Magazine"A high density use of the sea is challenging from a safety, cultural, economic and technical perspective"
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
‘Life at Sea’ is certainly the broadest market which MARIN serves. As the name implies, it entails everything related to life at sea. “Think about ...
life at seaoffshorefish farm
MagazineMARIN helps to increase the workability of SOVs
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
Service Operation Vessels are used for installation and maintenance activities on offshore wind turbines. These vessels are typically equipped with ...
marine systemsoffshore windoffshorefloating wind turbine
Magazine"The biggest challenge is to stay ahead of innovations to allow safe and efficient operations to continue"
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
Although shipping is one of the safest modes of transport, unfortunately accidents do happen. As an independent institute, MARIN works together with ...
authorities and regulatorssafetytraffic and safety
MagazineUKC Policy for the Port of Rotterdam
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
On behalf of the Port of Rotterdam Authority MARIN conducted a study to substantiate guidelines for the minimum Under Keel Clearance (UKC) for ultra ...
authorities and regulatorstransport and shippinginfrastructureinland shipping
MagazineBalancing offshore wind farms and the safety of shipping
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
The energy transition increases demand for alternative energy solutions and some of these include using space in the North Sea for developing ...
authorities and regulatorsoffshore windoffshorewind farms
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
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
MagazineBeaching tests for amphibious landing craft
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
Sailing through the surf zone near a beach during an amphibious landing can be a dangerous operation, particularly because sailing with a landing ...
defence
Magazine"We face increased pressure for lower emissions, an acceleration in the energy transition and more hybrid solutions"
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
MARIN’s Transport and Shipping department is extremely diverse. The team handles projects across the entire spectrum, from ultra large container ...
transport and shippingemissioninland shipping
MagazinePassive fishing pilot project at Borssele offshore wind farm
MARIN Report 132
Sep 30, 2021
In the next few years, a substantial increase in the number of wind parks in the North Sea is envisaged as many countries try to achieve the Paris ...
offshoreoffshore operationsfish farmwind farms
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
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"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 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