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Flierman, Jesse (author)Offshore wind stands as a crucial contributor to generating clean, renewable energy, but the limited availability of shallow water locations restrains the potential of bottom-fixed wind. To unlock the vast wind energy potential in deeper waters, a substantial reduction in the Levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of floating wind technology is...master thesis 2024
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Opstal, Anton (author)The yachting industry is embracing sustainable practices in response to global environmental concerns, particularly those outlined in the Paris Agreement, which aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit global temperature increases. Although diesel engines are most commonly used in yachts and are a major contributor to greenhouse gas...master thesis 2024
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Uppenkamp, Gijs (author)Offshore wind farms are increasing in size and moving further from shore. Service operation vessels (SOVs) are used for offshore wind operation and maintenance (O&M) at these large far offshore sites. These large vessels typically have a smaller daughter craft (DC) on board that can assist them. This DC is however too small to provide the...master thesis 2024
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de Haan, Naomi (author)The development of the global COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 onward has had significant impact on the world and specifically the maritime industry. Striking examples were COVID-19 outbreaks onboard the Diamond Princess cruise vessel and the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier at the start of the pandemic. Contagious disease management...master thesis 2024
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Hermans, Julien (author)This thesis presents a data-driven design approach for emission reduction using bunker delivery notes (BDNs) to help support the revised IMO strategy to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by international shipping close to 2050. This research supports the Horizon Europe’s Digital Twin for Green Shipping (DT4GS) project which focuses on...master thesis 2024
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Rodermond, Timo (author)The global awareness of the environmental and economic advantages of the circular economy (CE) concept has grown significantly. In order to implement this concept into company practices, a vital starting point is the adoption of a measurement framework. In the past years, the evolution of CE metrics resulted in maturity and practical...master thesis 2024
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van Wilsem, Rick (author)The Jones Act, limited US port facilities, and absence of Jones Act-compliant installation vessels pose significant challenges for offshore wind farm installations. These factors force contractors to explore new installation strategies, such as feedering. Feedering is an installation strategy where the wind turbine installation vessel remains...master thesis 2023
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Rupprath, Sarah (author)One of the key challenges for offshore pipeline installation are free spans, which are sections not supported by the seabed. Within these sections the stress in the pipeline is increased due to local buckling which is caused by high bending moments at free span shoulders and midspan. Additionally, hydrodynamic loading due to currents and waves,...master thesis 2023
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de Ridder, Jesse (author)The offshore wind market is rapidly growing, resulting in increasing wind turbine sizes, increasing distances to port, and a shift to deeper waters. A literature study in this thesis shows that existing wind turbine installation vessels, vessels under construction, and innovative concepts will not be able to install next-generation turbines or...master thesis 2023
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de Bruin, Arnoud (author)International and local legislation on emission reduction urge the Dutch beam trawler fleet to reduce the use of fossil fuels. In 2015 the United Nations Paris Agreement was signed and as a result IMO and EU set the objective to reduce the GHG or CO2 emissions of the shipping industry. The Dutch beam trawler<br/>has been confronted with many...master thesis 2023
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LI, wenzhu (author)Air emission reduction from the maritime industry is becoming pressing as massive global pollution regulations are in place. The design of new green transport vessels has to meet both financial and environmental requirements. The growing complexity of green transport vessels results in the research gap between current ship design methodologies...master thesis 2023
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Scherpenhuijsen Rom, Erik (author)This paper provides an initial feasibility study of the potential installation of iron powder energy generation systems aboard a marine service vessel. After a short introduction as to the relevance of this study, the state-of-the-art iron powder energy generation is investigated. This information is then used to decide which marine service...master thesis 2023
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Boer, Fons (author)There is uncertainty as to whether the stability criteria in the Dutch regulatory framework for commercial cruising vessels are safe and obtainable for the current Dutch commercial sailing fleet. Therefore, this paper aims to determine a suitable set of intact stability requirements for monohull sailing vessels operating under the Dutch flag,...master thesis 2023
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Pothaar, Maarten (author)Progressing targets on GHG emission reduction urge the the Netherlands Ministry of Defense (NL MoD) to reduce the use of fossil fuels, as they announced to contribute to the Paris agreement by reducing its dependency on fossil fuels by at least 70% by the year 2050. However, without sacrificing striking power, because future naval combatants...master thesis 2022
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Rutten, Stephan (author)The objective of this research is to evaluate what is required to make the operation of multiple robots feasible for large scale seafloor imaging campaigns. Three blocking issues were identified; high cost of subsea robots, limited handling efficiency and insufficiently performant localization technology. These are solved by applying, in order:...master thesis 2022
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Peeten, Vino (author)The offshore wind market is growing rapidly, and new offshore wind projects are being launched more than ever. To keep up with demand, parts for these wind turbines are being produced all over the world. To get all the parts needed to their destination on time, they must be transported on heavy transport vessels (HTVs).<br/><br/>Today, business...master thesis 2022
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Poullis, Ioannis (author)The main aim of the master thesis was to create a design tool for the arrangement of the Propulsion, Power and Energy (PPE) systems during the conceptual design stage in cooperation with Maritime Research Institute of Netherlands (MARIN). Within MARIN, a recent and novel methodology known as Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is implemented...master thesis 2022
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Doornebos, Patryk (author)Internal combustion engine (ICE) emissions cause numerous social, environmental, health, and economic issues, including extreme weather or harm to public health. These effects are also experienced in the Chinese Pearl River Delta, where a high-speed, 200-passenger ferry named the Coastal Cruiser 200 (CC-200) uses ICEs to operate. The CC-200's...master thesis 2022
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Milatz, Bas (author)The probabilistic damage stability method offers great design freedom when used as a base of design. However, due to the complexity of the calculation and amount of parameters that influence the attained index, much of this freedom is not being harnessed by designers. This research tries to give the designer more insight in where to look when...master thesis 2022
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Lupoae, Laurentiu (author)Maritime transport represents one of the main means of product delivery and passenger transportation across the world but its impact on climate change has positioned it among the world's biggest CO2 pollutants. One of the most impacted regions in the world by maritime transport emissions is the South Pacific Region. Studies show that if climate...master thesis 2022