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Article featuring NOVIMOVE on fluctuating water levels

The water levels on the major rivers are becoming increasingly unpredictable. Climate change reduces the stability of the supply of meltwater from the mountains. In combination with long periods of ...
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NOVIMOVE at the Maritime Innovation Platform

On the 28th of March, NOVIMOVE is present during the Maritime Innovation Platform in the Energiehuis in Dordrecht. Our stand ws frequently visited by those who want to find out ...
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NOVIMOVE at IWT week in Brussels

Last week, professor Rudy Negenborn (TU Delft) presented the NOVIMOVE project state of play during the IWT Week. Scheduled to take part on the second day of this week dedicated ...
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Serious game explained

A explanatory animation has been created to introduce the upcoming NOVIMOVE Serious Game. Due date for release of the game is beginning of June 2023. The game is currently being ...
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Video update #4: Smart Shipping Event

Watch this video about the NOVIMOVE team during the Smart Shipping Event in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht 2022 session ...
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Pictures from the Smart Shipping Event 2022

The NOVIMOVE - smart & sustainable waterways team members Rudy Negenborn, Edwin van Hassel and Louis-Robert Cool together with Michel van Dijk had an interesting panel discussion during the Smart ...
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Video update #3: Transport Research Arena

Watch science in action with this event movie shot during the Transport Research Arena in Lisbon! ...
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NOVIMOVE team at the TRA

Looking back at a very successful appearance of the NOVIMOVE - smart & sustainable waterways team during the #TRA2022 in Lisbon! Thanks to Benjamin Friedhoff, Cyril Alias and Peter Shobayo ...
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Building crosslinks

On the 20th of October, NOVIMOVE CEO prof. dr. Rudy Negenborn was invited to address the PLATINA3 inland waterway professional policy community on the challenge of automation in inland navigation ...
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Visit to Verkeerspost Nijmegen

Members of the NOVIMOVE - smart & sustainable waterways work package concerning the development of Smart River Navigation solutions visited โ€˜Verkeerspost Nijmegenโ€™. At this place, professionals from Rijkswaterstaat monitor and ...
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Work package meeting in the laboratory

Beginning of June, members of the NOVIMOVE work package on new vessel designs met in-person and took the opportunity to analyse the vessel configuration used for the model scale tests ...
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Scientific publications repository on Zenodo

For the dissemination of academic publications within the NOVIMOVE context, a dedicated community on Zenodo has been created. Zenodo is a general-purpose, open-access repository developed under the European OpenAIRE program ...
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Video update #3: model scale test at DST

Watch the video update on model scale tests at DST featuring naval architect Sophie-Elizabeth Martens ...
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Midterm conference in Duisburg

On the 2nd of June the midterm conference took place in Duisburg. It was a special occassion since it was the first time project partners and external stakeholders were able ...
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NOVIMOVE at the Maritime Industry Fair

The NOVIMOVE project was present at the Maritime Industry Fair in Gorinchem. This fair is considered to be the largest IWT related fair in the Netherlands. After two years of ...
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2nd of June 2022: Let’s meet in Duisburg!

On Thursday afternoon the 2nd of June, our team will be organizing the midterm conference at the Wyndham Hotel in Duisburg, starting with a 12.00h lunch. Here you can physically ...
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Transport Modelling Stakeholder Workshop 25th of April 2022

The NOVIMOVE - smart & sustainable waterways project partners are looking forwards to discussing some recent research findings in the upcoming Transport Modelling Stakeholder Meeting on the 25th of April ...
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NOVIMOVE video update #2 – At the IAME conference in Rotterdam

Please enjoy our NOVIMOVE - smart & sustainable waterways second video update, shot at the recently held conference organised by the International Association of Martime Economists in Rotterdam.What does bringing ...
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Moving through the water!

From paper to practice: Technical University of Delft's Peter Poot is taking NOVIMOVE vessel concepts for adding buoyancy to inland vessels to the next level! Several concepts are currently researched ...
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Call for papers

NOVIMOVEs professor Edwin van Hassel, University of Antwerp and assistant professor Bilge Atasoy, TU Delft will be guest editors of the upcoming EEE OJ-ITS Special Issue on Innovations to improve ...
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Going East

On the 7th of December the NOVIMOVE project was introduced by Erwin van der Linden at the 2nd Workshop on container liner services organised by the Dionysus project - integrating ...
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NOVIMOVE at IAME conference

NOVIMOVEs Danitsja van Heusden- van Winden conducted a series of interviews today at the IAME 2021 conference on Maritime Economics in Rotterdam. She will be collecting good stories on academic ...
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Read the third NOVIMOVE news update

In this newsletter you will read more on the Smart Navigation System and the Dynamic Planning for the operation of bridges and locks, featuring Ali MOhamoud (TNO), Paul Rysiavets (CoVadem) ...
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Rudy Negenborn appointed member of Advisory Board PLATINA3

Prof. dr. Rudy Negenborn, scientific project coordinator of H2020 funded IWT innovation project NOVIMOVE, is appointed member of the Advisory Board of PLATINA3, the European policy platform for Inland Waterway ...
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Horizon Projects meeting 8th of March

On the 8th of March a Horizon project coordinators meeting took place. Based on crosslinks identified by the NOVIMOVE team, this initiative aimed to strengthen the ties with collegue project ...
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New staff added to the NOVIMOVE team

The NOVIMOVE consortium welcomes new research members recently added to the team. From Imed-ID Lab Miha Sajko will develop a short-term voyage plan predictor component and scheduling algorithms for optimizing ...
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Read the second issue of NOVIMOVE NEWS

Below in the pdf file reader youโ€™ll find the second issue of NOVIMOVE NEWS that has been released recently, featuring professor Edwin van Hassel (University of Antwerp) and Menno Menist ...
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Watch the first NOVIMOVE video update

Meet some of the leaders of the NOVIMOVE-project in the first video update! Hear them explaining the goals of this HORIZON2020 EU funded innovation project, aiming to improve inland waterways ...
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Read the first issue of NOVIMOVE NEWS

Below in the pdf file reader you'll find the very first issue of NOVIMOVE NEWS that has been released recently, featuring professor Rudy Negenborn explaining the project ambitions and objectives ...
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Let’s get moving!

On Friday 19th of June the official kick-off of the project NOVIMOVE took place. More than 70 people from 21 partner organisations gathered online in a General Assembly to discuss ...
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