Moritz Krijgsman (MARIN) and dr ir R.D. Geertsema RNLN (Netherlands Defence Academy/Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands) presented a paper on the Alternative fuels and power systems for support vessels at the MECSS, the Marine Electrical and Control Systems Safety Conference which took place in London July 2-3, 2019. ABSTRACT This study presents a novel approach to compare
TU Delft's Solar Boat Team became world champion in the Solar & Energy Boat Challenge in Monaco, July 2-6. The 28 students participated in The Offshore Challenge, the unofficial world championship for solar boats on the high seas. The TU Delft Solar Boat Team 2019 consists of 28 students who try to make maritime shipping
MARIN just tested the newly built mAUV (modular Autonomous Underwater Vehicle). The underwater video below shows a short demonstration of the full 6 degrees of freedom vehicle control of this new mAUV in the Seakeeping and Manoeuvring Basin. The images are a little shaky, thanks to the hand-held camera. The vehicle is shown in calm
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A unique community of 23 maritime organisations working together in real Public-Private Partnership Public-Private Partnership (PPS) is popular nowadays. But it often means a lot of talking, paperwork and complex governance. CRS is different. For 50 years now, 20-25 maritime organisations perform research in the maritime field together for a yearly budget of around €
50 years of commitment, relevance & sharing It has no office. It has no personnel. It has no director. But it exists and it has flourished for 50 years: The Cooperative Research Ships (CRS). This special CRS magazine presents its simple secret: cooperation by committed people. Public-Private Partnership (PPS) is popular nowadays. But it often
The WISP JIP was officially kicked off in Paris on May 28. The objective of this JIP is to overcome barriers to the uptake of wind-assisted propulsion, and specifically to: Improve methods for transparent performance predictionUse the improved methods to provide ship owners/operators with fast low-cost predictions for their fleetReview the regulatory perspective including status
With the signature of INEA (Innovation & Networks Executive Agency of the European Commission) on the Grant Agreement of FLARE, the project officially started on June, 1 2019. FLARE is a multiannual research and innovation program for the maritime sector. The results of FLARE will increase safety for passengers ships by developing a risk-based methodology
DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN THE MARITIME SECTOR Which technology will cause revolutions in the maritime sector in the coming years? On Thursday 13 June (11 am - 6 pm), Maritime Netherlands is organizing the Smart Maritime Technology congress, a network day with an overview of pioneering technologies in the maritime sector. Challenges for autonomous decision processes and control
The Green Maritime Methanol consortium has selected nine ships for research on the application of renewable methanol as a marine fuel. The selection took place in close co-operation with the consortium partners. Both new designs, new buildings as well as existing ships of Boskalis, Van Oord, Royal Netherlands Navy and Wagenborg Shipping were selected. The
