editorial Dear Reader, 6 Meyer Werft and MARIN: a 30-year research


partnership and still counting Report highlights this very special relationship.


9 Voyage Planner in RISING success MARIN models the hydrodynamics of an inland waterway vessel for the EU-backed


RISING project. 10 The DWB delivers the world’s first images of


cavitation and ventilation in waves! History was made on May 22 when the first-ever cavitating and ventilating images appeared on the monitors at the new Depressurised Wave Basin.


12 Yachting focus MARIN carries out a wide range of yachting projects, from studies in comfort to the


relatively new area of Dynamic Positioning.


14 Setting new standards in container ship design MARIN is tasked with developing the hull lines of the Seaspan Saver, a 10,000 TEU


container vessel, which has been entirely designed with a low operational cost profile in mind.


15 LAURA Phase 2 gets underway The Launch and Recovery of any small navy craft (LAURA) JIP enters its second


phase and calls for new participants.


16 North Sea near misses under scrutiny The Dutch government asks MARIN to develop methods to automatically detect


near misses and other hazardous encounters from AIS data.


18 Live testing of fatigue predictions for USCG An extensive project for the United States Coast Guard gets underway.


20 Meeting the dredger propulsion challenge Employing its full range of tools and experience, MARIN is successful in supporting


the industry in the complicated field of dredger propulsion.


21 MARIN examines effects of passing ships Model tests to investigate the effects of passing ships are performed in the Shallow


Water Basin.


22 New WAGENINGEN CD propeller series The open water characteristics for a large systematic series of Controllable Pitch


Propellers were recently measured at MARIN.


Bas Buchner President


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Reflecting the wide range of activities MARIN is involved in, this issue of Report has articles highlighting projects in virtually every maritime sector - dredging, naval, container ships, cruise liners, inland waterway vessels and yachts to name but a few.


Our extensive work in the cruise ship industry is the focus of an interview with Henning Luhmann, Meyer Werft Head of Department Naval Architecture. We have worked with Meyer Werft for more than 30 years and in that time we have tested some of the most famous cruise vessels in the world.


It was also a cruise vessel that sailed in waves under a very low atmospheric pressure in our new Depressurised Wave Basin for the first time in history. There was much excitement in the DWB control room when the world’s first images of cavitation and ventilation in waves appeared on the monitors!


Another recent project where MARIN has been proud to play a role involves the new 10,000 teu container vessel Seaspan Saver, which is destined to set new standards in container ship design. MARIN was tasked with developing the hull lines and carried out extensive CFD, fast potential flow and RANS calculations.


We are also playing a pioneering role in the yacht- ing industry. In this issue there is a special feature on some of our recent yachting projects. Report spotlights perhaps one of the more usual yachting topics – comfort, but also one of the relative newcomers – Dynamic Positioning.


For our readers that are particularly interested in this market, MARIN will be Monaco


participating in the Monaco Yacht Show and we would b delighted to discuss any of these issues. In other chances to meet the team this year, we will also be present at SMM, Rio Oil & Gas, SNAME and Inmex. We hope we meet you there!


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