Geotechnical aspects of the Blue Piling Installation Technique: Design of a measurement plan and elaboration of results for prototype hammer on life size piles in Maasvlakte 2

The energy market is growing and noise regulations for offshore foundation pile installation grow stricter. New initiatives arise to comply with the ongoing developments in the field, such as the BLUE Piling Technology under development by IQIP. Its features are presented as reduced underwater noise levels during installation, which is attibuted...

The recirculation near Maasvlakte 2 in the Rhine ROFI: Assessing the influence of a manmade headland and baroclinic processes

In times of rapid urbanization, engineering interventions in coastal systems have become more common. It is important to understand the interplay of these engineered solutions with their natural environment to minimize hazardous side effects to our ecology, economy and coastal safety. In a numerical study by Rijnsburger (2021), a flow...

Unravelling the sediment transport mechanisms in an artificial lagoon: Multi-modal sand transport analysis at the hard flood defence of Maasvlakte 2

The port of Rotterdam was full and new mooring locations were required to host the largest ships in the world. And if there’s no space to expand on land, why not create land in the sea? That is exactly what The Netherlands did by creating Maasvlakte 2. The construction of Maasvlakte 2 started in 2008 and was officially completed on May 22nd ,...

The relation between cobble revetments, sand and overtopping: A numerical approach with OpenFOAM®

OpenFOAM allowed the author to simulate a large number of scenarios in which the influences of cross-shore profile shape, cobble porosity, cobble diameter and layer thickness on wave overtopping were examined. Four validation runs and six simulations to map the sensitivity are compared with data from two physical experiments conducted in the...

Morphodynamic behaviour of coastal hard-soft transitions: A case study of Maasvlakte 2

All over the world, coastal protection measures are taken, which can be soft (e.g. sand nourishments on sandy beaches) or hard (e.g. seadikes or seawalls). Special care has to be taken to design the transition between these hard and soft flood defences, as they are often vulnerable components of a coastal defence system. This study therefore...

Longshore transport of coarse-grained material: An assessment of the longshore transport behavior of the dynamic rock slope at Maasvlakte 2

The consortium Projectorganisatie Uitbreiding Maasvlakte (PUMA), consisting out of Van Oord and Boskalis, constructed a hard sea defence for the protection of Maasvlakte 2, which is the expansion of the Port of Rotterdam. This hard sea defence consists of a Dynamic Rock Slope (DRS) with a Block Dam (BD) situated in front of it. The BD is build...

Investigating the long-term effectiveness of an organisation: A methodology developed and applied to the Port Authorities of Rotterdam and Antwerp

In this research the long-term effect of large-scale projects on organisational effectiveness is investigated with respect to organisational structure, -culture and working approach. This study is potentially relevant for the Port Authorities of Rotterdam and Antwerp, for organisations inspired by Industrial Ecological solutions and for...

Flexible port infrastructure on Maasvlakte 2

Port of Rotterdam Authority decided to construct Maasvlakte 2 to cope with demand for port areas. Maasvlakte 2 is a business case driven project. The outcome of the business case has led to the construction of an entire sea defense and the realization of port areas in phases, in response to client demand. The phased development results in the...

Doorsteek Maasvlakte 1 & 2

Maasvlakte 2 is het project waarmee de haven van Rotterdam wordt uitgebreid. Het sluit direct aan op de huidige Maasvlakte. De havenbekkens van beide Maasvlaktes worden verbonden door de Yangtzehaven in westelijke richting door te steken naar Maasvlakte 2. De doorsteek bestaat uit een voorfase waarin een kanaal wordt gegraven ten behoeve van de...

Binnenvaart Service Centrum op Maasvlakte 2: Een haalbaarheidsstudie

Op moment van schrijven is de aanleg van Maasvlakte 2 in volle gang. Het masterplan is echter nog in ontwikkeling, maar steeds meer keuzes worden vastgelegd. Daarom moet onderzocht worden of er op Maasvlakte 2 een ruimteclaim voor een Binnenvaart Service Centrum (BSC) moet blijven staan. Een BSC is een neutrale binnenvaartterminal waar een deel...

A probabilistic analysis of the ecological effects of sand mining for Maasvlakte 2

The potential ecological effects of the sand mining activities for Maasvlakte 2 have been identified in an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). One of the identified effects in this EIA was an impact on the number of sea ducks in the Natura 2000 area 'Voordelta'. The sand mining activities will cause an increase of the silt concentration along...

Verkeersafwikkeling in het aanloopgebied van Rotterdam in 2020

In de haven van Rotterdam is geconstateerd dat er in de toekomst een ruimtetekort ontstaat. Om de concurrentiepostie van het Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf Rotterdam (GHR) te kunnen handhaven zal dit probleem moeten worden opgelost. Het Samenwerkingsverband Maasvlakte 2 Varianten (SM2V) onderzoekt de mogelijkheid om het ruimtegebrek op te lossen door...

Mogelijkheden van Natuurlijke Aanzanding voor Maasvlakte II: Simulatie met 3-dimensionaal hydrodynamisch/morfologisch pakket DELFT 3D

Vanaf de eerste plannen voor Maasvlakte II is één van de aandachtspunten 'Bouwen met de natuur' geweest. 'Bouwen met de natuur' houdt in dat er wordt uitgegaan van de materialen en de krachten die in de natuur aanwezig zijn. Het draait hierbij om het losse beweeglijke materiaal zand en de krachten, die op het materiaal werken, zoals krachten...