MagazineCFD helps optimize yacht design process
MARIN Report 100
26 Aug 2010
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN's day-in-day-out experience gained through more than a 1,000 projects has allowed the institute to build up a vast knowledge of CFD ...
MagazineBridge simulator training for the Munin FPSO
MARIN Report 99
29 Apr 2010
Reading time 6 minutes
Bluewater recently started operating the Munin FPSO at the Huizhou 21-1 Field in the South China Sea, after the field's permanent FPSO suffered ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuraldynamic positioningrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructureauthorities and regulatorstransport and shippingoffloadingsafetywaves & motions
MagazineNew initiatives probe thruster interaction effects
MARIN Report 99
26 Apr 2010
Reading time 9 minutes
MARIN has a long history in research into the performance of thrusters during Dynamic Positioning
(DP) operations. Research on ducted propellers ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiescfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesdynamic positioningrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seatransport and shippingresearch and developmentdynamic trackingoffshore engineeringresearch
MagazineDCV Balder instrumented for lifetime extension
MARIN Report 99
26 Apr 2010
Reading time 3 minutes
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) contracted MARIN to design, install and maintain a Fatigue
Monitoring System for the J-Lay Tower of the Deepwater ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata scienceoil and gastransport and shippingmonitoringfatiguestructural response
MagazineFull depth TLP model testing
MARIN Report 99
26 Apr 2010
Reading time 3 minutes
The 30 m deep pit in MARIN's Offshore Basin makes it possible to test TLPs, including their tendons, in ultra deep waters without truncation of the ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuraloil and gaswaves & motions
MagazineFour decades of DP innovation at Transocean
MARIN Report 99
26 Apr 2010
Reading time 9 minutes
Gurbachan Singh Virk, a Transocean Consultant and formerly Manager of Engineering, Global
Marine Drilling Company, has a wealth of experience in the ...
manoeuvring and nautical studieswaves, impacts and hydrostructuraldynamic positioningoil and gasloads and responses
MagazineINPEX's eternal flame in Indonesian Arafura Sea
MARIN Report 99
26 Apr 2010
Reading time 3 minutes
During drilling of the first exploration well in 2000, the Japanese operator INPEX discovered a large gas accumulation in the Masela block in the ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsafe operations and human factorsmanoeuvringoil and gasinfrastructuredefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingoffloadingoperability
MagazineCFD for offshore applications
MARIN Report 99
26 Apr 2010
Reading time 6 minutes
In 2009, MARIN took a major step towards the commercial application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools for offshore-related problems. This ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesrenewablesoil and gaslife at seatransport and shippingoffloadingwaves & motions
MagazineFatigue Lifetime Assurance with Monitas
MARIN Report 99
26 Apr 2010
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN is completing a specification and pilot application Joint Industry Project (JIP) of advisory hull monitoring systems for FPSOs. Report ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata scienceoil and gasmarine systemstransport and shippingmonitoringfatigueonboard advisoryperformance based assessmentstructural response
MagazineTandem offloading of LNG by means of DP
MARIN Report 99
26 Apr 2010
Reading time 3 minutes
Recently, SBM commissioned MARIN to perform model tests to investigate the feasibility of tandem
offloading of LNG from an LNG FPSO to an LNG ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuraloil and gastransport and shippingoffloading
MagazineBigLift Shipping and MARIN in joint aNySIMpro operations
MARIN Report 99
26 Apr 2010
Reading time 3 minutes
In the past few years BigLift Shipping has been operating in shielded waters to replace thrusters on DP vessels and semi-submersibles. In a joint ...
oil and gastransport and shipping
MagazineSloshing impacts captured in 110 full-scale tests
MARIN Report 98
24 Dec 2009
Reading time 6 minutes
Report unveils the innovative techniques MARIN has developed for measuring full and large-scale
sloshing impacts within the Sloshel project.
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata scienceoil and gastransport and shippingmonitoringhydro-elasticitysloshingstructural response
MagazineSaving time with quasi-steady technique
MARIN Report 98
24 Dec 2009
Reading time 6 minutes
The quasi-steady measurement technique, the latest development in propulsion testing, comes under the spotlight.
sustainable propulsionresistance and propulsionmarine systemshull form optimisationperformance based assessmentpropeller designspeed/power performance
MagazineMARIN advances model thruster control technology
MARIN Report 98
24 Dec 2009
Reading time 6 minutes
Thruster load measurements, combined with advanced control systems, give insight into the operational aspects of dynamically positioned vessels. ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesdynamic positioningoil and gastransport and shipping
MagazineOasis of the Seas
MARIN Report 98
24 Dec 2009
Reading time 9 minutes
Oasis of the Seas, the largest cruise liner ever in the world, will set sail in December. As this magnificent ship prepares for its maiden voyage, ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsustainable propulsionwaves, impacts and hydrostructuraldynamic positioningmanoeuvringnoise and vibrationresistance and propulsioninfrastructuremarine systemslife at seaauthorities and regulatorsdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingcavitationcomfortdynamic trackinghull form optimisationhydro-elasticityperformance based assessmentpropeller designseakeeping performancespeed/power performancecruise and ferry