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CRS SHARE WEBINAR ‘DATA DRIVEN’ In the Cooperative Research Ships (CRS) Data Driven working group, participants worked on several problem cases in ship hydrodynamics using data driven methods. The problem cases included significant event detection, performance prediction, whipping assessment and rudder control. In this webinar on Thursday April 28, 14.00-16.30 CET, we will summarize these

Examining the importance of hydrodynamic interaction Wind loads on large container ships are studied within the Windlass JIP (www.marin.nl/jips/windlass). Photo by Andy Li on Unsplash When a ship enters a lock or passes under a narrow bridge, the hydrodynamic effect is obvious, but hydrodynamic interaction also plays a role in canals, fairways

REPORT MAGAZINE 133: READ NOW AND REGISTER TO RECEIVE FUTURE EDITIONS Bubble curtains, a living breakwater, flexible floating islands and crash barriers: just a few topics we share with you in this edition of MARIN Report magazine. We also give you an insight into our Maritime Masterplan projects to achieve a smart and zero-emission maritime

‘The ever-growing size of vessels is one of the most important developments’ The Infrastructure market covers a wide and diverse range in many ways: from projects studying the capacity of inland waterways and the design and operation of ports and terminals, to offshore infrastructure like the futuristic hyperloop described in the previous edition of Report

MARITIME ‘CRASH BARRIERS’ TO AVERT COLLISIONS WITH WIND TURBINES The three concepts: a string of surface buoys secured by drag anchors, a smart suspension net between fixed poles and an anchored underwater hook line designed to catch the anchor of the drifting vessel. All concepts were tested in the Offshore Bassin to see if

FIRST 'GET TOGETHER' FOR THE MAGPIE PARTNERS FROM ACROSS EUROPE On Thursday, 10 March, the MAGPIE consortium organized the MAGPIE Start Conference. It was the first dissemination event. The one-day conference hosted 17 speakers and 45 organizations members of the EU-funded consortium, as well as several external partners. The members of the MAGPIE consortium

‘For yachting issues we join forces to understand the physics and mechanism of the problem’ The glossy yachting magazines are full of images and stories about newbuilds of unprecedented shapes and sizes: there have never been so many yachts above 60 m built in history. Boating in general is booming, with the refit and second-hand

Improving the safety of passenger ships with the MARIN Ferry Free running manoeuvring tests to evaluate the maximum heel angles when turning. In 2018 MARIN participated in the investigation directed by the Sewol Investigation Commission on the sinking of the Korean ferry M/V Sewol. The ship capsized after experiencing extreme heel angles during

‘The energy transition is the biggest challenge for the passenger vessel sector’ Within the passenger market the most important research topics for MARIN are safety, comfort, and fuel/emission reduction. Almost all large cruise vessels and many of the smaller cruise vessels operating in the world today have actually been investigated and tested at MARIN. Karola

Towards zero emission wind park maintenance Offshore wind turbines require Operations & Maintenance (O&M) on a regular basis. O&M activities are eitherperformed by shore-based Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs), Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) or Wind Turbine Installation Vessels (WTIV) for large component replacements. However, the fuel consumption of these vessels means that offshore wind energy