Bridging the gap

摘要

When asked what MARIN is doing as a maritime research institute, I always say: "We are trying to make ships cleaner, safer and smarter." We are not just developing knowledge because this is interesting. No, all this knowledge should be focused on these objectives. So we are trying to bridge the gap between knowledge and application. But in our efforts to make ships cleaner, safer and smarter we are also trying to bridge another gap in the maritime industry: the one between ship builders and ship owners, between the office and the fleet, between designers and operators. Who isn't familiar with complaints in both directions?