EYE ON DESIGNTriple-EBY BASTIEN ABEIL World’s Largest Containership First Tested @ MARINARIN was delighted to tions and basin model tests to provide the involved in all parts of the development for the preliminary numerical work, as take part in a truly historic most complete quali? cation of the ves- of its future Triple-E Class. Direct com- well as for the basin model tests. Us-milestone in the industry sel’s behavior in various sea conditions. munication lines with the owner were ing MARIN’s in-house strip theory code Mwhen Daewoo Shipbuild- An important yet unfortunately, too rare, without doubt key to the project’s suc- SHIPMO, a preliminary estimate of the ing and Marine Engineering (DSME) feature of this project was that MARIN cess, since it was possible to account for ship motions and accelerations at crucial asked MARIN to investigate the sea- could count not only on the support of the owner’s wishes right from the project locations could be achieved for a large keeping ability of what would become the shipyard but also on that of the future kick-off. number of conditions in a short time. the largest container vessel in the world owner. Maersk Line and Maersk Mari- Calculations were also conducted for - Maersk Line’s Triple-E. time Technology took an active role in Close Cooperation several conditions with the in-house 3D MARIN carried out an extensive scope the preparations of the different activi- Operational information provided by panel code FATIMA in order to obtain an of work, combining numerical predic- ties, showing clearly its intention to be the owner could then be used as input initial impression of the wave-induced 30 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • NOVEMBER 2014MR #11 (26-33).indd 30 10/23/2014 11:23:13 AM