Possible integrated coastal interventions in Playa Unión and Puerto Rawson: An area prone to coastal erosion

Playa Unión and Puerto Rawson are facing severe coastal erosion and increasingly the negative effects. Since the first half of the 20th century there have been signs of erosion, but also of sedimentation. However, the coastline in the project area is retreating over the years. The situation has recently been declared an emergency. Furthermore,...

The development of a method to assess the future-proofness of Dutch inland ports

The inland ports play an important role in the Dutch transport system, but it will undergo changes as a result of the societal changes in demand for services and goods and the changes in hydraulic conditions. The inland port has to adapt to these developments in order to reduce the threats and to increase the opportunities, but this requires...

Port investment: Towards an integrated planning of port capacity

This study supports strategic planning of a node in a transportation network. It contributes to this by the development of a methodology for planning of port capacity in which port-commercial and public interests are integrated. The focus is the reaction of a single port on a change in the transportation network. A scenario for such change,...

Koelcontainers onder de grond?: Een haalbaarheidsstudie naar een ondergronds opslag en distributiecentrum voor koelcontainers

De Rotterdamse haven is een van de grootste havens van de wereld als het om containeroverslag gaat. De containerindustrie is voor de toekomst de belangrijkste groeimarkt voor Rotterdam. De ruimte in de Rotterdamse haven wordt echter steeds schaarser en er wordt voortdurend onderzoek gedaan naar nieuwe innovatieve terminals en uitbreiding in de...