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Ship behavior during encounters in ports and waterways based on AIS data: From theoretical definitions to empirical findings

Zhou, Y. (author), Daamen, W. (author), Vellinga, T. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Currently, the research on ship behavior during encounters focuses on evasive behavior during specific situations with existing risks of collision. However, the preliminary selection of encounters to refine the presented ship behavior is biased. To obtain a full understanding of all ship behavior during different encounters in ports and...

journal article 2023

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Cascading effects of sustained low water on inland shipping

Vinke, Frederik R.S. (author), van Koningsveld, M. (author), van Dorsser, Cornelis (author), Baart, F. (author), van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author), Vellinga, T. (author)

The river Rhine is one of Europe’s busiest waterways and is part of the Rhine-Alpine corridor. In 2018 the river experienced a severe low discharge extreme. This impacted the river’s transport capacity for a period of several months, causing shortages of source materials and fuels in regions far in-land. Historically, prolonged droughts of this...

journal article 2022

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Impacts of wind and current on ship behavior in ports and waterways: A quantitative analysis based on AIS data

Zhou, Y. (author), Daamen, W. (author), Vellinga, T. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

In ports and waterways, the impacts of external navigational factors may lead to serious incidents due to limited space for ship maneuvering. Using nautical traffic models, these incidents can be predicted in advance. In current studies of nautical traffic models, the impacts of wind and current on ship behavior are seldom considered when...

journal article 2020

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Risk Assessment Methodology for Vessel Traffic in Ports by Defining the Nautical Port Risk Index

Bellsola Olba, X. (author), Daamen, W. (author), Vellinga, T. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Ports represent a key element in the maritime transportation chain. Larger vessels and higher traffic volumes in ports might result in higher risks at the navigational level. Thus, the dire need for a comprehensive and efficient risk assessment method for ports is felt. Many methodologies have been proposed so far, but their application to...

journal article 2019

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Assessing the robustness of Dutch Inland Ports

Taneja, P. (author), Dekker, Milan (author), van Dorsser, Cornelis (author), Vellinga, T. (author)

In the present turbulent environment highlighted by energy transition, disruptive technology, and climate change impacts, adaptability and robustness are essential in long-term planning of infrastructures. This also applies to inland ports, which play an important role in the Dutch transport system. Inland ports have three major functions, i.e.,...

conference paper 2019

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Assessment of climate change effects on navigable conditions on the river branches of the Rhine in The Netherlands.

Vinke, Frederik R.S. (author), van Dorsser, Cornelis (author), Vellinga, T. (author)

Inland Water Transport (IWT) is one of the modalities for freight transport between the ports of Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Antwerp and the hinterland in Germany. Transport over water between these areas is possible as a result of the presence of the Rhine, but more important are the navigation conditions on the river. As a result of climate change,...

conference paper 2019

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Identifying ecosystem-based alternatives for the design of a seaports marine infrastructure: The case of tema port expansion in Ghana

de Boer, W.P. (author), Slinger, J (author), wa Kangeri, Arno K. (author), Vreugdenhil, H.S.I. (author), Taneja, P. (author), Addo, Kwasi Appeaning (author), Vellinga, T. (author)

Long-term sustainable port development requires accounting for the intrinsic values of ecosystems. However, in practice, ecosystem considerations often only enter the planning and design process of ports when required by an Environmental Impact Assessment. At this late stage, most of the design is already fixed and opportunities to minimize...

journal article 2019

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Ship classification based on ship behavior clustering from AIS data

Zhou, Y. (author), Daamen, W. (author), Vellinga, T. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Since the introduction of the Automatic Identification System (AIS), AIS data has proven to be a valuable source of ship behavior analysis using data mining. It records ship position, speed and other behavior attributes at specific time intervals in all voyages at sea and in ports. However, the current studies in ship behavior analyze the...

journal article 2019

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Mapping the Sandy Beach Evolution Around Seaports at the Scale of the African Continent

de Boer, W.P. (author), Mao, Yongjing (author), Hagenaars, Gerben (author), de Vries, S. (author), Slinger, J (author), Vellinga, T. (author)

In Africa, several new seaport developments are being considered. In sedimentary environments, such port developments can have adverse impacts on the evolution of adjacent coastlines. To learn from past port engineering practice, we created a unique database containing the coastline evolution and characteristics of 130 existing African seaports....

journal article 2019

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Review of maritime traffic models from vessel behavior modeling perspective

Zhou, Y. (author), Daamen, W. (author), Vellinga, T. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

The importance of maritime transport keeps increasing with the trade globalization. With the growing demand for waterborne transport, vessel traffic flows are also expected to increase. This paper reviews maritime traffic models from the vessel behavior modeling perspective. The maritime traffic models include the models for vessel traffic both...

review 2019

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A Method to Estimate the Capacity of an Intersection of Waterways in Ports

Bellsola Olba, X. (author), Daamen, W. (author), Vellinga, T. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

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...

journal article 2019

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PORT METATRENDS: Impact of long term trends on business activities, spatial use and maritime infrastructure requirements in the Port of Rotterdam

van Dorsser, Cornelis (author), Taneja, P. (author), Vellinga, T. (author)

This report presents a new three step approach for developing a shared vision on the future development of the port of Rotterdam. The first step concerns a novel three layered framework for analysing future developments. In this step relevant trends are identified and placed in a broader 'meta'-perspective of a three layered framework, whereby...

report 2018

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Adaptive Port Planning under Disruptive Trends with focus on the case of the Port of Kuala Tanjung, Indonesia

Prakoso, Andre (author), Taneja, P. (author), Vellinga, T. (author)

As a national strategic project, the Port of Kuala Tanjung draws significant attention at national and international level. Considering the semi-greenfield nature of the port, the diverse set of stakeholders, and the prevailing disruptive trends in the world port business, a robust first-phase port layout is required to kick-start the project...

journal article 2018

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Towards sustainable infrastructure with planned adaptation

Taneja, P. (author), Vellinga, T. (author)

In the present turbulent environment, adaptability and robustness belong under the overarching definition of sustainability. Sustainable infrastructures should not only achieve economic, environmental, and social objectives, but should be robust and adaptable under uncertainty. This paper examines the current guidelines for port development and...

conference paper 2018

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How navigable are fluid mud layers?

Kirichek, Alex (author), Chassagne, C. (author), Winterwerp, J.C. (author), Noordijk, Arie (author), Rutgers, Ronald (author), Schot, Chris (author), Nipius, Karoune (author), Vellinga, T. (author)

This paper gives an overview of the research that has been conducted to get a better understanding of the navigation in ports and waterways with fluid mud layers. In particular, the up-to-date review of reported full scale experiments that involve real vessels is provided. To study physical processes, the<br/>full scale experiments are...

conference paper 2018

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Towards an ecosystem based port design process: lessons learnt from Tema Port, Ghana

de Boer, W.P. (author), Slinger, J (author), kangeri, arno (author), Taneja, P. (author), Vreugdenhil, H.S.I. (author), Vellinga, T. (author)

Connecting to the trend of harmonization of port developments with nature, this paper presents a framework for the explicit inclusion of ecosystem based alternatives in the early planning and design stages of seaport developments. The framework aims to shift the focus from offsetting environmental impacts afterwards to avoidance and reduction of...

conference paper 2018

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State-of-the-art of port simulation models for risk and capacity assessment based on the vessel navigational behaviour through the nautical infrastructure

Bellsola Olba, X. (author), Daamen, W. (author), Vellinga, T. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Ports play an increasingly important role in the freight transportation chain due to containerization. High vessel flows and higher densities increase the relevance of the non-terminal related processes. Several simulation models have been developed in the recent decades with different goals, but their abilities to represent realistic vessel...

journal article 2018

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AIS data analysis for the impacts of wind and current on ship behavior in straight waterways

Zhou, Y. (author), Daamen, W. (author), Vellinga, T. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Due to the increasing ship traffic flow in ports, maritime traffic safety has attracted much atten-tion. In addition to traffic flow, the ship safety in restricted waters is influenced by external navigational fac-tors (visibility, wind and current), encounter situations and human factors on board. In this paper, we investi-gate the effect of...

conference paper 2017

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Network Capacity Estimation of Vessel Traffic: An Approach for Port Planning

Bellsola Olba, X. (author), Daamen, W. (author), Vellinga, T. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Port capacity is an essential parameter for the assessment of port performance. In the literature, there is no unanimous capacity definition, which depends on each research goal. Vessel traffic in ports and the corresponding port performance indicators have been analyzed with different simulation models, but they generally do not include a...

journal article 2017

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Stakeholder inclusive design for sustainable port development

Slinger, J (author), Taneja, P. (author), Vellinga, T. (author), van Dorsser, Cornelis (author)

It is being increasingly recognized that sustainable port development requires an integrated planning approach which includes working with nature, a stakeholder inclusive design and co-creation of values, as well as an adaptive design that can cope with future uncertainties without losing its functionality. The multi-disciplinary character of...

conference paper 2017