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ARIN was delighted to take part in a truly historic milestone in the industry when Daewoo Shipbuild- ing and Marine Engineering (DSME) asked MARIN to investigate the sea- keeping ability of what would become the largest container vessel in the world - Maersk Line’s Triple-E.

MARIN carried out an extensive scope of work, combining numerical predic- tions and basin model tests to provide the most complete quali? cation of the ves- sel’s behavior in various sea conditions.

An important yet unfortunately, too rare, feature of this project was that MARIN could count not only on the support of the shipyard but also on that of the future owner. Maersk Line and Maersk Mari- time Technology took an active role in the preparations of the different activi- ties, showing clearly its intention to be involved in all parts of the development of its future Triple-E Class. Direct com- munication lines with the owner were without doubt key to the project’s suc- cess, since it was possible to account for the owner’s wishes right from the project kick-off.

Close Cooperation

Operational information provided by the owner could then be used as input for the preliminary numerical work, as well as for the basin model tests. Us- ing MARIN’s in-house strip theory code

SHIPMO, a preliminary estimate of the ship motions and accelerations at crucial locations could be achieved for a large number of conditions in a short time.

Calculations were also conducted for several conditions with the in-house 3D panel code FATIMA in order to obtain an initial impression of the wave-induced

EYE ON DESIGN

Triple-E

World’s Largest Containership First Tested @ MARIN

BY BASTIEN ABEIL

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