Novel inland waterway transport concepts for moving freight effectively

Month: May 2024

Final event in Gorinchem

🌟 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺. 🌟 We had the pleasure of hosting an informative lunch where stakeholders enjoyed presentations of NOVIMOVE – smart & sustainable waterways’s groundbreaking innovations on topics such as new vessel designs for fluctuating water levels, smart navigation systems and the mobile modular terminal. These presentations included a series of videos about the making of the innovations, nicely shot by Erwin van der Linden over the past few years at various locations across Europe, and were[…]

Preparing for the final event

🚢 Walk the walk, talk the talk! Putting the MOVE from NOVIMOVE into action, the DST – Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems team is gearing up for the final stakeholder event tomorrow at the Maritime Industry Fair in Gorinchem. Expect our team to brief you on the latest ship designs for fluctuating water levels. Benjamin Friedhoff and Sophie-E. Martens will showcase three innovative solutions developed within the NOVIMOVE project. One highlight is the pipe-based added buoyancy, demonstrated by this ship model. NOVIMOVE – smart & sustainable waterways[…]

Upper-Rhine stakeholder session

Sophie-E. Martens of DST – Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems and prof. Edwin van Hassel of the University of Antwerp did an outstanding job today, presenting the significant NOVIMOVE – smart & sustainable waterways research findings to the Upper Rhine region during a hybrid session kindly hosted by the Schweizerische Rheinhäfen – Port of Switzerland in Basel. They skillfully condensed 900 man-months of research into just about 2 hours— a remarkable feat indeed, and if anyone can handle such a challenge, it’s them! The meeting specifically focused[…]

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