BBC World Service | CrowdScience investigates how human activity on the waves is affecting life below them. In this podcast several scientists give their point of view. Listen to MARIN’s Frans Hendrik Lafeber who is focussing on measuring underwater radiated noise caused by shipping and who explains how new ship designs might quieten things down.https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszv5x

Welcome in our Atmosphere: a custom built 12.5 m long, 0.6 m wide and 1.2 m tall flume tank with a heavy, instrumented impact wall to study wave impacts at different conditions. Using a precise piston-type wave generator, we can create diverse kinds of waves in the whole range of conditions and record dynamic pressures […]

MARIN is one of the 17 partners participating in the MOSES project: autoMated vessels and supply chain Optimisation for Sustainable short SEa Shipping. MOSES aims to significantly enhance the Short Sea Shipping (SSS) component of the European container supply chain by addressing the vulnerabilities and strains that relate to the operation of large containerships. More […]

The Unmanned Systems Technology magazine (June/July 2020) looked at the latest steps MARIN has taken to test methods of subsea vehicle autonomy and control. MARIN has for a long time developed autonomous test and demonstration platforms to find better ways of providing independent expertise and scientific consultation to maritime industries. Its newest vehicle, the mAUV […]

WAGENINGEN, 26 JUNE 2020 – In the night of 1 to 2 January 2019, the large container ship MSC Zoe sails in a southwesterly storm in the southern shipping route above the Dutch Wadden. As a result, the ship loses 345 containers, which leads to major pollution of the sea and the Wadden Islands. The […]

Capturing your future bridge concept in user requirements In many large tender processes it is vital to have well-defined User Requirements which reflect the need for the customer unambiguously to get the best value for money. Capturing ship bridge functionality and design in requirements is an ultimate challenge since it covers a huge variation of […]

MARIN invites classification societies, product developers, research institutes, ship operators and maritime training institutes to participate in a new initiative: a Joint Industry Project to develop a broadly accepted, standard methodology for the thorough testing and validation of collision avoidance algorithms and systems. Last year the Dutch led Autonomous Shipping JIP (Joint Industry Project) has […]

MARIN Report is our corporate magazine. The magazine focusses on recent projects and keeps readers informed of the latest research.  We are happy to share with you the latest edition of MARIN Report magazine. Now more than ever it is time to think about our joint future. That is why we asked some of the […]

Like a breaking ‘freak’ wave the corona crisis flooded over us. Nobody was expecting it, nobody was ready for it. And we are just in the early phases of realizing what the impact will be on our maritime sector. Transport, cruise, passengers, oil & gas, renewables – nothing will be untouched. And what will happen […]

How to handle ‘social distancing’ with less than one week to go before MODEC / SOFEC will be visiting you for a series of FPSO model tests in your Offshore Basin? Well, you create the same experience online! MARIN provided a secure online channel for everyone involved, all over the globe. They could monitor the […]