Willemijn Pauw

Publications

Magazine

Developing operational guidance to mitigate the risks of parametric rolling

31 okt. 2024

Parametric roll has been found to be an important contributor to container losses at sea. But how can we support seafarers to recognise the ...

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Assess and feel the motions

24 jun. 2024

Designing a ship or operation involves careful consideration of various factors. For a yacht the focus might be on ensuring comfort for passengers ...

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Joint development to improve the efficiency of offshore wind installation and maintenance

31 okt. 2023

With offshore wind playing a major role in the Dutch green energy transition, MARIN is participating in a joint industry project to improve the ...

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TopTier JIP aims to reduce container losses at sea

27 jun. 2023

The World Shipping Council estimates (see reference below) that there was on average a total of 1,566 containers lost at sea each year over the ...

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Beware of parametric roll in following seas

12 dec. 2022

Reading time 12 minutes

With major industry stakeholders on board, the Joint Industry Project TopTier has been launched to address concerns about the safety and ...

Paper

TopTier, seakeeping and container cargo securing safety

13 jun. 2022

Thomas Fuller (1608 – 1661 AD) wrote “It is skill, not strength, that governs a ship”. Good ships are designed to be safely operated instead of ...

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MARIN helps to increase the workability of SOVs

30 sep. 2021

Service Operation Vessels are used for installation and maintenance activities on offshore wind turbines. Thesevessels are typically equipped with ...

Paper

Validation of Mooring Simulations (for Mooring Integrity Assessment) With In-Service Tension Measurements

22 jun. 2021

Integrity of mooring system is of high importance in the offshore industry. In-service assessment of loads in the mooring lines is however very ...

Paper

How to deal with basin modes when generating irregular waves on shallow water

19 jun. 2016

Modeling shallow-water waves in a basin with a finite length and width introduces challenges related to low-frequency (LF) waves, especially for ...

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MARIN provides assistance from concept to operation

22 apr. 2016

Reading time 6 minutes

MARIN assists its clients from concept to operation. By combining its hydrodynamic knowledge and operational experience it can provide clients with ...

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Lifetime assessment for deepwater moorings

22 apr. 2016

Reading time 3 minutes

Mooring integrity is an important concern in the offshore industry [1]. Mooring leg failures can have significant consequences, such as temporary ...

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A focus on waves

30 apr. 2015

Reading time 6 minutes

For model tests, the correct generation of a realistic representation of a natural wave field is vital, as the environmental conditions determine ...

Paper

Improvement of shallow-water basin wave generation using ‘anti-waves’

13 jun. 2014

The demand for hydrodynamic research facilities to correctly model shallow-water effects associated with lowfrequency (LF) waves increases. ...

Paper

ROPES - Joint Industry Project on Effect of Passing Ships on Moored Vessels

1 mei 2014

Ships have significantly increased in size and number over the last decades. Ports and waterways are accommodating these ships and at the same time ...

Paper

New Methods and Insights in Advanced and Realistic Basin Wave Modelling

9 jun. 2013

For model tests, the correct generation of the most realisticrepresentation of the natural wave field is of greatest importanceas the environmental ...

Magazine

Tests for one of the largest floating platforms in the world

14 apr. 2013

Reading time 3 minutes

Tests for one of the largest floating platforms in the world MARIN recently carried out a model test campaign for Samsung Heavy Industries for a ...

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MARIN examines effects of passing ships

31 aug. 2012

Reading time 3 minutes

Model tests to investigate the effects of passing ships are performed in MARIN's Shallow Water Basin.

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The impact of ships that pass in the night... or in the day

2 aug. 2011

Reading time 6 minutes

MARIN is involved in several projects examining the effects of passing ships. Here we present the many ways we help to shed light on this phenomenon.

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Pioneering purpose-built wind turbine installation vessels under test

26 aug. 2010

Reading time 6 minutes

For large offshore wind farms significant time and therefore, cost can be reduced by using a purpose-built installation vessel. MARIN carried out a ...

Paper

SS - Safe Transfer of Liquefied Gas in the Offshore Environment

1 mei 2010

In order to capture value from stranded gas reserves, operators are looking to offshore gas production from FPSOs and also from platforms stripping ...

Paper

Hydrodynamic analysis for side-by-side offloading

21 jul. 2009

In this paper a comparison between model basin experiments and results of linear diffraction computations on side-by-side moored LNG carriers is ...

Magazine

Early cooperation in design process fundamental to successful SSP project

1 apr. 2008

Reading time 6 minutes

A successful example of cooperation and support at an early design stage has been the extensive analysis of the Satellite Services Platform (SSP), ...

Paper

Advances in the Hydrodynamics of Side-by-side Moored Vessels

10 jun. 2007

In this paper a comparison between model basin experiments and results of diffraction computations on side-by-side moored LNG carriers is presented. ...