MagazineElevated Support Vessel passes tests with flying colours
MARIN Report 93
1 Apr 2008
Reading time 3 minutes
In a world of mergers and ever-growing companies, MARIN has taken up the challenge to provide advice to new players in the field. Remedial Offshore ...
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MagazineMARIN tackles the problems of open moonpools on drillships
MARIN Report 93
1 Apr 2008
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When looking at drillships two major features stand out: firstly they need to be able to hold position on a particular
spot and secondly, they have ...
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MagazineOffshore engineers enthusiastic about applied hydrodynamics course
MARIN Report 93
1 Apr 2008
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In the last 12 months almost 100 people have followed MARIN's wellknown Applied Offshore Hydrodynamics Course. In addition to the traditional spring ...
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MagazineDrilling for the Future
MARIN Report 93
1 Apr 2008
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In the last year, MARIN has been involved in the model testing of several dynamically positioned vessels. In most cases the objective of these tests ...
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MagazineMARIN and OCEANICA start partnership
MARIN Report 93
1 Apr 2008
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On September 17, 2007 MARIN President Arne Hubregtse and OCEÂNICA Director Marcos Cueva signed an agreement which now makes OCEÂNICA MARIN's ...
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MagazineNew SCR capable Disconnectable Mooring System tested for SBM Atlantia
MARIN Report 93
1 Apr 2008
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The MoorSparTM mooring system is a new, SBM Atlantia design that allows an FPSO to be moored using existing yoke technology. To investigate the ...
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MagazineMARIN leads EU project for the prevention of environmental disasters
MARIN Report 93
1 Apr 2008
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MARIN is project coordinator of the European research project Double Inverted Funnel for the Intervention on Shipwrecks (DIFIS), which aims to ...
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MagazineMARIN develops anchor-handling simulator for Swire Pacific Offshore
MARIN Report 93
1 Apr 2008
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With oil exploration moving into deeper and harsher waters, anchor- handlers and their crews are often working
to the limits of their capabilities ...
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MagazineThe world's largest production vessel
MARIN Report 93
1 Apr 2008
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The Agbami Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel is one of the largest production vessels ever built and is currently being ...
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MagazineNew OWME system assists motion critical operations offshore
MARIN Report 93
1 Apr 2008
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Many offshore operations are dependent on wave-induced vessel motions. The On Board Wave and Motion Estimator (OWME) predicts floater motions some ...
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MagazineCurrent Affairs JIP improves current insight
MARIN Report 93
1 Apr 2008
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In the last few years the importance of current on the behaviour of offshore structures has become evident. For example, the strong loop current in ...
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MagazineNorway FPSO Forum to focus on harsh environments
MARIN Report 93
1 Apr 2008
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As FPSO designers, developers and researchers prepare to meet in Trondheim for the 21st FPSO Research Forum and JIP Week, Report provides a preview ...
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MagazineMARIN tests two Prosafe FPSO's destined for Australia and Brazil
MARIN Report 93
1 Apr 2008
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Prosafe was awarded two major contracts for the supply and operation of the Ningaloo Vision FPSO for Apache's Van Gogh field, offshore Australia and ...
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Magazinee-MARIN - a new way of working
MARIN Report 93
1 Apr 2008
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Report interviews Ir. Enrico Della Valentina, project manager of e-MARIN - the first completely web-based hydrodynamic service in the world. ...
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PaperTradeoffs in ship propulsion control - engine overloading and cavitation inception in operational conditions
9th International Naval Engineering Conference and Exhibition (INEC), Hamburg, Germany
1 Apr 2008
Off-design conditions can have a severe impact on ship propulsion system behaviour. Resistance increase for instance leads to a higher engine ...
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