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WINDOS: assessment of wind loads on floatingstructures
Dec 7, 2020
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN’s software WINDOS provides a cost-effective way to assess the impact of wind loads on ships and offshore constructions. Wind forces ...
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Virtual Ship - smart navigation that saves fuel!
Jan 21, 2020
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN has developed a prototype, navigational aid system, called Virtual Ship. It advises inland skippers on the optimal track and speed during ...
Paper
Validation of squat formulas for inland vessels
Sep 30, 2019
The CoVadem initiative aims at providing near real-time and expected water depth information of inland waterways in Europe, based on continuous ...
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CoVadem: big data for smarter inland shipping
Aug 17, 2017
Reading time 12 minutes
With the increasing need for improved fuel performance, smaller carbon footprints and optimised cargo volumes, the need for shipping data is vital. ...
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Using QSHIP designers can concentrate on what matters
Dec 8, 2015
Reading time 3 minutes
To support designers and engineers in evaluating design concepts efficiently, MARIN has developed the hydrodynamic suite QSHIP.
Paper
Collaborative Data for Improved Performance of Inland Shipping
May 1, 2015
This paper reviews the state-of-the-art of the EconomyPlanner system which enables skippers to optimise cargo volumes and to reduce fuel consumption ...
Paper
EconomyPlanner; Optimal Use of Inland Waterways
Sep 12, 2014
In order to strengthen the position of inland shipping it is important to make optimal use of inland waterways. This paper reviews the ...
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Hydrodynamic software suites make design concept evaluation more efficient
Jan 10, 2014
Reading time 3 minutes
To support designers and engineers in evaluating design concepts more efficiently, MARIN has developed the hydrodynamic suites QSHIP and QPROP.
Paper
Innovero Design Server Applied On Naval Ship Design
Sep 22, 2011
This paper reviews the state-of-the-art Innovero design platform by means of a conceptual naval ship design case. The platform is a result of the ...
Paper
QSHIP; Advanced Use of Hydrodynamics in Early Design
Sep 4, 2009
This paper reviews the state of the art of the integration of MARIN's advanced hydrodynamic software in the knowledgemanagement system Quaestor.
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Christian VeldhuisTeam Leader Ships - Simulation & Development | Senior Project Manager | Research coordinator Zero Emission Shipping