MagazineWiSP 2: Wind-assisted ship propulsion
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
In recent years, there has been a resurgence of research on wind-assisted ship propulsion. After a very successful first WiSP JIP, the follow-up ...
marine systemswind propulsion
Magazine"The offshore energy sector is going to change dramatically in the coming decade"
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
When talking about the deep water offshore oil & gas industry, most people immediately picture the spectacular megastructures that are simply ...
oil and gasoffshore
MagazineOptimisation for an operational profile
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
A very interesting change we have seen in the past few years is a growth in the number of optimisation projects we perform to match operational ...
transport and shipping
Magazine"There seems a clear need for realtime simulations of complex naval operations"
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
The defence sector is one of MARIN’s most important markets, and while we have a long-established relationship with the Royal Netherlands Navy, we ...
defence
Magazine"The main challenge is to further decrease electricity costs while increasing total capacity"
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
MARIN believes it is our responsibility to contribute to the development of offshore renewable energy from waves, tides and wind. Back in 2010, we ...
renewablesoffshoreoffshore energy
MagazineWind-powered shipping increasingly popular
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
The uptake of wind propulsion as a solution to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions is accelerating. Compared to future alternative ...
transport and shippingoffshore wind
MagazineTowards large-scale FPV
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
Floating Photovoltaics (FPV) is a rapidly growing market. The first commercial FPV plant, which was around 170 kWp, was realised in 2008 on an ...
renewablesoffshore
Magazine"The energy transition is the biggest challenge for the passenger vessel sector"
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
Within the passenger market the most important research topics for MARIN are safety, comfort, and fuel/emission reduction. Almost all large cruise ...
passengers and yachtingsafety
MagazineWave-in-deck assessment of a floating rig in a harsh environment
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
The BreaKin JIP (2016-2018) and its successor BreaKin CFD JIP (2019-2021) are good examples of industry collaboration working to solve the ...
oil and gaswave measurementswave loadsfloating wind turbine
MagazineImproving the safety of passenger ships with the MARIN Ferry
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
In 2018 MARIN participated in the investigation directed by the Sewol Investigation Commission on the sinking of the Korean ferry M/V Sewol. The ...
passengers and yachtingresearch
MagazineTowards zero emission wind park maintenance
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
Offshore wind turbines require Operations & Maintenance (O&M) on a regular basis. O&M activities are either performed by shore-based Crew Transfer ...
offshoreoffshore operationsfloating wind turbine
Magazine"The integration of marine systems at the ship concept stage will be key"
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
Marine Systems represent a vast family of products and solutions, which are pretty difficult to characterise in just a few words. While a hull or a ...
marine systems
PaperAnd…Action! Setting the Scene for Accurate Visual CFD Comparisons Using Ray Tracing
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Sep 28, 2021
Increased graphical capabilities of contemporary computer hardware make ray tracing possible for a much wider range of applications. In science, and ...
cfdcfd/simulation/desk studies
Magazine"The ever-growing size of vessels is one of themost important developments"
MARIN Report 132
Sep 28, 2021
The Infrastructure market covers a wide and diverse range in many ways: from projects studying the capacity of inland waterways and the design and ...
infrastructure
PaperPendulation control for dynamical positioning capable ship; considerations on actuator usage
IFAC-PapersOnLine
Sep 22, 2021
Ship-mounted cranes are used in the offshore industry for, among others, placement of wind turbine components. The pendulation of the load can be ...
measurements and controlfuel efficiencyenergy savingdynamic positioning