Publications
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TopTier model tests and simulations on parametric roll behaviour of two large container vessels
14 Oct 2024
The TopTier joint industry project addresses cargo securing safety on container ships. The project has 40 participants; it started at the end of ...
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Estimation of the underwater radiated noise by ship propeller cavitation using onboard sensor
9 Jul 2023
The use of onboard sensors to estimate the source levels of the underwater radiated noise (URN) of propeller cavitation of a research vessel is ...
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TopTier JIP aims to reduce container losses at sea
27 Jun 2023
The World Shipping Council estimates (see reference below) that there was on average a total of 1,566 containers lost at sea each year over the ...
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TopTier, seakeeping and container cargo securing safety
13 Jun 2022
Thomas Fuller (1608 – 1661 AD) wrote “It is skill, not strength, that governs a ship”. Good ships are designed to be safely operated instead of ...
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Maximising speed through wind & waves
7 Dec 2020
Crew Transfer Vessels (CTV) are essential for the maintenance of offshore wind turbines. Their high speed operation inwaves can benefit from an ...
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Do It - catching waves at 30 knots!
13 Sep 2019
Waves don’t give way. Fast, small boats in a limiting sea state can be surprised by a steep crest or deep wave trough, and a crew transfer to a wind ...
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Why wait for the seventh wave?
23 Nov 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
The Royal Netherlands Navy, NLR (the Dutch Aerospace Laboratory), RADAC, Amarcon/ABB and MARIN joined in the 'Salute' project to work out a ...
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Ensuring design meets operating reality
29 Aug 2014
Reading time 6 minutes
Monitoring - Does your ship perform as expected? Is the operating environment as anticipated? Should the next vessel be the same? MARIN helps ...
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Dynamic Loads on Mechanical Azimuthing Thrusters
20 Oct 2013
Mechanical azimuthing thrusters have been applied in various ship operations in the past decades, such as low speed manoeuvring; dynamic positioning ...
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Comparisons of Means for Estimating Sea States from an Advancing Large Container Ship
20 Oct 2013
The paper deals with sea state estimation from a container carrier (9,400 TEU) en-route. Knowledge of the on-site sea state is fundamental input to ...
Magazine
Designed for waves
30 Aug 2013
Reading time 3 minutes
Platform Supply Vessels are the ultimate challenge when it comes to ship design. While calm water performance is important, for these ships it is ...
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Full scale container ship cross section loads - first results
19 Sep 2012
A measurement campaign is being carried out onboard a 9300 TEU container vessel. The measurements comprise ship performance parameters, cross ...
Magazine
Moonpool mysteries
16 Dec 2011
Reading time 6 minutes
Report highlights several initiatives going on investigating the unknowns of the moonpool including test programmes and a new Joint Industry Project.
Magazine
Yachting - a highly demanding market
2 Aug 2011
Reading time 12 minutes
MARIN has long been committed to serving the global yachting market; assisting in the engineering of innovative designs and complex systems. These ...
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Is cargo securing in need of shoring up?
14 Dec 2010
Reading time 3 minutes
Supported by the Dutch government, MARIN initiated the Lashing@Sea Joint Industry Project to obtain a snapshot of current
cargo securing practices ...
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Exactly how foul is the fouling problem?
12 Aug 2009
Reading time 6 minutes
Since the ban on tributyltin (TBT) anti-fouling paints from 2003, the effect of fouling on ship performance has again become an issue. TBT ...
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MARIN tests Fall Pipe Ship design for Boskalis
24 Apr 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
Fall Pipe Ships combine the robustness of a working vessel with the precision of a surgeon as they drop rocks on exactly the right place. This ...
Paper
Seakeeping issues in the design of containerships
1 Jul 2008
While the advanced art of minimising the installed power for a given speed plays a clear role in the design of containerships, the place of ...
Magazine
The Achilles heel of sea transport
17 Oct 2007
Reading time 3 minutes
Crew, vessel and cargo, are assumed ready for the perils of the sea when they have met the industry standards and regulations but the game changes ...
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Hydrodynamic advice of Sailing Yachts through Seakeeping Study
1 Mar 2007
The paper presents the different techniques to study seakeeping behavior and performance of sailing yachts. Such techniques involve both numerical ...
Magazine
Lashing@Sea in pursuit of safety and efficiency
1 Aug 2006
Reading time 3 minutes
A Joint Industry Project has been launched to address the need for the right balance between safety and operational efficiency for container, ro-ro ...
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Is state-of-the-art decision support technology all it's cracked up to be?
1 Apr 2006
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In the coming years there will be an increasing number of heavy cargo transports and offshore installations of medium and heavy weight modules. ...
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Monitoring software for Imtech UniMACS' Integrated Bridge System
1 Jan 2006
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Advisory systems are being used more and more frequently onboard ships to assist officers in operating the ship more safely and economically. By ...
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Lashing@Sea JIP addresses the problem of containers lost at sea
1 Sep 2005
Reading time 3 minutes
Unofficial sources estimate that the number of containers lost at sea worldwide is between 2,000 and 10,000 each
year. Lashing@Sea aims to tie down ...
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Offshore Monitoring - Real World Data for Design, Engineering and Operation
1 May 2005
The challenging development of new platform concepts and their installation in deeper water in more remote areas and more severe weather conditions ...
Magazine
Hull structural loads at the heart of CRS research
1 Nov 2004
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With ship owners, classification societies and shipyards among its members, it is no surprise that the research area of ship structures has received ...
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MASTering the art…
1 Aug 2004
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The 'Best Mast' project aims to tackle the roblems of mast design as current industry knowledge is often stretched beyond all previous experience.
Magazine
SMACS project investigates hi-tech software performance
1 Sep 2003
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Numerical tools allow unusual structures to be designed and operated, where traditional ship building experience no
longer applies. Despite the ...
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Cavitation on waterjet pump made visible
1 Dec 2002
Reading time 3 minutes
WŠrtsilŠ Jets, the Royal Netherlands Navy and MARIN have joined forces to examine the cavitation characteristics of waterjet impellers.
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'Pods in Service' initiative provides invaluable data
1 Dec 2001
Reading time 6 minutes
In the last few years there has been a breakthrough in the application of podded propellers.Report outlines the
short history of the Joint Industry ...
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OWASE II - capturing waves
1 Apr 2001
Reading time 3 minutes
Wind,waves and currents: the environment that ships and offshore structures have to stand up against. Having
accurate information on the actual ...