Next Ocean will co-host a stand (2.101) together with Heerema Engineering Solutions (HES) at the OEEC 2024 in Amsterdam starting November 26th.
Check out our technology demo or come and listen to the presentation at 11:05 on the 27th of November at 'The Square'.
Looking forward to meet you in Amsterdam!
Today we conclude our visit to the Borekonferansen in Stavanger. It was great to meet existing and new clients and to learn more and more again on all the operational challenges offshore we can solve with our motion radar technology.
Our colleague Uneco de Meester presented our innovative technology once more at the WindEnergy Hamburg and therewith we conclude 4 successful days of meeting old friends and new people, and spreading the word about how we can make extreme wave related accidents offshore belong to the past!
Visit our colleagues Uneco de Meester & Karel Roozen at WindEnergy Hamburg to learn more on how vessel motion prediction is in use onboard several vessels active in the offshore renewables sector already today.
See you in hall B7!
Just 1.5 more weeks until the largest event in (offshore) wind kicks off in Hamurg!
We are honoured to participate in the Dutch Innovation Pavilion stand 242 in hall B7. Drop by for a demo!
We were honoured with a visit of the US Offshore Wind Trade Mission delegation at Buccaneer today. It was great to feel the enthusiasm to follow Europe in her offshore wind ambitions. And of course, doing so as safe and efficient as possible. We hope to continue our conversations on how the Next Ocean Motion Radars can help to achieve these ambitions any time soon!
Join us at IADC HSE & Sustainability Europe in Rotterdam next week. Visit our booth (nr 10) to learn more about our HeavePredictor product.
See you there in Rotterdam!
This morning another WavePredictor left our premises, on its way to help another vessel crew executing their operations more safely.
We're thrilled to announce that we have hired Uneco de Meester as our CCO, making a significant step in our growth strategy. As successful entrepreneur De Meester brings a wealth of market development knowledge and extensive experience in scaling a software company.
"The Next Ocean Wave Predictor is an incredibly smart product with very clear added value for a wide range of operations at sea", De Meester stated. "We make these operations safer and more efficient. I am very excited to help develop the market for Next Ocean and in that way contribute to the transition to renewable energy sources at sea."
Next Ocean, known for its innovative wave prediction technology, enhances safety and efficiency in maritime operations, contributing to the broader goal of advancing the energy transition.
Next Ocean is present at the WindEurope 2024 Event in Bilbao. Visit us at stand 1-E80 to learn more on how we reduce 'Waiting on Weather' downtime for offshore windfarm developers and operators. See you there!
Meet us at the WindEurope 2024 in Bilbao Spain next week to learn more about our wave and vessel motion prediction technology and how it can help to reduce Waiting on Weather downtime of offshore operations.
Next Ocean hosts a booth at the IDC 2024 exhibition floor this week. Looking forward to meet you here in Galveston!
Last Monday a Next Ocean WavePredictor system has been successfully commissioned on board a Boskalis multipurpose vessel. This vessel is equipped with a trencher that can burry power cables several meters into the seabed. The WavePredictor will be used for trencher launch and recovery operations in challenging weather conditions.
Earlier today the commissioning of a Next Ocean WavePredictor was successfully concluded onboard the SOV Grampian Tees of North Star UK. We thank the crew for the great collaboration achieving this milestone and we wish the Grampian Tees a safe journey!
Yesterday we've concluded 2023 with Christmas drinks and games here at Buccaneer Delft and to top it all off the Next Ocean team won the Zepp construction challenge!
We wish you happy holidays and a prosperous 2024!
Got inspired by our colleague Raghu Paravastu? Visit us at the Innovation Dock near the exhibition entrance to learn more!
Visit us at the Innovators Dock right at the exhibition entrance and learn more about how wave and vessel motion prediction changes working offshore!
New Next Ocean WavePredictor system commissioning onboard the North Star SOV Grampian Derwent has been completed by our colleague Sander de Haan yesterday in Aberdeen. Big thanks to our client for the collaboration on this project and we wish the Grampian Derwent and her crew a safe voyage!
Our director was presenting at IADC ART 2023 today. It was great to see the interest in the technology and great to meet with so many people. Big thanks to the organising committee for this well organised event!
Next Ocean is at the IADC ART 2023 today and tomorrow. Looking forward to meet you all and explore ways to make offshore operations safer and more efficient together!
Another one of our WavePredictor systems leaving our offices in Delft today, ready to help one of our clients establishing safe offshore operations in harsh wave conditions!
Two weeks ago our colleague Sander de Haan installed and commissioned a brand-new Next Ocean system onboard the biggest(!) vessel in the world.
Big thanks to Allseas for their confidence in our solutions. We wish the Pioneering Spirit a safe voyage!
Today we've commissioned the Next Ocean WavePredictor system onboard Grampian Tyne, the first of several SOV's of our client North Star Renewables. We wish the Grampian Tyne a safe voyage!
It's great working together with Aktis Hydraulics to develop technology that not only identifies the risk of parametric roll very precisely, but that is also capable of showing the onboard crew how to mitigate this risk by either changing the vessel course and/or speed in the current sea state.
Wrapping up a successful FOWT 2023 conference in Nantes! Great to showcase the WavePrediction technology for SOVs and floating offshore wind turbines.
Great article by MO4 on feeder barge operations mentioning the benefits of using the Next Ocean wave and vessel motion prediction technology for safe OWT component lifts in marginal weather conditions.
Our WavePredictor technology predicts the feeder barge heave motions wave by wave up to three minutes ahead of time. The information provided by this decision support system is used by the WTIV crew to pick the safest moment for critical parts of the lifting operation, like connecting the lifting tool and the actual lifting of the component off the feeder barge.
Our colleague Karel is visiting WindEurope Copenhagen today and of course happy to meet up for short introductions. See you there!
Another WavePredictor leaving Next Ocean's offices this afternoon, on its way to predict vessel motions out at the ocean!
Our director had the pleassure to present Next Ocean's cutting edge technology to the 'Scheepvaartkring Rotterdam', an organisation that shares knowlegde on the maritime sector amongst it's members.
Meet us at the OEEC 2022 in Amsterdam RAI on the 29th and 30th of November. You can find us at stand 1.257. See you there!
Our colleague Karel had the opportunity to pitch the positive impact of wave and vessel motion prediction on offshore operations' safety and efficiency to the captains of industry!
Another WavePredictor system leaving Next Ocean offices earlier this morning! The WavePredictor system helps to reduce risks and increase operational uptime of vessels. The WavePredictor warns for extreme wave and vessel motion events and predicts quiescent periods.
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First WavePredictor radar successfully installed onboard Floating Offshore Wind Turbine!
Together with the team of BW Ideol, our colleague Sander de Haan completed the installation last week on board the FLOATGEN FOWT near St. Nazaire. Another succesful step in the FLOATECH H2020 Offshore Wind Project!
After successfully testing the system about a week ago, the Next Ocean - Increasing Operational Windows wave and motion prediction radar is going to be installed at the BW Ideol FLOATGEN floating wind turbine this week.
Keep an eye on the FLOATECH H2020 Offshore Wind Project page for updates!
Next Ocean wave prediction radar setup ready for shipment to St. Nazaire, France, where it will become part of an offshore floating wind turbine!
This radar will be installed on BW Ideol's FLOATGEN FWT anytime soon as part of the FLOATECH H2020 Offshore Wind Project to support the development of wave-based feed-forward motion control. We'll keep you posted!
Our new colleagues succesfully completed their BOSIET with HUET safety trainings today. Escaping through windows of upside down submerged helicopters, that kind of skills... (hopefully you'll never have to put them to practice). Congrats guys, ready for the real offshore work!
After successfully defending his MSc thesis on Nonlinear Potential FEM at the TU Delft, Derk started working at Next Ocean last week. We’re very happy to welcome Derk within our company to further strengthen the team!
Last week Sander started working at Next Ocean. Sander is a familiar face in the office. We have been working together during his graduation internship at Next Ocean for the past months. After successfully defending this thesis at the TU Delft beginning of March, we’re very happy to welcome Sander within our company to strengthen the team!
Proud to announce that Next Ocean continues cooperation with The Ocean Cleanup over the coming winter!
Whilst 'System 002' is successfully capturing plastics from the Pacific Ocean, our wave radar solutions monitor the waves to gain further insight in the behaviour of the cleanup system in a variety of environmental conditions.
This morning we shipped out two systems to a new client in Norway. Excited to enter a new market together with them after concluding a successful pilot earlier this year.
We're thrived to announce the order by our client North Star Renewables of the Next Ocean WavePredictor system for their newbuild (C)SOVs! The first of these systems will be installed and commissioned in 2023.
We like to thank North Star Renewables for their trust in our technology and we look forward to our cooperation.
Great to see two graphs in such agreement whilst verifying our Significant Wave Height data vs the freely available Copernicus data.
What's shown is roughly 2 months' worth of Significant Wave Height data, or simply 'Hs'. The red graph is as derived by our WavePredictor system onboard a ship out at sea. The Copernicus data has been plotted for the same GPS locations. Which of the two graphs is closest to reality can only be determined with wave buoy data which is not available in this case.
At least the agreement of the two tells us that neither of them is likely to be far off!
A nice example of a multi-modal wave spectrum, with waves from multiple directions and with multiple periods. Imagine the challenge of choosing an optimal heading to minimize ship motions...
Every vessel being slightly different due to hull design and loading conditions, the trick is to combine these detailed wave energy density spectra with the vessel specific wave response characteristics. Together they provide an accurate heading advise to e.g. minimize motions at the base of the gangway.
As these wave energy density spectra are measured live in the field by our onboard system, you're always provided with the most up to date, accurate wave input and related operational advise: Less Risk, More Uptime
Next Ocean signs follow-up contract with The Ocean Cleanup for 2 new installations.
We are pleased to continue our relationship with The Ocean Cleanup by providing a solution for continuous measurements of the wave conditions and surface currents.
We have enjoyed working together and contributing to this amazing project during their previous Great Pacific Garbage Patch campaigns back in 2018 and 2019.
We are looking forward to cooperating again this summer!
Being a start-up means you'll be rolling up your sleeves a lot, like Karel Roozen here. The last couple of weeks Next Ocean - Increasing Operational Limits has been testing their new radar outside on our square. The radar signals wave motions and by using algorithms Next Ocean is able to predict approaching waves minutes in advance.
Recently one of these radars is installed on one of Acta Marine's vessels enabling to operate even more safely and efficiently. This particular radar will be on it's way to France soon, where it will contribute to FLOATECH, a floating wind project by BW Ideol.
With the recent flurry of announcements for OSW turbine feeder designs in the US market, one question remains: how effective is existing Jones Act tug and barge infrastructure in feedering of OSW turbines from preassembly ports to installation vessels in the USA?
By combining emerging technologies from Seaqualize, Eager.one, Next Ocean - Increasing Operational Limits along with SEA.O.G. Offshore operational footprint and local industry know how, our teams delivered a joint operability and weather downtime analysis using state of the art motion response analysis along with actual hindcast data from the Vineyard Wind lease area.
Read the white paper here the results may surprise you.
A nice day for installing our Next Ocean - Increasing Operational Limits WavePredictor including a dedicated radar on board the Acta Auriga last Wednesday!
We are looking forward to combine state of the art real-time onboard wave motion and workability prediction tools to further optimise SOV operations together with Acta Marine, MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands), MO4 - Setting New Offshore Standards, Radac B.V. and SMST Designers & Constructors.
Big thanks to the Acta Auriga crew for their help and hospitality. We wish them a safe voyage to their next assignment in Scotland!
Back in December 2019 our colleague Karel Roozen has been onboard the W2W vessel Acta Auriga to showcase the use of the WavePredictor during cargo and people transfer operations.
All the animated predictions for periods with high and low chances of large motion amplitudes (red/green), were also visible live during the operations.
Contact us to learn more on how the WavePredictor can make your offshore operations more safe and furthermore result in multiple extra workable days on a yearly basis.
Earlier this year we shipped a WavePredictor out to Singapore for installation onboard the offshore heavy lift vessel Jumbo Javelin. The system has been commissioned exactly according to schedule. The Jumbo Javelin will be installing TPs (transition pieces) in the Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan for the coming months. The WavePredictor warns for expected motion maxima and will indicate the ideal moments for executing critical steps in the installation works.
We wish the Jumbo Javelin and her crew a successful installation campaign!
After three days of delayed helicopter flights due to bad weather our colleague Karel safely returned back ashore today. The WavePredictor is rented by our Norwegian client (whom prefers to stays unknown to the public) for a so far undefined period of time to investigate the impact of this innovative technology on their offshore operations.
I got back ashore again last Wednesday and just received the permission to share the following video clip: the Next Ocean BV WavePredictor system live in action on board the Acta Auriga!
See how the system performs in 2.7m Hs confused seas, accurately warning for some extreme motions of the W2W ship. The footage is played back 4x normal speed (my apologies for the video quality, a nicer video follows soon).
Big thanks to Acta Marine and the crew onboard for letting us board the Acta Auriga for her trip out to sea. Very insightful to experience the offshore windfarm transfer operations from a W2W ship first hand.
Yes! Successfully installed the Next Ocean BV WavePredictor on board Acta Marine's Acta Auriga. Big thanks to the helpful crew!
Just arrived at the quay in Emden, Germany. Brought a Next Ocean BV WavePredictor ready for installation. Acta Auriga here we come!
Alpha-Factors of greater than 1.0?! That was one of the discussion topics during the Subsea Lifting Operations conference in Stavanger past two days. MO4 and Next Ocean were invited by DNV GL to share the latest insights in ship motion forecasting technologies. The presentations of both Mark Paalvast and Peter Naaijen inspired the audience to think outside the box of conventional operational limits based on Hs and Tp. Great to see what these innovative technologies offer the offshore sector!
Damen Shipyards Group, in collaboration with Delft Dynamics and Next Ocean, has trialled a new approach to search and rescue in the North Sea. The collaboration involved qualification testing of Delft Dynamics RH3 drone (RH-3 Swift), along with a fast rescue boat launched from a Damen Sea Axe Fast Crew Supply (FCS) Vessel equipped with Next Ocean's wave and vessel motion predictor.
Watch the video!
Interested in our view on how wave and ship motion prediction disrupts operational limits? Visit the Offshore Day 2019 in Rotterdam!
Meet us in Rotterdam at Europort 2019! The Europort takes place from 5-8 November in Rottedam Ahoy. We're presenting our newest user interface, drop by to see it in action. We're present all days on the stand of our host Alhpatron Marine/JRC, stand #3408 in hall 3. Looking forward to see you there!
Today and tomorrow Next Ocean is present on the Alhpatron Marine stand (#1001) on the Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC2019) in the RAI in Amsterdam. Drop by to see the WavePredictor in action!
Update: Missed us at the OEEC20019? Meet us during Europort 2019 in Rotterdam Ahoy next week! You'll find us at the JRC/Alphatron Marine stand (#3408).
Next Ocean concluded a research project on the feasibility for a visually aided assistance system for crew transfers in the offshore wind industry ("Visueel Assistentie Systeem voor Crew Transfer in Offshore Wind"). It is concluded that a visually aided assistance system that communicates the predictions of the Next Ocean WavePredictor tailored for use in the offshore wind sector is feasible. The feasibility research was partially funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Little over a year after being nominated for the Offshore Wind Innovation Award Next Ocean was invited to present their success that followed the nomination. Karel Roozen presented the projects and applications of the past year that were kickstarted by the Offshore Wind Innovation Award nomination. Many thanks to Offshore Wind Innovators and the Q-meeting organising partners Van Oord and Siemens for giving us the stage!
Beginning of this year Next Ocean joined forces with Vroon Offshore Engineering to setup a trial with the Next Ocean WavePredictor on one of Vroon's Platform Supply Vessels (PSV). During the trial the WavePredictor proved to be capable of predicting waves and ship motions live during offshore operations. As it was the first live trial the crew did not use the system's output in their operations yet. However, the crew reported that the WavePredictor would significantly improve their awareness of incoming waves and potential loss of DP position in marginal conditions. Escpecially during operations at night.
Next Ocean presented their company to Naval Architecture and Offshore Engieering students during the Maritime Match Day 2019. Are you looking for an graduation internship and skilled in the field of hydromechanics? Contact us by mail and drop by for a cup of coffee!
On the 8th of September The Ocean Cleanup launched their first plastic capturing system from San Francisco Bay into the Pacific: System 001. The coming several months System 001, nicknamed 'Wilson', is tested thoroughly and they hope to bring back the first batch of ocean plastics. Next Ocean's technology is installed on board the ship that stays near the system and continuously keeps an eye on her during these first exciting months. With our technology we help The Ocean Cleanup to better understand the behaviour of the barrier in the wind and waves at the ocean. We are glad to contribute in this way to this much-needed project. We wish The Ocean Cleanup team a thriving continuation and many successful plastic catches! (Photo: Ocean Cleanup)
Next Ocean welcomes The Dutch Maritime Pilot's Association, Nederlandse Loodswezen, as trial partner. We're pleased to announce that Nederlandse Loodswezen offered us their P-class ship Polaris to test and demonstrate our wave and ship motion prediction technology.
Next Ocean was invited to present at the Offshore Seminar Rotterdam in the Erasmus Pavilion. Alongside Fistucca, another starup housed in Buccaneer Delft, we pitched our innovative wave and ship motion prediction technology.
Being one of the Offshore Wind Innovators 'Innovation Award Nominees' Next Ocean was invited to present their innovative wave and ship motion prediction technology at the Offshore Seminar Rotterdam. The technology was well received by the audience who responded with a lot of interest and questions. Altogether a fruitful seminar with lots of interesting talks and networking opportunities.
Next Ocean is invited to take part in the Horizon 2020 programme. Our technology fits the European Strategic Transport Research and Innovation Agenda on the topic of safety with regard to water transport at sea.
To further trial and showcase the Wave Prediction technology Next Ocean will cooperate with a Belgium test partner in a Link2Innovate project. This project is conjointly financed by the European Interreg Vlaanderen-Nederland programme (www.grensregio.eu). Interreg Vlaanderen-Nederland stimulates border crossing projects for smart, green and inclusive growth, from the 'European Fonds voor Regionale Ontwikkeling' (EFRO).
Offshore Wind Innovators launched their Innovation Award this year for the first time. Next Ocean is nominated by the Jury and we are invited to pitch our innovative Wave and Shipmotion prediciton technology during the Q-Meeting at Van Oord offices in Rotterdam on Wednesday the 6th of December. Besides the Jury Award there will be a Public Award as well. Please join the Q-Meeting if you want to make your vote count!
Next Ocean Co-Founder Peter Naaijen won the prize for Best Presentation at the Hydro17 conference today. The conference took place at the SS Rotterdam, a ship of the former Holland America cruise line. We congratulate Peter with his outstanding performance!
Delta, the TU Delft magazine, published an article on Next Ocean today. A well written summary on the technology, Peter Naaijen his PhD promotion and the Offshore Energy Best Innovation Award. Want to know more? Click the button below to read the article.
Presented to its visitors under the name "Ten years of innovation, what's next?", the technical session tried to capture the challenging processes of these innovations in the current market and predict future technological innovations. Our Co-Founder Karel Roozen joined the panel discussion together with Edward Heerema, Jan van der Tempel, Pieter Swart, Andries Hoffman and Martijn Koppert.
We are thrilled to announce Next Ocean as winner of the Offshore Energy Best Innovation Award! The award honors the best innovation in the offshore oil and gas industry of 2017, and was presented to the team at Offshore Energy's Opening Gala Dinner in Amsterdam. We thank the expert jury for their acknowledgement of the significance of our innovative technology for the Offshore Energy industry!
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This morning our Colleage and Co-Founder Peter Naaijen defended his PhD thesis "DETERMINISTIC PREDICTION OF WAVES AND WAVE INDUCED VESSEL MOTIONS - FUTURE TELLING BY USING NAUTICAL RADAR AS A REMOTE WAVE SENSOR" with great success. Peter got some challenging questions and answered them with clearly sublime expertise on the topic. He was even praised by members of the committee on his good answers. Congratulations to you Peter for this astonishing achievement!
Next Ocean's Wave Prediction technology is nominated for the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) Safety Award 2017. Out of the thirteen nominees a winner will be announced during the IADC Annual General Meeting in Marseille, France this September.
Next Ocean is present at the Europort 2017 this November. We host a stand at the 'Start-Up Plaza'. The exhibition theme perfectly matches our product: Maximising Vessel Performance. Interested in how Next Ocean's technology maximizes your vessel's performance? Meet us in Rotterdam!
Today Allseas became the first to sign a contract with Next Ocean for purchasing Next Ocean's wave and ship motion predicting technology. Allseas therewith officially became Next Ocean's launching customer. We thank Allseas for their faith in our products and wish them good use of the benefits of wave and ship motion prediction in their operations: less risk and more uptime!
Next Ocean Sponsors the 4th Operating Specialist Wind Vessels Summit in Hamburg this September. Our Co-Founder Karel will be presenting recent Next Ocean's Wave Predicting technology field test results. Interested? Meet us in Hamburg!
Next Ocean's wave predicting technology is acknowledged being an environmental friendly technology by the Dutch Government. Short term wave predicting technologies enable more efficient use of ships. Therefore the use of such technology is stimulated by tax reduction via the MIA(36% investment reduction on fiscal profit) and VAMIL(75% variable write off) regulations.
Next Ocean opens the doors of her new office in Buccaneer Delft. The Buccaneer, a former army arsenal beautifully converted to office spaces and owned by Joop Roodenburg, is located in the historic city centre of the Delft. It houses the Buccaneer Accelerator that is focussed on start-ups in the offshore and energy business.
We started a YouTube channel to provide you easy access to the jewels of all the wave and ship motion related risky offshore action movies we come across.
The Take-Off subsidy is ment to stimulate commercialisation of innovations developed at Dutch knowledge institutes. We thank STW for their financial support and therewith acknowledgement of the added value of our ship motion prediction technology.
After three months of hard work NEXT Ocean is announced as winner of the Port Innovation Lab. The prize was awarded by the jury and handed over by Mare Straetmans, managing director of PortXL, during the award ceremony of the Launch Day event at YES!Delft.
