Five decades of research into manoeuvrability
Conference/JournalMARIN Report 126
Date1 Jun 2019
Reading time9 minutes
In the quest for supertankers 50 years ago, the CRS investigated the effects of ship size on the controllability, and in particular how adequate controllability could be achieved. Today, the ship types and the requirements for manoeuvrability have changed, but the CRS applied research still holds.
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Frans Quadvlieg
Senior Project Manager
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manoeuvring and nautical studiesnautical operationsresistance and propulsionauthorities and regulatorstransport and shippingmodel testing