Print Email Facebook Twitter A Method to Estimate the Capacity of an Intersection of Waterways in Ports Title A Method to Estimate the Capacity of an Intersection of Waterways in Ports Author Bellsola Olba, X. (TU Delft Transport and Planning) Daamen, W. (TU Delft Transport and Planning) Vellinga, T. (TU Delft Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering) Hoogendoorn, S.P. (TU Delft Transport and Planning) Department Transport and Planning Date 2019 Abstract The maritime transportation growth leads to more intensively used waterways, especially in ports. Since the capacity of an intersection of waterways becomes more important, this research presents a new method to estimate this capacity. Based on an analogy between roads and waterways, the conflict technique is applied to an intersection of waterways. The vessel flows in each direction and their conflicting movements are input for the capacity calculation. The generic method can be applied to any intersection, considering the conflicts between the different streams in the intersection and the flows inferred from empirical data or from predictions. The applicability of the method is shown with two case studies, based on data from the Port of Rotterdam. After using the proposed method, we compare the real flows with the estimated ones to assess the capacity estimates. This method can improve traffic management strategies, traffic rules in waterway intersections or port designs. Subject AIS dataCapacitymaritime trafficradar datawaterway intersection To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c78c127d-9fe6-4a06-acea-81b0d76ce6e3 DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/23249935.2019.1652866 ISSN 2324-9935 Source Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 15 (2), 1848-1866 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2019 X. Bellsola Olba, W. Daamen, T. Vellinga, S.P. Hoogendoorn Files PDF A_Method_to_Estimate_the_ ... _Ports.pdf 3.69 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:c78c127d-9fe6-4a06-acea-81b0d76ce6e3/datastream/OBJ/view