNG plant in the Republic of Yemen. The LNG plant, located at Balhaf on ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencetime-domain simulationsrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seatransport and shippingmodel testingloads and responsesmooring and offloadingmotionssimulationsoffshore engineering
PaperOn the Slow Motions of Tankers Moored to Single Point Mooring Systems
Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, Texas, USA
1 May 1976
It is known that in steady current and wind in combination with irregular waves a tanker will not take up a steady position in the horizontal plane. ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencetime-domain simulationsrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seatransport and shippingmodel testingmooring and offloadingmotionsoffloadingsimulationswaves & motionsoffshore engineering