MagazineWind Assisted Ship propulsion design explorations
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
As part of MARIN’s strategy to support the transition towards zero emission shipping, we are continuing research on Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion ...
sustainable propulsionrenewableswind propulsionrenewable energywind assisted ships wasp
MagazineClose cooperation in China
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
In the last decade China became the largest shipbuilding nation in the world and cooperation with MARIN increased rapidly. This article highlights ...
resistance and propulsiontransport and shippingmodel testing
MagazineTackling the growing plastic pollution problem
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
The Ocean Cleanup has developed and built the first prototype of a free-floating cleanup system that will be placed in the North Pacific gyre to ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringrenewableslife at sea
MagazineExploring the potential of floating solar energy
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
Solar energy is an important alternative energy source but in a densely populated country like the Netherlands the space for solar parks is very ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringlife at seamodel testingoffshore basin
MagazineMARIN assists in the transition to zero-emission inland shipping
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN is investigating the transition towards zero-emission inland shipping in cooperation with the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water. They ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsustainable propulsionrenewablesemissioninland shippingenergy saving
MagazineFuture proofing fish farming
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 12 minutes
Viewpoint Seafarm and the Spider Cage concepts are both innovative, offshore fish farm solutions based on semisubmersible technology. Viewpoint ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringlife at seamodel testingoffshore basin
MagazineNew Zero Emissions Lab for pioneering research
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN has developed a research and configuration test environment: the Zero Emission Lab (ZEL). Our competences of hydrodynamics will be united with ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsustainable propulsionrenewablesemissioninland shippingenergy saving
MagazineThe blue future - Horizon 2020 project Space@Sea
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
The majority of the world’s population lives in coastal areas where space has always been a commodity. In the near future, the waterfront may ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringlife at seamodel testing
MagazineMulti-use concept development for seaweed and floating solar energy production around wind turbines
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
The offshore environment holds many opportunities for the production of both energy and food. Wind energy will be produced in large quantities on ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringlife at seaoffshore windwind propulsionfloating wind turbinerenewable energywind farms
MagazineAssessing the impact of offshore wind farms in the North Sea by using SAMSON
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN is assisting the Dutch government with policy making issues concerning the development of offshore wind farms. Currently we are examining all ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringrenewablesoffshore windtraffic and safetytransport and shippingsafety
MagazineReFRESCO successfully coupled to ParaView Catalyst for in-situ analysis
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
When running complex parallel calculations on thousands of processors, the amount of data generated quickly becomes a bottleneck. To tackle this ...
cfd development
MagazineAdvanced backbone deployed to measure bending modes of ultralarge container vessels
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN carried out a series of model tests on behalf of the Marine Designand Research Institute of China (MARIC) to assess the flexural responseof an ...
transport and shippingmodel testingstructural response
MagazinePrediction methods for sailing yachts in the early design phase
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
Recent sailing yacht projects have highlighted the importance of getting involved in the design process as early as possible. And given the ...
cfd/simulation/desk studiesresistance and propulsionpassengers and yachting
MagazineReal-time simulations to test propulsion alternatives
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN helps yacht owners make vital decisions about the propulsion and thruster configurations best suited to their yacht by using virtual ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiessustainable propulsioncfd/simulation/desk studies
MagazineMeasuring the deformations of a composite propeller at full scale
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
Important measurement data was gathered at full scale to facilitate the design of shape-adaptive propellers. Ship propellers are generally ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controlpropeller and cavitationmonitoring