Crew Transfer Vessels (CTV) are essential for the maintenance of offshore wind turbines. Their high speed operation in waves can benefit from an innovative onboard wave radar, coupled with motion prediction.
In the Do-It JIP MARIN worked closely with partners Radac, Damen, KNRM and NextOcean to improve the workability and safety of fast CTV serving the offshore wind sector.
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Jos Koning
Senior Project Manager
innovative onboard wave radar
An innovative, compact, solid state phased array FMCW radar was developed by Radac with the assistance of TNO; MARIN and NextOcean formulated a wave inversion model to integrate the Doppler orbital velocities into a 3D wave system and finally, MARIN developed and validated a numerical model for the fast boat motions.