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Wind is the driving force for wind turbines and ships under sail. At the same time, it is a dominant environmental load for many large vessels and offshore structures. The wind field is characterised by variations in space and time. To capture actual 3D wind inshore and offshore, MARIN has added a Lidar wind scanner

Cruise ships, offshore ships and cargo ships moored on the horizon. An iconic image for the maritime sector that was ravaged by waves of corona this year. Nevertheless, work at MARIN continued. We kept in touch with each other. We helped our customers, we came up with new ideas. We made models and performed tests.

As the offshore wind industry continues to expand across the globe, wind parks are going further from shore and the turbine sizes are increasing rapidly. Here we highlight how we assist our clients with the development of novel installation methods - from concept to operation. Test model of wind turbine installation vessel To accommodate the

MARIN’s software WINDOS provides a cost-effective way to assess the impact of wind loads on ships and offshore constructions. Wind forces contribute significantly to the total environmental loads on large vessels and offshore constructions and are of importance for the mooring, dynamic positioning and manoeuvring of floating structures. Recent incidents offshore and in ports and

The art and science of precisely predicting tomorrow’s local weather patterns almost seems impossible - and just a few years ago it was. That was until Dutch company Whiffle Weather Finecasting managed to develop a new standard of local weather forecasting in 2015. In just five years, Whiffle’s finecasting data is being used by a

MARIN signed a cooperation agreement with Platform Zero Incidents (PZI) on 17 November. In this platform, shipping companies, captains and charterers develop and share knowledge about incidents in the inland shipping industry in order to prevent recurrence in the future. ZERO INCIDENTS IN INLAND SHIPPING PZI contributes to a widely supported aim for zero incidents

After its investigations for the Dutch Safety Board related to the loss of 342 containers north of the Wadden Islands by the MSC ZOE, MARIN performed a further investigation for the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. Beside an Ultra Large Container Ship as the MSC ZOE, a shorter and narrower PANAMAX and a smaller

To stimulate innovation in the Dutch maritime sector, MARIN invites Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) to test their new ideas and concepts for free. So are you an SME with an innovative idea for the maritime sector? For example something with wind energy, solar panels, seaweed or fish farming? And do you want to test