WINDLASS

initiative

Through this JIP we want to better understand 3-D wind fields in exposed ports and waterways to develop a wind load prediction tool.

CoCoS

initiative

The availability of accurate wind, wave and current coefficients is important in concept studies like dynamic mooring analysis or offloading feasibility. It can be a challenge to find a reliable...

HybridEnerSeaHub

initiative

Investigating the use of floating modules in combination with reclaimed land to make islands more adaptive in every stage of their life time.

Jerk

initiative

MARIN and TNO will study in detail how jerk is experienced onboard by passengers and to understand if jerk represents a degradation of comfort.

IMPROVE

running

Innovative Methods for Power Reduction and Optimisation of Vessels - apply new optimisation tools, speed up your ship design process and deliver better ships.

JoRes

running

Main objective of this Joint Research project (JoRes JIP) is to join the industry efforts and gather the full set of the ship performance data (model test results, Computational Fluid...

WISP

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The objective for this JIP is to overcome barriers to the uptake of wind-assisted propulsion. The aim of this pre-competitive project is to cover the majority of all marketed wind-assisted...

Bollard Pull

running

Tugs, anchor handlers, suppliers but also other offshore vessels are designed to deliver a large pulling force at low speed. This key performance is tested by means of a Bollard...

Wageningen TT-Series

running

This JIP’s aim is to provide the industry with up-to-date knowledge and design guidelines on tunnel thruster propellers regarding noise and vibration, side force and tunnel shape, dimension and position.

Autonomous Shipping

running

The Dutch Joint Industry Project Autonomous Shipping brings together a consortium of seventeen partners: maritime businesses, knowledge & educational institutions, service providers, and governments in a two-year applied research programme

Cable

running

This JIP aims to de-risk the power cable for a deep draft TLP floating wind system by understanding and validating the power cable behaviour in tank and model tests.

Commotion

running

The offshore industry, MARIN and the Universities of Groningen and Delft have worked together successfully in the development of the Volume of Fluid method ComFLOW to study complex free-surface flows...

DO-It Radar

running

This JIP will combine Auto Ride Control and motion prediction based on remote wave sensing by radar and demonstrate this in a prototype system on a high speed craft in...

FLARE

running

The FLARE consortium comprises key stakeholders from industry, academia and policy makers, involved in ship flooding risk research as a Group for over twenty years. This offers a unique knowledge...

FLOTANT

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The FLOTANT project aims to develop an innovative and integrated Floating Offshore Wind solution, optimized for deep waters (100-600m) and to sustain a 10+MW wind turbine generator.

GBS

running

The aim of this JIP is to improve the engineering methods of transport and installation of gravity based wind turbine foundations.

HOLISHIP

running

The HOLISHIP project develops innovative design methodologies and integrate diverse requirements (technical constraints, performance indicators, life-cycle cost, and environmental impact) at an early design stage.

LAURA III

running

The aim of this JIP is the development of a design standard for a common system that can launch and recover a wide variety of small craft and which can...

LifeLine

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The LifeLine initiative seeks to develop a dry mooring line monitoring system which is based on position measurements only (without subsea equipment).

LNGpitch4

running

Het veilig vervoer van Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) in zeer grote lading tanks (40,000 m3) en grote brandstoftanks (500-5000 m3) over zee vergt specialistisch onderzoek.

MARINERG-i

running

MARINERG-i will produce a scientific and business plan for an integrated European Research Infrastructure, designed to facilitate the future growth and development of the Offshore Renewable Energy sector.

NAVAIS

running

NAVAIS is developing a platform-based modular product family approach supported by the 3DEXPERIENCE integrated business platform. This concept increases efficiency in vessel design and flexibility in production networks.

NOVIMAR

running

The NOVIMAR project develops a new waterborne transport concept called the Vessel Train.

Offloading Operations

running

This project aims to increase safety of offloading operations and help designers maximise terminal availability, through analysis of full-scale measurements and study of operational experience and human factors.

Offshore Maintenance II

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The main objective of the Maintenance Vessel JIP is to determine operational criteria for a range of maintenance vessels and apply these criteria to select the most suitable maintenance vessel...

SHARES

running

SHARES aims at a better understanding of loads and responses following from off-design conditions, making the project beneficial for better design of the complex thruster mechanical system. This reduces the...

Space@Sea

running

The Space@Sea project aims to develop multi-use platforms with the objective to develop safe and cost efficient deck space at sea.

VALID II

running

The Valid II JIP focuses on the building blocks of a monitoring system to optimize the service life maintenance and sustainment efforts and the associated analysis.

Wageningen CD-propeller s...

running

The “Wageningen Propeller C- and D-Series” will provide open water characteristics in complete 2 quadrants for modern CPP designs, including blade spindle torque.

Wageningen CD-propeller s...

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The “Wageningen Propeller C- and D-Series” will provide open water characteristics in complete 2 quadrants for modern CPP designs, including blade spindle torque.

Wageningen F-Series

running

In a Joint Industry Project (JIP) a standard series of fixed-pitch propellers will be developed which encompasses design features of contemporary propellers. The new series will be designed for best...

NWO: Luchtsmering

running

TUDelft - Prof. Dr. T. van Terwisga – Luchtsmering: dit project onderzoekt de mogelijkheid om de effectiviteit van luchtsmering te verbeteren met behulp van verschillende coatings, en door andere ontwerpen...

NWO: Onderwatergeluid

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TUDelft – Prof. Dr. T. van Terwisga – Onderwatergeluid: dit project onderzoekt het onderwater uitgestraald geluid van caviterende scheepsschroeven.

NWO: SLING

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Klotsen van LNG brandstof in brandstoftanks en transporttanks. Voor dit project wordt een nieuwe faciliteit gebouwd bij MARIN. In de komende jaren zullen in dit nieuwe laboratorium diverse onderzoeken worden...

NWO: Varen door Slib

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TUDelft – Prof. Dr. C. van Rhee – Varen door slib: dit project onderzoekt de effecten van het varen door slib of water-slib mengsels op het manoeuvreergedrag van een schip.

Monitas

closed

The Monitas JIP aimed to develop the added value of advisory monitoring systems for integrity management by in-depth analysis of measurements, exchange experience, provides software updates, support and training.

Breakin

closed

The objective of the BreaKin JIP is to get more insights on scale effects involved in wave-in-deck model tests and to take first steps towards linking

Comflow 2

closed

The objective of this JIP is to study complex free-surface flows around offshore structures.

Comflow 3

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The ComFLOW-3 Joint Industry Project aims to continue the development of ComFLOW focusing on new functionality and its validation, and further improvement of present functionality. The objective of the JIP...

CresT

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The objective of the CresT JIP is to develop models for realistic extreme wa ves and a design methodology for the load ing and response of floating platforms.

Current Affairs

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The objective of the Current Affairs JIP is to develop tools and guidelines to assist engineers in the assessment of current loads and effects in the different design stages.

DeFoS

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Design For Sea JIP will focus on understanding the operational conditions of ships with special attention for the environmental conditions a ship encounters. Common day practice account for the environmental...

DISCO

closed

The aim of this JIP is to better understand the hydrodynamics of a disconnected turret buoy in close proximity of the FPSO in high sea states. The final objective is...

Dynfloat 2

closed

The aim of this JIP is to modernize the software DYNFLOAT both on the GUI’s side and on the numerical side.

Effort

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This JIP focuses on validating CFD prediction methods for the performance of the fullscale ship/propeller combination and on introducing these tools immediately in practical design.

ESD-JILI(机理jīlǐ)

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The objective of this JIP is to understand the working principles of the ESDs in general by investigating the flows around the hull and the ESDs by using advanced PIV...

Hawai

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The sHAllow Water Initiative JIP intends to combine the expertise and efforts of both coastal engineers and hydrodynamic engineers and to focus their work on improving the motion and mooring...

HAWAII

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This JIP's aim is to develop a consistent design methodology for offshore terminals in a nearshore wave climate.

Helios

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As helicopter services form a critical link in offshore logistics and safety is top priority in all offshore operations, there is a need for a better physical understanding on offshore...

Lashing@Sea

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Transport capacity and service speed of ships have increased exponentially over the last decades. The consequence of this trend is increased loading on the cargo. Under pressure of market economy,...

LAURA

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The aim of this JIP is the development of a design for a common system that can launch and recover a wide variety of small craft, and which can be...

LAURA II (SM)

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The aim of the JIP is the development of a design standard for a common system that can launch and recover a wide variety of small craft, and which can...

Leading Edge

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The aim of this project is to combine available knowledge in computational codes and techniques (RANS codes) available at several universities and institutes in Europe and apply this to ship...

LIONS HAT

closed

The goal of this project is to validate simulation tools for Floating Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines by using basin model tests.

Marco Polo I

closed

The Marco Polo JIP is aiming at the dynamic behavior of TLPs in operational and survival condition and the verification of design methods and numerical analysis to enable development of...

Marco Polo II

closed

In the past 3.5 years Marco Polo encountered three major hurricanes. Although these have been recorded and analyzed in detail, it is still a limited data set. Furthermore, part of...

MarQER

closed

The main objective of the MarQER JIP will be to determine a real-time emission and risk index for all vessels broadcasting AIS within a VTS sector.

Moonpool

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The aim of this initiative is to provide more insight into the excitation mechanism and prove the feasibility of using non-stationary CFD calculations to investigate potential problems and to find...

MoVeIT!

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MoVeIt! aims to develop a suite of options for the modernisation of inland ships aiming at reduction of fuel consumption

Obelics

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The main objective of the OBELICS JIP is to develop and validate a framework for ballast and lift operations of extreme loads, incorporating all the relevant dynamics of this offshore...

Offloading Operability 1

closed

This JIP's objective is to develop and validate tools that can aid the evaluation of the design and operation, the assessment of limiting weather criteria and the safety of offshore...

Offloading Operability 2

closed

To include the side-by-side offloading, the wave motions between the vessels need to be described in a reliable way as these influence the relative ship motions and mooring line tensions....

Offshore Maintenance

closed

The main objective of the Maintenance Vessel JIP is to determine operational criteria for a range of maintenance vessels and apply these criteria to select the most suitable maintenance vessel...

OpenDP

closed

This JIP aims to support the development of innovative DP applications in complex operations at sea.

OWME

closed

The project objective is to develop, test and demonstrate a practical system to predict quiescent periods of ship and platform motions some 60 seconds in advance.

REFIT2save

closed

The REFIT JIP intends to quantify the effect of various commercial available refits on fuel consumption on ships in service.

ROPES

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ROPES develops, validates and delivers a computer tool to predict the effects of passing ships. At the same time the project assesses the feasibility of passive and active concepts to...

SafeTug I

closed

The objective of this JIP is to identify the relevant modes of tug-terminal operation in the various operational contexts, to quantify the appropriate operability envelopes while assisting in waves, to...

SafeTug II

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This JIP aims at extending the operating envelopes of SafeTug I beyond the current levels, based upon criteria and defined operations improving safety, specific motions and comfort (endurance).

SALTO

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The aim of this JIP is to develop an engineering and preparation design method for Arctic operations, based on probabilistic operations simulations and risk evaluation.

SAVE

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Doel van dit project is om van bestaande schepen van (of namens) de deelnemers de prestaties te meten en de gegevens vast te leggen en te analyseren. Op basis van...

ShorTCrest

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This JIP proposes to take into account short-crestedness in the design of offshore structures against extreme waves based on a good description of their spectral characteristics, statistics, kinematics and loading.

Sloshel

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This JIP aims to carry out and assess full scale sloshing tests for the validation of sloshing assessment tools for a new generation of LNG-carriers and LNG offshore facilities.

SMOOTH

closed

The strategic objective of SMOOTH is to cover all aspects of air-lubricated ships still requiring research and assessment to enable the technology transfer of air-lubrication into daily European shipbuilding and...

SONIC

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The aim of the SONIC project is to develop tools to investigate and mitigate the effects of underwater noise generated by shipping, both in terms of the footprint of an...

SPA

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After completing the Sea Trial Analysis Joint Industry Project, MARIN is now starting a JIP to reduce fuel costs - the Service Performance Analysis (SPA) project. The high level of...

SplashMonster

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The SplashMonster JIP is aiming at investigating the wave loads on and dynamic behaviour of complex structures in the splash zone. In particular the JIP is aiming at sub sea...

STA

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The STA JIP is aiming at the establishment of transparent and accurate methods for the speed/power tests of ships upon delivery.

Tall Ship

closed

The TALLSHIP (Tools & Analysis for Life time of Large Ship) initiative aims to bring together the different interests and experiences to solve the issues related to the design, engineering,...

Tidal Diamonds

closed

Being able to accurately predict the performance of the blades of tidal turbines is a first requirement for the development of any solid and reliable tidal turbine business case. Tidal...

TRUST

closed

The TRUST JIP (Thrust Hydrodynamics JIP) aims at increasing the insight in the physical phenomena, quantifying thruster interaction effects and investigating possibilities for improvement.

Ultimate DP

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The objective of this JIP is is to investigate the feasibility and limitations of a novel ‘unattended DP’ operating system by creating a prototype of such a system and subsequently...

Valid Participants

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The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has contracted MARIN to carry out Fatigue Structural Maintenance Validation Work on a Coast Guard Cutter. The goal is to further improve understanding of...

Valid Potential Participa...

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The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has contracted MARIN to carry out Fatigue Structural Maintenance Validation Work on a Coast Guard Cutter. The goal is to further improve understanding of...

VIM

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The primary objective of the VIM JIP is to increase the physical insight into the VIM phenomenon such that the design of a floater can be improved during the design...

VOMAS

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This JIP aims at the development of a practical and efficient methodology for the prediction of the fatigue life of fast aluminium vessels in an early design stage.

WiFi

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The objective of the WiFi JIP is to improve the way effects of steep (and breaking) waves are taken into account in the design methodology of fixed offshore wind turbines,...

Wind Jack

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The objective of the Wind Jack JIP is to predict the interaction between jack-up legs and the seabed by means of a numerical model.

Wind Load

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The purpose of this JIP is to develop a methodology to predict wind loads on floating structures (ships or offshore platforms), in at open sea or in a port area.