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TECHNOLOGY

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OCEAN SPACE

Norway’s future competitiveness and ability to create value will depend on our ability to partici-pate in international knowledge generation and technology development. In certain areas, we need to be able to assume a global leadership position, not least technology associated with ocean space.

Preface ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................3

Mariti me• Unmanned ships of the future ..............................................................................................................4• Cargo Ferry – a new sea transport concept ...............................................................5• Sea trials and model tests for validati on of shiphandling simulati on models (SimVal) .......................................................................6• Joint European research project on submarines (SUBMOTION) ...............................................................................................................7

Oil and gas• Improved reliability in the operati on of fl exible pipes ..........................8• “Green water” on Floati ng Producti on, Storage and Offl oading vessels (FPSOs) ............................................................................................................9• Reduced VOC emissions from crude oil transport ..................................10• Validati on of a new method for determining the operati onal limits of freefall lifeboats .................................................................11

Ocean energy• Improved analysis models for bott om-fi xed off shore wind turbines ...............................................................................12 • De-risking of the Dudgeon wind-mill farm ..............................................................13

Arcti c• Satellite communicati on and broadband in the Arcti c ...................14• Arcti c shipping challenges .........................................................................................................................15

Seafood• Development of robust fi sh farm technology ...................................................16• Off shore salmon fi sh farming .............................................................................................................17

Ocean Space Centre ....................................................................................................................................................18Social contact and social responsibility ............................................................................19Organisati on .................................................................................................................................................................................20Main fi nancial fi gures ..............................................................................................................................................21An internati onal company ............................................................................................................................22Report of the board (extracts) ..............................................................................................................23

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Preface

For MARINTEK, 2013 was a good year, with many important events that will mark our development in the future.

We are proud that in the course of the year, we obtained a formal and binding decision regarding the start of the pilot project for the Ocean Space Centre, including detailed planning, opti misati on and costi ng. The decision was made by the Stolten-berg government in September, and NOK 15 million for this work was allocated in the Nati onal Budget for 2014. The decision is based in part on the comprehensive strategic eff orts that we made in the fi rst half of 2013, with the choice of future areas for research and the descripti on of the a development strategy required to achieve our goals. Implementati on of the strategy will commence in 2014.

We are also proud of the fact that, in parallel with the above eff orts, we have success-fully conti nued to perform our traditi onal contract research, while simultaneously carrying out important major upgrades of our laboratories at our own charge.

In autumn 2013, the Research Council of Norway allocated a total of MNOK 50 to further upgrading of the laboratories at the Marine Technology Centre, in accordance with our applicati on for support from the nati onal research infrastructure program. It is worth noti ng that the Research Council of Norway backed its allocati on with the words “a research infrastructure of parti cular strategic importance for Norwegian research”. The funding will enable us to implement essenti al improvements to our laboratories while we wait for the Ocean Space Centre, and will be used in a future knowledge centre.

The fact that the Research Council of Norway has allocated yet another Centre of Ex-cellence (SFF) - the Centre for Autonomous Marine Operati ons and Systems (AMOS) - to the Marine Technology Centre, with MARINTEK as a central partner, is a signifi cant recogniti on of the Tyholt research community.

For MARINTEK, it is interesti ng and encouraging to note how the pair of concepts; “ocean space” and “ocean space technology” are in the process of becoming “com-mon property”. We have long believed that it is important and correct to employ holisti c concepts of this type, and we now see that not only the Storti ng and the government, but also large industrial organisati ons, academia and industry speak of and write about ocean space. This is promising in view of the fact that Norway’s future depends on the resources to be found in “ocean space”. In the future, ocean space technology will be even more important, and MARINTEK will be among the most important suppliers of knowledge for the ocean industries.

In this Annual Report, we present a cross-secti onal glimpse of what MARINTEK did in 2013 to contribute to the conquest of ocean space.

Oddvar Eide, President, MARINTEK

“Ocean space techno-logy will be even more important in the future”

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Unmanned ships of the futureThe European Union project MUNIN (Mariti me Unmanned Naviga-ti on through intelligence in Networks) is studying the possibiliti es of realising a completely unmanned ship by looking at the need for new sensor systems, improved maintenance methods, legislati on, environ-mental friendliness, communicati ons and shore support functi ons. At the half-way mark, the project has come to the conclusion that there are no fundamental obstacles, but that a good deal of develop-ment work will have to be done. From the very start of the project, MARINTEK has been acti vely involved in MUNIN, among other aspects as technical coordinator.

MARINTEK’s main areas of focus are maintenance strategy and com-municati ons systems, and we are studying whether new maintenance strategies based on improved technical and performance indices could make it possible to operate technical systems for as long as three to four weeks without supervision or maintenance. Reliable satellite communicati on will be essenti al if shore-based support per-sonnel are to be able to provide support in the event that on-board automated systems are not capable of solving operati onal problems. At the same ti me, communicati ons will need to be restricted in order to avoid excessive costs. Providing security against hosti le signal blocking and intrusion into communicati ons channels will be another criti cal element.

Besides MARINTEK, MUNIN’s internati onal industrial and academic partners include the Fraunhofer Center for Mariti me Logisti cs and Services, Hochschule Wismar, MarineSoft , Marorka, University College of Cork, Chalmers University of Technology and the Trondheim com-pany Aptomar.

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Contact: Research director Ørnulf Rødseth ornulf.rodseth@marintek.sintef.no

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Cargo Ferry (GodsFergen)– a new sea transport concept

The Cargo Ferry research project is supported by MAROFF and aims to develop an integrated concept for goods transport along the Norwegian coast and between Norway and its nearest neighbouring country. The MAROFF innovati on programme supports research and knowledge generati on that can contribute to innovati on and environ-mentally friendly value adding in the Norwegian mariti me sector.

The aim of the Cargo Ferry project is to provide transport users with a bett er range of transport and logisti cs services through the development of new vessel concepts, new methods of loading and discharging, new traffi c patt erns and new IT soluti ons. Vessels will be opti mized for designated patt erns of traffi c and for a high degree of automated cargo handling. By off ering high regularity and a simple interface with land transportati on, the concept will remove many of the barriers that have traditi onally prevented goods from being trans-ferred from the road system to the sea, parti cularly on shorter routes of less than 500 kilometres. Besides off ering a cost-eff ecti ve and more environmentally friendly alternati ve to road transport, the Cargo Ferry will also reduce the socie-economic costs related to infrastructure (maintenance and expansion of the roads network).

MARINTEK’s role in the project is mainly in logisti cs analyses and the design of the vessel concept, including hull design and propulsion, energy effi cient machinery, cargo handling equipment. In additi on technology partners (RRM, Fjellstrand, TTS, Seaway Innovati on and Green Door Logisti cs), Norwegian ports, shippers and freight shippers, Norlines, DNV GL and SPCN are parti cipati ng.

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Contact: Senior adviser Jan Arthur Norbeck janarthur.norbeck@marintek.sintef.no

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Sea trials and model tests for validation of shiphandling simulation models (SimVal)

Important work on the validati on of shiphandling manoeuvring models is being conducted in the R&D project SimVal (“Sea Trials and Model Tests for Validati on of Shiphandling Simulati on Models”, founded by the Research Council of Norway). The main objecti ve of the project is to develop and apply a method for the validati on of numerical ship models used in engi-neering tools for studies of ships’ manoeuvring performances in deep and restricted waters, and in ship handling training simulators. To achieve this goal, both capti ve and free-running model tests will be used in concert with full scale tests.

Partners in the project are: Research Council of Norway, MARINTEK, Rolls-Royce Marine, Marine Cyberneti cs, Ship Modelling and Simulati on Centre (SMSC), Torghatt en Nord, Island Off shore, Flanders Hydraulics Research, Ghent University, Terminal Investment Limited, MSC - Mediterranean Shipping Company, Singapore Mariti me Academy, Tokyo University of Ma-rine Science and Technology, Polytechnic School University of São Paulo, Transpetro, Insti tuto SINTEF do Brazil and NTNU

MARINTEK and NTNU have completed both calm water and harsh-weath-er sea trials with NTNU’s research vessel “R/V Gunnerus”. Among others, the sea trials includes manoeuvres given in the IMO’s “Standards for Ship Manoeuvrability” (IMO Resoluti on MSC.137(76)) and selected low speed tests.

Furthermore, calm water sea trails for Torghatt en Nord’s ferry M/F Lande-gode were performed in August 2013. Capti ve model tests have been con-ducted in MARINTEK’s large towing tank during autumn 2013 with models of both “R/V Gunnerus” and “M/F Landegode”. Free-running model tests with “R/V Gunnerus” will be conducted in Q1 2014 in MARINTEK’s Ocean Basin. MARINTEK’s Vessel Simulator, VeSim, is a real-ti me (or faster) ti me-domain simulator which combines seakeeping and manoeuvring in a single code. This powerful simulati on tool will be used in SimVal.

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Contact: Research scienti st Ørjan Selvik orjan.selvik@marintek.sintef.no

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Joint European research project on submarines (SUBMOTION)

As part of an internati onal consorti um consisti ng of MARINTEK and CNR-INSEAN, with the Norwegian and Italian navies, MARINTEK has been working for the past several years in research on the manoeu-vring characteristi cs of submarines. The work aims to gain insight into how submarines behave in both deep water and in the proximity of the surface.

Model tests are integral to the research program, and include studies of diff erent aft shapes and rudder confi gurati ons, along with advanced planar moti on mechanism tests of the submarine. Alongside, and complimenti ng, these advanced model tests MARINTEK pursues a detailed program of computati onal fl uid dynamics. These tests both confi rm and extend MARINTEK’s experimental results.

Through the combinati on of experimental and numerical techniques, insight is gained into the behaviour of submarines manoeuvring in the vicinity of boundaries, leading to enriched simulati on techniques. These enhanced simulati on tools augment existi ng knowledge on how eff ecti vely and stably submarines can manoeuvre while at snor-kel depth, off ering improved confi dence and awareness of hydrody-namic eff ects during various submarine operati ons.

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Contact: Research engineer Andrew Ross andrew.ross@marintek.sintef.no

Research director Kourosh Koushan kourosh.koushan@marintek.sintef.no

Improved reliability in the operation of flexible pipes

A fl exible pipe for off shore transport of fl uids or gases incorporates a complex multi -layer pipe wall. This structure provides greater fl exibility than conventi onal steel pipes. Most fl exible pipes are either fl owlines (laid on the seabed) or risers (rising from the seabed to a structure on the surface). The need for fl exibility is largely in order to accommodate the moti ons of the fl oati ng vessel connected to the top of the risers. Other reasons include seabed irregularity, strict routi ng requirements and the ability to store long lengths of pipe on reels, which can be an advantage during installati on.

Flexible pipes are vital to subsea development projects and have been in use in Norwegian oil and gas producti on faciliti es since 1986. The number of fl exible risers in service rose to more than 300 by 2013. Many fl exible pipes are operati ng under demanding conditi ons, and a number of incidents with fl exible risers have led to risers having to be replaced. A signifi cant proporti on of the fl exible risers in use in the Norwegian off shore sector has not yet met the design service life either due to replacements or not yet reached the design service life (PSA Norway’s report on Un-bonded Flexible Risers, 31-12-2013).

As a combined eff ort between MARINTEK, NTNU and 4Subsea AS the Joint Industry Project, Safe and Cost Eff ecti ve Operati on of Flexible Pipes, was established in 2011. A key project delivery is the Handbook on Design and Operati on of Flexible Pipes which was fi rst issued by the FPS2000 project in 1992 when the fl exible pipe era was sti ll in its infancy. The JIP of 2011 adopted a practi cal approach based on experience and guidance related to pipe repair, lifeti me assessment, integrity management and the applicati on of reliability methodologies. Important knowledge regarding the evaluati on of the conditi on and capacity of fl exible pipes aft er some ti me in service has been documented. More insight has been gained into the fati gue properti es of the tensile steel armour of used pipes through the testi ng and surface evaluati on of corroded armour wires. The internal environment inside the pipe wall (annulus) and corresponding potenti al corrosion issues have been described. Finally, numerical methods and tools for analysing the eff ect of damaged load-carrying components in the pipe wall, have been signifi cantly improved since 1992.

The JIP has been sponsored by the oil companies Lundin, Maersk Oil, Cono-coPhillips, Dong Energy, Shell, Talisman Energy and ExxonMobil, and will be fi nalized early in 2014.

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Contact: Senior scienti st Dag Fergestad dag.fergestad@marintek.sintef.no

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“Green water” on Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessels (FPSOs)

In its quest to meet the growing demand for energy, the off shore industry is moving into ever deeper waters, and resources are being exploited in more and more demanding ocean environments. FPSOs, or Floati ng Producti on, Storage and Offl oading vessels, are playing an increasingly important role in internati onal off shore petroleum acti vity.

Research on “green water on deck” and resulti ng loads on bows and decks of FPSOs is an important area of MARINTEK’s eff orts on behalf of its Norwegian and internati onal clients. During the past few years, we have been working in this fi eld for the Brazilian oil company Petrobras in parti cular, in collaborati on with SINTEF do Brasil.

It is well-known that in heavy weather, solid water masses, known as “green water”, can fl ood the main deck of ships. This is more serious for FPSOs than for conventi onal vessels. It can cause damage to the vessel itself and to special deck installati ons such as process faciliti es. Under extreme conditi ons it can com-promise a ship’s sea-keeping ability, and it can even put human lives at risk. The growing use of fl oaters in off shore producti on in regions exposed to green water increases the focus of the internati onal off shore industry on this problem.

To meet the challenges presented by green water, the industry needs more accurate and effi cient numerical tools. This is theoreti cally complex and re-quires good validati ons against laboratory tests, which is an essenti al aspect of MARINTEK’s work. An effi cient and simplifi ed soft ware tool (Kinema3) has been developed to perform analyses, parti cularly during early design phases. It builds on basic principles and a good understanding of the physics, as well as accurate empirical knowledge derived from model tests.

For more detailed calculati ons, in 2012-2013 we also developed a combined tool in which details of deck structures are modelled more accurately using com-putati onal fl uid dynamics (CFD) methods, closely integrated with experimental verifi cati on. This requires a good understanding of physics and numerical meth-ods. Promising results have been obtained in terms of accuracy and computi ng speed. We have also initi ated a complete and detailed CFD procedure that mod-els both the vessel itself and the surrounding waves. Analyses of this sort are sti ll both extremely elaborate and ti me-consuming, but promising results have been obtained with a view to further development.

Our eff orts during the past year have been performed in the context of a project fi nanced partly by the Brazilian oil company Petrobras and partly by MARINTEK.

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Contact: Chief scienti st Carl Trygve Stansberg carltrygve.stansberg@marintek.sintef.no

Reduced VOC emissions from crude oil transport

Much of Norway’s producti on of crude oil is transported by ship. Parti cularly during loading, volati le organic compounds (VOCs) are released from the ship’s cargo tanks to the atmosphere. In this con-text, VOCs are lighter hydrocarbon gases such as methane, ethane, propane, butane and pentane. Norway has committ ed itself through internati onal agreements to limit its VOC emissions. For nearly 30 years, MARINTEK has been carrying out advanced measurements and simulati ons of emissions, evaluati ons of measure to reduce emissions and testi ng of such measures.

The operators of the loading points are responsible for limiti ng VOC emissions. On January 1, 2012, the Climate and Polluti on Directorate (now, the Environment Directorate) imposed an upper limit for emis-sions of 0.45 kg NMVOC/Sm3 crude oil loaded per loading point, as a mean value measured over one calendar year. This requirement will be regarded as having been met if the mean emissions from all fi elds on the Norwegian conti nental shelf do not exceed 0.45 kg NMVOC/Sm3 crude oil loaded in the course of a calendar year. The extent of emissions is to be documented by the implementati on of measure-ment programmes.

The operators of most off shore loading points have joined forces in the VOCIC industrial cooperati ve project to implement emission reducti on measures and to perform the measurement programme, which is being operated by Teekay Shipping Norway. MARINTEK has been engaged to quality assure the measurement programme, and is analysing the gases released by gas chromatography. The results are compared with a highly simplifi ed gas analysis in which only the den-sity of the gas is measured. This programme is making an important contributi on to achieving the aim of reducing VOC emissions

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Contact: Senior scienti st Ole Oldervik ole.oldervik@marintek.sintef.no

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Validation of a new method for determining the operational limits of freefall lifeboats

In collaborati on with Statoil and TNO - Netherlands, MARINTEK has developed and validated a novel methodology for determining the operati onal limits of free-fall lifeboats. The method combines the use of MARINTEK soft ware SIMO, the lifeboat launch simulator VARUNA, and MARINTEK’s Computati onal Fluid Dynamics competence.

The originality of this approach lies in the fact that it takes into ac-count the most important physical eff ects that infl uence the launch of a free-fall lifeboat. These include the moti ons of the host installati on, the wind-induced loads on the lifeboat, and the wave fi eld diff ract-ed by the host. The method also enables reliable and host-specifi c esti mates to be obtained of the probability of injury to the occupants, due to excessive accelerati on loads during water entry.

The methodology has been successfully applied to lifeboats installed on a turret-moored FPSO in the Norwegian Sea. Taking the specifi c physics of this FPSO into account, the parameters driving the opera-ti onal limits were identi fi ed, and moti vated decisions were made for safer operati on of the lifeboats, and increased operati onal limits.

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Contact: Research manager Thomas Sauder thomas.sauder@marintek.sintef.no

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Improved analysis models for bottom-fi xed offshore wind turbines

As an R&D partner in NOWITECH (Norwegian Research Centre for Off shore Wind Technology), MARINTEK have been acti vely involved in developing robust numerical tools for the design and modelling of bott om-fi xed off shore wind turbines. NOWITECH is a research center for sustainable energy committ ed to develop and promote off shore wind energy, and is funded by The Research Council of Norway and the industry.

Two Finite-Element based soft ware tools, SIMO-RIFLEX and NIRWA-NA, have been further developed to perform the coupled-nonlinear (hydro-servo-aero-elasti c) and decoupled-linear (hydro-elasti c) anal-yses of off shore wind turbines. A verifi cati on study to compare the coupled-nonlinear and decoupled-linear modelling will be presented at the OMAE conference in San Francisco in June 2014. The eff ects of wind-wave-current interacti on, multi ple soil layers and scour hole around the wind turbine foundati ons are considered.

The developed soft ware tools allow users to perform eigen-frequency, stati c and dynamic analyses of off shore wind turbines for both oper-ati onal and extreme environmental conditi ons. The numerical results can be used to evaluate the structural design and to opti mize the sup-port structures. An opti mal support structure, both in terms of cost of producti on and reliability / performance in use are important factors in order to bring down the cost of electricity generated from off shore wind turbines. The analysis functi onality that has been developed will be made available through MARINTEK’s new user interface – SIMA (Simulati on Workbench for Marine Applicati ons), marketed and sold through DNV-GL Soft ware.

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Contact: Research manager Ole David Økland ole.okland@marintek.sintef.no

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De-risking of the Dudgeon wind-mill farm

On behalf of Statoil/Statkraft , MARINTEK has carried out a cross-disci-plinary study of the Dudgeon off shore wind-farm, about 30 km north of Norfolk in the UK, during autumn 2013. The aim was de-risking of their monopile concept. The project involved both structural simulati ons using Rifl ex, experiments and CFD (Computati onal Fluid Dynamics). Marintek was chosen on the basis of this cross-disciplinary approach. The study involved 23 persons, and was carried out in the course of only eight weeks.

Dudgeon is a neighbouring fi eld to Sheringham Shoal, on which 3 MW turbines are supported by 5 m-diameter bott om-fi xed monopiles. At Dudgeon, 6-7 MW turbines will be installed, with 7 m diameter mono-piles. Both sites are located at a depth of 20 m, which is characterized as shallow water.

The main concern was signifi cantly higher-order wave loads, which are much more pronounced in shallow than in deep water. Higher-order wave loads may excite resonant moti ons of the wind turbine, which could lead to unacceptably large moti ons for the rotor, as well as making appreciable contributi ons to fati gue and extreme loads. Due to the larger diameters and more severe sea-states than at existi ng sites, Statoil/Statkraft regarded the study as a prerequisite to proceeding with their monopile concept.

The CFD simulati ons and experiments were used to assess the non-linear wave loads and to provide hydrodynamic coeffi cients as inputs to Rifl ex. A second-order wave load model was implemented in Rifl ex, which performed integrated simulati ons, including wind spectrum, pitch control algorithm, soil dynamics and nonlinear wave loads for fati gue and ulti mate strength calculati ons.

The project passed Decision Gate 2 in Statoil in December 2013. Ac-cording to Statoil, it is unlikely that this would have happened without MARINTEK’s contributi on. A total annual producti on of 1.3 TWh is expected, equivalent to about 1% of annual power consumpti on in Norway.

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Contact: Senior research scienti st Trygve Kristi ansen trygve.kristi ansen@marintek.sintef.no

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Satellite communication and broadband in the Arctic

A Norwegian satellite project could provide broadband coverage in the Arcti c. Telenor Satellite Broadcasti ng AS and the Norwegian Space Centre have joined forces in a project that aims to identi fy future needs for data communicati on in the Arcti c. MARINTEK was chosen as a partner to analyse potenti al user groups and their needs in the ASK (“Arcti c Satellite Communicati on”) project.

R&D aimed at the Arcti c and the polar regions is an important fi eld for MARINTEK, and the wide range of communicati on challenges involved is one of our areas of special eff orts. Good broadband coverage and good prognoses regarding services are criti cal factors for most of the acti viti es that are being planned in the Arcti c. A growing volume of shipping traffi c, oil and gas producti on, research acti viti es and increas-ing needs for stable and secure communicati ons are all dependent on a highly functi onal network capable of transmitti ng relati vely large amounts of data. Ever more comprehensive reporti ng requirements in the fi shing industry, cargo monitoring, environmental safeguarding and telemedicine are other examples of data-intensive needs for com-municati ons that are expected to increase in the near future.

In 2013 MARINTEK carried out a large-scale series of studies and in-terviews with involved parti es, with the aim of identi fying their needs. In associated projects MARINTEK has installed advanced technical equipment on ships and shore faciliti es in order to map communica-ti ons conditi ons in the Arcti c. Among the conclusions of the ASK study is that broadband coverage in the north will provide more reliable informati on exchange and warning systems data access for all users, and that a stable communicati ons platf orm is important for most operati ons in the far north.

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Contacts: Research manager Kay Endre Fjørtoft kay.fj ortoft @marintek.sintef.no

Senior research scienti st Beate Kvamstad beate.kvamstad@marintek.sintef.no

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Arctic shipping challenges

As the extent of petroleum acti viti es and the extracti on of other resources in the Arcti c increases, shipping can expect to face new challenges. MARINTEK is collaborati ng with the University of Tromsø and Akvaplan-niva on a case study that describes a chain of events in a realisti c scenario of a ship sailing in northern waters.

The case study describes the transport of 24 containers and a 750-tonne propane compressor module for the Russian gas industry from Hamburg to the Russian port of Yamburg, east of the Yamal Peninsula, aboard a multi -purpose deck cargo carrier. Containers are loaded with equipment, spare parts and 130 tons of chemicals used by the petroleum industry. The ti ming of the voyage was chosen to be late October to represent harsh sailing conditi ons in the region, with low temperatures, few hours of daylight and the risk of icing. The type of vessel, its cargo and the route were selected to represent a type of transport that is expected to become more frequent in the Arcti c as the exploitati on of petroleum resources and other raw materials increases.

The scenario forms the basis for an analysis of technological and environmental challenges associated with shipping in the Arcti c. MARINTEK has parti cipated in the specifi cati on of challenges for the vessel’s machinery and the analysis of uncontrolled drift following a complete engine breakdown. The case study is part of the four-year R&D project A-LEX (Regulati ng Arcti c Shipping: politi cal, legal, tech-nological and environmental challenges) funded by the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs as a part of the Barents 2020 programme, and is led by the University of Tromsø.

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Contact: Victoria Gribkovskaia, Master of Science victoria.gribkovskaia@marintek.sintef.no

Research scienti st Ørjan Selvik orjan.selvik@marintek.sintef.no

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Development of robust fi sh farm technology

Norway’s aquaculture industry has grown to be an important sector, ex-porti ng large quanti ti es of farmed fi sh. The industry is conti nuously making eff orts to improve the functi onality and safety of its aquaculture faciliti es. Since 2011, MARINTEK has been heavily involved in testi ng conventi onal sea-cages and new concepts. There has been a great deal of interest in surveying the capaciti es of existi ng faciliti es. Special focus has been put on securing them against escapes. Farmed salmon escaped through holes in sea-cage nets during the “Berit” and “Dagmar” storms in late autumn 2011, and model tests in MARINTEK’s Ocean Laboratory showed that the nets were damaged by whips blows from verti cal chains under conditi ons of high waves and strong currents. Trials of new designs resulted in improved net-ti ng systems. One system has later been patented, and several such cages have already been supplied to the industry.

The Aqualine company was nominated for the 2013 Innovati on Prize at the internati onal Aqua-Nor Trade Fair in Trondheim, for its newly developed “Aqualine Midgard System” sea-cages. The system off ers new possibiliti es for aquaculture at parti cularly exposed locati ons, and was developed in collabora-ti on with MARINTEK, following comprehensive testi ng the Ocean Laboratory.

In spring 2013, a systemati c series of tests was performed to study tradi-ti onal sea-cage systems. Variants of a number of components were tested in order to evaluate the potenti al for improvements in existi ng installati ons. The tests were fi nanced by the Fishery and Aquaculture Industry Research Fund (FHF), and was a cooperati ve project of MARINTEK and SINTEF Fisher-ies and Aquaculture.

In 2013, NTNU carried out a series of experimental studies in one of MARINTEK’s laboratories, in which a conventi onal sea-cage containing 800 small salmon was tested under various wave and current conditi ons. The aim was to fi nd out whether the fi sh in a sea-cage aff ect its mooring system. The study re-vealed that they had only a slight eff ect on mooring forces, even with the max-imum permitt ed volume of fi sh of 2.5% of the total volume of the sea-cage.

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Contacts: Senior project manager Ivar Nygaard ivar.nygaard@marintek.sintef.no

Senior research scienti st Trygve Kristi ansen trygve.kristi ansen@marintek.sintef.no

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Offshore salmon fi sh farming

The aquaculture company SalMar, based on the island of Frøya, has through its development company Ocean Farming, proposed a new design for an ocean salmon fi sh farm on exposed sites. Unti l now the standard fi sh farm designs have been based on fl exible rings fl oati ng on the sea surface with the net suspended beneath the rings. Such structures will follow the movements of the waves and the net changes its shape with the current. This has been a source of wear and tear on the sea-cage, and increases the risk of escapes. The producti on volume is also aff ected.

The development from conventi onal fl exible fi sh farms in sheltered waters has been brought a major step forward with the new ocean fi sh farm design, which is a piece of pioneering work in the aquaculture sector. It is made of steel, and is formed as a circular semisubmersible rig with a diameter of 110 m. The design is based on experience gained in the off shore industry. The net is made up of a fence-like grati ng that is stretched over the whole volume of the structure up to a height of 50 m. The fl oatati on elements are located at the bott om below six verti cal main columns that support the enti re structure. The ocean fi sh farm is moored to the seabed by eight mooring lines, as used on oil platf orms. The water-line area is small, which means that the fi sh farm is relati vely unaff ected by waves. Its volume is eight ti mes as great as that of a conven-ti onal sea-cage.

MARINTEK has performed model tests of the ocean fi sh farm in the Ocean Basin at Tyholt. It was tested under realisti c sea-states with waves, current and wind conditi ons similar to those experienced at Frohavet Sea. The model tests showed that the structure behaved very well in heavy seas, with signifi cant wave heights of up to 5 m, a sea-state including maximum wave heights of almost 10 m.

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Contact: Senior project manager Ivar Nygaard ivar.nygaard@marintek.sintef.no

Illustrati on: Ocean Farming/Salmar

Photo: MARINTEK/Ocean Farming/Salmar

The Ocean Space Centre – the future knowledge centre for ocean space technologyIn 2013 we made signifi cant progress in politi cal, organisati onal and aca-demic terms towards the realisati on of the Ocean Space Centre, the future knowledge centre for ocean space technology.

The background for the project is the important benefi t to society provided by modern research laboratories and infrastructure. Norway’s competi ti ve-ness and ability to create value in the future will depend on our ability to parti cipate in internati onal knowledge generati on and technology develop-ment. This means that we need to be able to assume a leading internati on-al positi on within certain areas. The management and exploitati on of the resources of the oceans are among the areas in which this will be possible.

Success in technology development requires knowledge, coordinated eff orts and modern tools. This is the background for our eff orts to realise the Ocean Space Centre, the nati onal knowledge centre for ocean space technology. The Centre will form part of the nati onal knowledge and innovati on infrastructure related to ocean space.

On behalf of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, MARINTEK and NTNU, in close collaborati on with other academic centres and industry, have been examining the requirements for a future infrastructure that must be met if Norway is to keep its leading positi on in ocean space technology. Ever

since 2008, we have been pursuing the goal of realising the future infra-structure for ocean space R & D. In autumn 2012, the Ministry of Finance’s external quality assurance team submitt ed its recommendati ons following an in-depth survey of the Ocean Space Centre concept, and concluded that the building of new R & D infrastructure in Trondheim would be “prof-itable in social-economic terms”.

In 2013, an ambiti ous Plan for realising benefi t for Society for the Ocean Space Centre was drawn up; this included fi ve priority strategic areas of eff ort:

• Smart mariti me • Deepwater • Arcti c • Renewables • Seafood

The Ocean Space Centre will be the hub of a nati onal eff ort in ocean space technology, a Centre of gravity, and will be based on comprehensive co-ordinati on of eff orts and networks of nati onal and internati onal academic groups and industrial parti cipants.

www.oceanspacecentre.no

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Contact: Special adviser Atle Minsaas atle.minsaas@marintek.sintef.no

Social contact and social responsibilityFor MARINTEK, social responsibility and dialogue with the world around us are vital aspects of our existence. In 2013, we once again hosted many school classes and groups from both Norway and abroad. These all wished to learn more about ocean space technology, and as far as possible they were shown around our laboratories. In line with our strategy of profi ling ourselves vis-à-vis selected target groups, MARINTEK was also present at a number of recruiti ng fairs, as well as at academic seminars and conferences.

MARINTEK was an acti ve parti cipant in the 2013 Research Open Days, where we hosted groups of visitors who wanted to know more about ocean space and the research being done by MARINTEK and NTNU.

The nati onal “Ocean Space Race” science recruitment project took place in March, and more than 400 school pupils from 25 schools all over the country took part. As in previous years, the arrangement was organised by the Marine Cooperati ve Forum, MARINTEK and NTNU’s Department of Marine Technology, and in 2013 it once again gained wide coverage in nati onal news bulleti ns. There is a great deal of inter-est in the Ocean Space Race among Norwegian high schools, and this

competi ti on has established itself as one of the country’s best science recruitment projects.

MARINTEK has also parti cipated acti vely in the Mid-Norway Mariti me Forum, the Marine Cooperati ve Forum and the Global Mariti me Knowledge Hub, and is an acti ve parti cipant in projects performed under the aegis of Mariti m21. Cooperati on with the rest of SINTEF and NTNU, parti cularly with NTNU’s Department of Marine Technolo-gy, has been excellent during this period.

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MARINTEK and MARINTEK USA, Inc. are certi fi ed in accordance with ISO 9001 quality standards. We make systemati c eff orts to improve our work processes in order to ensure focus on our clients’ needs, and high quality and precision of our deliv-erables. MARINTEK is accredited in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 for measurements of exhaust gases from gas turbines and internal combusti on engines.

MARINTEK operates in accordance with all current laws and regula-ti ons. We have the highest regard for personal safety, and our goal is zero harm to personnel, the environment and materials. In 2013 we met our goal of zero lost-ti me injuries.

MARINTEK is a signatory to the Agreement on Inclusive Working Life (the IA Agreement) and an approved apprenti ceship company.

The Board of Directors • Unni Steinsmo (Chair) SINTEF• Hanna Lee Behrens Norwegian Shipowners’ Associati on • Liv Hovem DNV GL• Erik Haakonsholm VARD Group AS• Terje Hjalmar Michelsen Grieg Star• Torgeir Moan NTNU• Kjeti l Berget MARINTEK• Beate Kvamstad MARINTEK• Chitti appa Muthanna MARINTEK ManagementOddvar Eide PresidentBirger Åldstedt Executi ve Vice PresidentAnne Jørgensen Personnel ManagerJo Stein Moen Communicati ons DirectorKarl Andreas Haugen QHSE

Per Magne Einang Research DirectorEgil Giertsen Research DirectorØyvind Hellan Research DirectorKourosh Koushan Research DirectorØrnulf Rødseth Research Director

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Income statement 2013 (in NOK 1000)

OPERATING REVENUES AND EXPENSES Revenues 315 630 - Direct project expenses 42 905 Net operati ng revenues 272 725 Salaries, social security andother security costs 192 348 Other operati ng expenses 67 190Operati ng costs 259 539

OPERATING RESULT 13 186

FINANCIAL RESULT 1 498

ANNUAL RESULT before taxes 14 684

Balance (in NOK 1000)

ASSETS Intangible assets 49 370 Fixed operati ng assets 44 441 Financial long-term assets 15 119 Fixed assets 108 930 Other current assets 169 799 Cash, bank accounts 101 488 Current assets 271 286

ASSETS 380 217 EQUITY AND LIABILITIES Paid-up liabiliti es 11 600 Earned equity 226 675 Equity 238 275 Long-term liabiliti es 27 622 Current liabiliti es 114 320 Liabiliti es 141 942

EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 380 217

Result 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Gross operati ng revenue 309 572 296 705 295 692 318 788 315 630Net operati ng revenue 255 141 253 705 250 168 277 405 272 725Operati ng result 20 053 12 724 10 236 11 798 13 186Annual result 21 059 14 182 13 328 15 084 14 684 Balance Fixed assets 40 669 89 868 85 388 97 735 108 930Liquid assets 256 489 256 309 276 534 270 988 271 286Total assets 297 158 346 177 361 921 368 723 380 217Equity capital 153 592 211 100 219 824 230 226 238 275Liabiliti es 143 566 135 077 142 097 138 497 141 942Total equity and liabiliti es 297 158 346 177 361 921 368 723 380 217 Profi tability Operati ng margin % 7.9 5.0 4.1 4.3 4.8Total profi tability % 3.5 2.0 1.4 1.6 1.8Profi tability on equity % 7.2 3.9 3.1 3.4 3.1 Liquidity Net cash fl ow from operati ons 37 327 105 600 4 656 888 4 955Degree of liquidity 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.9 Solidity Equity capital in % 52% 61% 61% 62% 63%Operati ng working capital 128 883 143 303 155 860 154 563 156 966

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An international company

A total of 194 employees from 24 countries Foreign trade31% foreign share of turnover

4% Africa

4% South America

29% North America

50% Europe

13% Asia

MARINTEK do Brasil Ltda.Rua Bambina, 126 Botafogo CEP: 22251-050 Rio de Janeiro - RJ - BrazilPhone: +55 21 2025 1811 www.marintek.com.br

MARINTEK do Brasil is based in Rio de Janeiro, and has since 2007 been MARINTEK’s bridgehead into the Brazilian market. Because of its corporate form, Limitada, MARINTEK do Brasil Ltda has not managed to gain an “ANP-accreditati on”. To contribute to SINTEF’s initi ati ve in Brazil all personnel were transferred to the Insti tuto SINTEF do Brasil in Q1 2013. This company is organized as an associati on and has achieved accreditati on in accordance with the requirements set by the Brazilian agency ANP. The MARINTEK Board is considering how the Brazilian enti ty should be developed further.

The acti viti es of MARINTEK (USA) focus on the petroleum sector in the oil capital of Houston, Texas. Our scienti fi c eff orts are based on hydro-dynamics and structural mechanics and the interacti on between these disciplines. More recently, we have shift ed our focus in the directi on of research and complex analyses. Our customer base is within the large research departments of oil companies in the Houston area as well as the engineering industry. We have established good relati onships with several key universiti es in the United States. These relati onships are of parti cular importance for research related to the rapidly expanding ocean energy industry, for which improving the effi ciency of installa-ti ons and marine operati ons are important topics. Together with our close interacti on with our parent company in Norway, these initi ati ves provide a good basis for further expansion.

Contact: Birger Åldstedt, chairman birger.aldstedt@marintek.sintef.no

Contact: Chief Operati ng Offi cer (COO) Pett er Andreas Berthelsen pett erandreas.berthelsen@marintek.sintef.no

MARINTEK (USA), Inc.2603 Augusta Suite 200, Houston, Texas 77057, USA Phone: + 01 713 452 2767 www.marintekusa.com

Subsidiary companies

Trondheim, 5th March 2014Unni Steinsmo,Chair of the board, MARINTEK

MARINTEK’s most important market segments are the off shore petroleum and marine sectors. We have a growing portf olio in renewable energy from the sea, and we regard this as an exciti ng market, characterised by positi ve developments thanks to heavy politi cal pressure, parti cularly within the European Union. The development of aquaculture sea-cages for installati on in the open sea is also growing as an area of eff ort for MARINTEK. These are demanding structures, for which tests in our ocean laboratory are an essenti al part of the study of complete sea-cage systems.

Although we expect the petroleum market to conti nue to grow, we recognise that growth may be slowed as a result of the shale-gas revoluti on currently taking place parti cularly in the USA, and that global petroleum prices have relaxed somewhat. This has led to a fall in the petroleum industry’s readiness to invest, due to reduced profi tability in new projects that will be extremely demanding in technological terms and very expensive to develop.

Although a number of signifi cant discoveries have been made on the Norwegian conti nental shelf, including in the Arcti c, it is not yet clear how soon these discov-eries will be developed. This is due in part to the decreasing profi tability of new fi elds and partly to signals from Norwegian politi cians that it is ti me to slow down the development of new off shore fi elds.

In recent years, off shore acti vity on the Norwegian conti nental shelf has focused increasingly on enhancing recovery rates, an emphasis that also make claims on prolonging the lifeti me of existi ng infrastructure. This is an area to which we have an ambiti on to contribute in the future, through technology development and new soluti ons. The CPPF consorti um which is led by MARINTEK, and whose member-ship includes SINTEF, NTNU, IRIS UNIS and IFE, needs to be regarded in this context.

Internati onally, Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico and West Africa are the regions whose petroleum sectors are showing stable growth, although there is also signifi cant acti vity in Australia and South-East Asia (Indonesia and Malaysia). This is largely a matt er of deep-water fi eld developments, an area in which MARINTEK has built up a signifi cant degree of experti se in the course of the years. These trends indi-cate that MARINTEK should be focusing even more sharply on the internati onal off shore markets.

The market prospects for deep-sea shipping have improved in the past year, following several years of poor earnings. Within certain parts of this segment, there is sti ll a need to invest in the development of cost-eff ecti ve technology to improve energy effi ciency and to sati sfy the new environmental and emissions requirements of the Internati onal Mariti me Organizati on (IMO) and the European Union, among other agencies. In the course of the years, the shipping industry has built up a considerable need to renew an ageing and ineffi cient fl eet. This need is being reinforced by more stringent internati onal and regional environ-mental requirements, such as the IMO’s Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECAs) and Polar Code. With its top-level experti se in central topics in ship technology and understanding of how of mariti me systems are interrelated, MARINTEK is well-placed to contribute to improved technical development in this segment. Together with other important centres of experti se, including ice laboratories, MARINTEK will conti nue to contribute to the bett er development and regulati on of shipping in vulnerable arcti c regions.

MARINTEK is sti ll engaged as the secretariat of Mariti m21. Aft er three years dur-ing which it was fi nancially supported by Innovati on Norway, the secretariat will be fi nanced by the industry itself in 2014. An initi ati ve has been taken to revise Mariti m21’s strategy in 2015. The Arcti c region and environmentally friendly shipping have been identi fi ed as the areas that will be given highest priority in the future.

Renewable energy from the sea is growing to be a central area of eff ort MARINTEK. Energy from the sea is high on the agenda for the European Union’s climate policy, although it is sti ll an immature area that will require major research eff orts in the future to develop competi ti ve soluti ons that employ other forms of energy. MARINTEK wishes to contribute to sustainable development in this area. In 2013 we were also given a leading role in a major four-year off shore wind-power programme partly fi nanced by the European Union’s Framework programme. The fi nancial support system currently envisaged for the European Union’s new Horizon 2020 Framework programme, however, looks as though it will be challenging for Norwegian research insti tutes.

To meet future challenges in connecti on with food, energy and the environment, we need a major boost in relevant knowledge. With regard to the sea, this is parti cularly important as we move out to ever greater depths in more hosti le and demanding environments. Today’s research infrastructure has its limits as far as supporti ng the development of technology and innovati on needed to guarantee our future is concerned. With the OECD’s project “The Future of the Ocean Econ-omy”, the ocean is becoming more clearly identi fi ed as a resource and as a basis for growth and industrial development. For several years, MARINTEK and NTNU’s Department of Marine Technology have been working towards the goal of real-ising their plans for a future knowledge centre for ocean space technology; the Ocean Space Centre, which will make signifi cant contributi ons to meeti ng these challenges. In 2013 a major eff ort was put into development of a Plan for realizing value for society from the Centre. On the basis of this and previous eff orts, in September 2013 the government resolved to start a formal pilot project, and this was followed up with earmarked funding via the Nati onal Budget for 2014. Work will conti nue in 2014 along three parallel lines: Implementati on of the main strategy outlined in the Plan for realizing value for society, conti nuati on of eff orts to resolve the questi on of state fi nancing in accordance with the regulati ons of the EEA, and opti mise the scope and preliminary plans for the Ocean Space Centre concept towards the next quality assurance point (KS2), which is planned for the second half of 2016.

The Board wishes to thank our employees and management for their fi ne work in 2013. We also thank those members of staff of NTNU who are involved in MARINTEK’s acti viti es, and our customers for their excellent cooperati on.

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Report of the Board (extracts)

Visiting address: Marine Technology CentreOtto Nielsens veg 10, 7052 Trondheim - NorwayPhone: +47 464 15 000www.marintek.com

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