New project to provide insight into passenger ship comfort


MARIN starts a


two-year research programme with the passenger ship sector to enhance industry knowledge.


C


omfort is considered to be a crucial factor on board passenger ships as it largely determines passenger


satisfaction, on board expenditure and passenger return levels. However, comfort is subjective as people are very different. Where one passenger complains about discomfort, the other may hardly notice anything.


Passenger comfort is determined by a large variety of factors including the interior design of public spaces, temperature and smell. However, within the context of MARIN’s services, we will limit ourselves to the hydrodynamic aspects that might influence comfort. Within the cruise and ferry team; powering, manoeuvring and seakeeping specialists join forces and work together to assess the hydrodynamic behaviour that influences comfort i.e. ship motions, heeling angle during manoeuvres and the propeller and slamming-induced vibrations and noise. This article focuses on the seakeeping relat- ed to passenger discomfort.


Rob Grin Recently tested Seakeeping and manoeuvring models of cruise ships 16 report r.grin@marin.nl


Ultra large & ultra luxurious In the last decade there has been a clear trend towards either ultra luxurious cruise ships or ultra large cruise ships. Luxurious ships


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