MagazineThe flight of the condor
MARIN Report 96
24 Apr 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
A Condor computer cluster is increasingly frequently being used to help analyse downtime events in the LNG sector. Report explains this new method.
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MagazineMARIN and Oceânica work in tandem on project
MARIN Report 96
24 Apr 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN and Oce‰nica recently joined forces to study the tandem offloading operation of the first FPSO in the Gulf of Mexico for the Petrobras ...
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MagazinePieter Schelte - a multi purpose model test project
MARIN Report 96
24 Apr 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN has carried out extensive model tests on the multi-purpose offshore operations vessel, Pieter Schelte. Report provides an update.
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MagazineFull-scale sloshing tests underway at MARIN
MARIN Report 96
24 Apr 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN is carrying out full-scale sloshing tests for the validation of sloshing assessment tools on behalf of the Sloshel project group. Report ...
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MagazineA world first as the Adriatic LNG terminal is placed at final destination
MARIN Report 96
24 Apr 2009
Reading time 6 minutes
September 16 last year, marked an historic milestone when the first offshore, gravity-based structure in the world for the unloading, storage and ...
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MagazineDynamic Positioning under the spotlight
MARIN Report 96
24 Apr 2009
Reading time 6 minutes
Over the past years, MARIN's activities with multi-body hydrodynamics and in particular, multi-body Dynamic ositioning (DP) have increased ...
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MagazineaNySIMpro - the future of validated multi-body simulations
MARIN Report 96
24 Apr 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
Last year MARIN introduced the aNySIMpro concept and already the new product is proving successful. Report provides an update.
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Magazine2009 - The year of LNG
MARIN Report 96
24 Apr 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) has become the fastest growing sector of the world's gas market. With many large LNG
offloading projects planned this ...
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MagazineFree Running Model tests shed light on the elusive world of the submarine
MARIN Report 95
29 Jan 2009
Reading time 6 minutes
Free Running Model tests have always been in common use at MARIN, given that they offer the most accurate picture of a ship's behaviour. However, ...
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MagazinePort of Gijón extension project gets the MARIN touch
MARIN Report 95
29 Jan 2009
Reading time 6 minutes
Gijón Port Authority (APG) is carrying out a large extension to the port, including a new basin seawards of the present port facilities. But the ...
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MagazineMARIN assesses amphibious capabilities of the Royal Netherlands Navy
MARIN Report 95
29 Jan 2009
Reading time 6 minutes
In order to meet the increasing demand for amphibious lift capacity and logistic support, many navies have recently procured amphibious transport ...
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MagazineMARIN contributes to unique Korean motorway project
MARIN Report 95
29 Jan 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
In Korea, a four-lane motorway is being constructed between the city of Busan and Geoje island, reducing travelling times from one hour by ferry to ...
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MagazineMARIN's relationship with Royal Netherlands Navy goes from strength to strength
MARIN Report 95
29 Jan 2009
Reading time 9 minutes
MARIN's relationship with the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) is one that spans decades and it is one that looks ...
MagazineDynamic loads on pods
MARIN Report 95
29 Jan 2009
Reading time 6 minutes
Loads on pods are the focus of one of the Cooperative Research of Ships (CRS) working groups. Aiming at a mathematical model to determine the loads ...
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MagazineNew unstationary test techniques in the MARIN basin
MARIN Report 95
29 Jan 2009
Reading time 6 minutes
To determine mathematical models, Planar Motion Mechanism (PMM) and rotating arm tests have traditionally been used but with the introduction of the ...
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