MagazineISO 15016:2025 Improved standard for speed/power trials
MARIN Report 144
30 Jun 2025
Following a four-year revision, the IMO MEPC83 accepted ISO 15016:2025 as the new standard for EEDI speed/power trials in April 2025. This ...
trials and monitoringinfrastructure
MagazinePotential risk of collisions at bridge piers under scrutiny
MARIN Report 144
30 Jun 2025
The Dutch government and knowledge experts, including MARIN, are teaming up to examine collision risks at ageing bridge piers in the Netherlands. ...
transport and shippinginfrastructure
MagazineEnhancing wind propulsion performance through human-centred design and bridge simulations
MARIN Report 144
30 Jun 2025
As the maritime sector pushes toward greener solutions, wind-assisted propulsion has emerged as a promising way to cut emissions and boost fuel ...
wind propulsionoperations and human factors
MagazineCRS MAMBO – Validated simulation tool for manoeuvring & seakeeping optimisation
MARIN Report 144
30 Jun 2025
Requirements regarding minimum power, safe return to port, and navy recommendations, compel naval architects to assess the performance of ships ...
manoeuvringwave measurements
MagazineFin propulsion revival
MARIN Report 144
30 Jun 2025
Fin propulsion is experiencing a revival due to its high propulsive efficiency. In early 2025, MARIN successfully tested a new fully electric system ...
resistance and propulsion
MagazineComplex simulations explore inland navigation on the Gelderse IJssel
MARIN Report 144
30 Jun 2025
Climate change is causing more frequent periods of drought, leading to low water levels in this river system. This makes it challenging to ...
inland shippingtransport and shipping
PaperWhere Are We and Where Are We Going? AnalyzingSimulation-Driven Design Optimization Trends in Marine Engineering by Scoping Review
XI International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (MARINE 2025), Edinburgh, Scotland
23 Jun 2025
This paper distills the principal insights from our recent scoping review on simulation-based design optimization (SBDO) in naval engineering and ...
resistance and propulsionpoweringseakeepingcfddata sciencemarine systemsrenewablescfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperResistance extrapolation for ships with a wetted transom stern
XI International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (MARINE 2025), Edinburgh, UK
23 Jun 2025
This paper studies the viscous resistance of a ship with a wetted transom stern, and its scale effect. For predicting the resistance of a ship with ...
full scalehydrodynamicsresistance and propulsionmodel testing
PaperHydrodynamic analysis of a 2MW offshore floating solar farm with breakwater protection
International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (MARINE 2025), Edinburgh, UK
23 Jun 2025
Within the EU project SUREWAVE a new concept for the upscaling of Floating PhotoVoltaics (FPV) to offshore environments is developed. The new ...
floating solaroffshoreoffshore energyrenewableshydrodynamicsanalysis and prediction
PaperFull-scale air lubrication measurement techniques in use and under development
1st International Symposium on Air Lubrication Technologies (SALT’25), Trondheim, Norway
16 Jun 2025
Air lubrication systems (ALSs) are being installed on an increasing number of vessels. MARIN often receives requests from clients (ALS producers and ...
fuel efficiencymeasurements and controlair lubricationpropulsion
PaperCombining numerical and experimental methods to explain ship-bank interactions - MASHCON7
MASHCON2025, Bruges, Belgium
18 May 2025
Bank effects refer to the suction and repulsion forces a ship experiences when sailing near a bank. Recently, various factors have driven the ...
model testingcfdinland shippingmanoeuvringshallow water
PaperLarge-scale wave impact of a boiling liquid
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
3 Apr 2025
Wave impact on solid structures is a well-studied phenomenon, but almost exclusively for the case that the impacting liquid (e.g. water) is ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuraldata sciencewave measurements
PaperPredicting the dynamics of a gas pocket during breaking wave impacts using machine learning
Ocean Engineering
30 Mar 2025
We investigate the feasibility and accuracy of a machine learning model to predict the dynamics of a gas pocket that is formed when a breaking wave ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuraldata sciencewave measurements
PaperBenchmark study of the DTU OWC chamber with both two-way and one-way absorption
Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy
24 Mar 2025
This paper reports on a benchmark study based on small-scale (1:50) measurements of a single, oscillating water column chamber mounted sideways in a ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralocean energyrenewables
PaperAdvancements in full-field pressure reconstruction of water-wave impact
Journal of Sound and Vibration
13 Mar 2025
A new method for non-intrusive surface load measurement during water wave impact is introduced. The wave impact on a thin steel plate was measured ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controlmodel testingearly innovations and solutionshydrostructural