MagazineHuman-centred design iterations for operational safety and efficiency
MARIN Report 147
26 May 2026
Humans remain at the heart of complex maritime operations, and their input is essential when shaping safe and practical vessel designs. By ...
operations and human factorssimulators
MagazineCrewed–Uncrewed Teaming: testing tomorrow’s naval operations today
MARIN Report 147
26 May 2026
The Royal Netherlands Navy envisions a future in which crewed and uncrewed systems operate side by side as one cohesive fleet. To achieve this ...
MagazineSignificant energy savings revealed by MARIN self-propulsion tests
MARIN Report 147
26 May 2026
After successful model tests exploring the open water characteristics of an ABB DynafinTM - a full electric cycloidal propulsion system driven by ...
MagazineTechno-economic analysis of the Waddenzee
MARIN Report 147
26 May 2026
Since 2022, MARIN has been developing NEEDS, a dynamic techno-economic model designed to assist policymakers, shipowners, and national authorities ...
MagazineExpanding simulations with XR
MARIN Report 147
26 May 2026
Maritime concepts increasingly rely on complex operations performed in challenging environmental conditions. Yet critical decisions about both the ...
simulationsdata sciencesimulators
MagazineSYNERGETICS accelerates the green transformation of inland and coastal shipping
MARIN Report 147
26 May 2026
Europe’s inland and coastal fleets hold immense potential for rapid emissions reduction if this can be achieved through smart, targeted retrofits. ...
PaperDesign loads for wave impacts — The Probabilistic Adaptive Screening (PAS) method for extreme non-linear hydrodynamic loads and responses of maritime structures
Ocean Engineering
14 Apr 2026
Wave impact loads on maritime structures can cause casualties, damage, pollution of the sea and operational delays. Consequently, their extreme ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralwave loadswaves & motionswave measurementsoffshore engineeringoffshoregreen waterslamming
PaperOC7 phase I: CFD investigation of viscous forces on rectangular members of semisubmersibles
Ocean Engineering
6 Apr 2026
In Phase I of the Offshore Code Comparison Collaboration 7 (OC7) project, we aim to address key questions related to the modeling of viscous ...
offshore engineeringcfdcfd/simulation/desk studiesoffshore
Research reportLiteratuurstudie garnalenkotter duurzame en emissieloze vaartuigen voor de kust visserij
1 Apr 2026
De visserij staat onder politieke en maatschappelijke druk om te verduurzamen. Met name aan de kustvisserij, die al dan niet plaatsvindt in ...
PaperHydrodynamic Simulations of a 2MW Offshore Solar Farm with Floating Breakwater Protection
Energies
25 Mar 2026
Following successful applications in inland water bodies, floating photovoltaics (FPV) developers are now targeting offshore sites. This advancement ...
floating solaroffshoreoffshore engineeringrenewablesblue growth
PaperStatistical Modeling of the Ocean Environment
Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application
11 Mar 2026
Statistical modeling of the ocean environment is important for many practical applications in science and engineering. Probabilistic descriptions of ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralstability, seakeeping and ocean engineering
PaperDevelopment of an early stage hydrofoil design tool including unsteady hydrodynamics
Applied Ocean Research
6 Mar 2026
Conceptual design of hydrofoil craft and in particular hydrofoils is challenging since the hydrodynamics is governed by multiple complex physical ...
resistance and propulsionmeasurements and controltime-domain simulationssoftware developmenthydrostructuralcfdmodel testingdata sciencecfd/simulation/desk studiesearly innovations and solutions
MagazineMARIN performs landmark industry project on the largest double-ended ferry in the world
MARIN Report 146
25 Jan 2026
In an important maritime industry milestone, the largest double-ended ferry ever seen in the world is now sailing across the English Channel. This ...
cruise and ferryseakeepingtransport and shipping
MagazinePod propulsion within wide seakeeping operational profiles
MARIN Report 146
20 Jan 2026
Operating the world's largest double-ended ferry on an open sea route presents formidable challenges from both seakeeping and powering perspectives. ...
seakeepingpoweringpropulsionseakeeping performance
MagazineCaptive manoeuvring model tests provide best quality data for new symmetrical ferry design
MARIN Report 146
20 Jan 2026
Due to the P&O Pioneer class ferry being much larger compared to other ships sailing the same route, and the unusual propulsion and steering ...