In 2018 is door de International Maritime Organization (IMO) twee doelen opgenomen in het IMO Greenhouse Gas Strategy. Ten opzichte van 2008 moet in 2030 de koolstofintensiteit tot 40% gereduceerd zijn en in 2050 moet de totale uitstoot van broeikasgassen door de internationale scheepvaart gehalveerd …

“Biggest cocaine seizure ever in the Port of Antwerp”. (Bervoet, 2020) On the 5th of November 2020, the Belgian newspaper ‘De Tijd’ wrote about a record seizure of cocaine in the port of Antwerp. The illicit drug trafficking is a problem since many years which seems not to get solved. The main question …

This thesis is concerning effective use of fuel on board the ALP STRIKER. The recent transfer from heavy fuel oil, to the more expensive marine gas oil led to ongoing discussions about the effective use of fuel on board. The goal was to find the optimum propulsion configuration on board for any attainable …

Caribbean coral reefs are in decline and the deployment of artificial reefs, structures on the sea bottom that mimic one or more characteristics of a natural reef, is increasingly often considered to sustain ecosystem services. Independent of their specific purposes, it is essential that artificial reefs …

VSTEP is a software development company that specializes in creating simulators for realistic virtual safety training. During my graduation period, I was assigned to work as a graphics programmer intern on environmental and nighttime effects in the company’s ship simulator NAUTIS. In the current version …

De havens die Groningen Seaports (GSP) faciliteert, zijn relatief kleine havens waar het tij bepaalt welke schepen kunnen aanmeren. GSP wil de concurrentie met grotere havens aangaan door voorop te lopen met innovatie en zet hier bewust stappen in. Denk aan het faciliteren van zelf varende schepen en …

The design of a spatial distribution structure is of strategic importance for companies, to meet required customer service levels and to keep logistics costs as low as possible. Spatial distribution structure decisions concern distribution channel layout – i.e. the spatial layout of the transport and …

In this paper, we consider the optimal deployment of multiple assets in anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations with time-dependent strategies. We model this as a zero-sum game that takes place over a finite time horizon. An agent, representing multiple assets, in an ASW operation, decides on the allocation …

Dit onderzoek is een verkenning uitgevoerd voor handelsbedrijven binnen de keten van scheepsbevoorrading (ship supply) in Nederland om samenwerking binnen de keten mogelijk te bevorderen met blockchain technologie en de sector meer financieel gezond en duurzamer te maken. Een tweetal Rotterdamse scheepsbevoorradingsbedrijven …

Over the years, one disease that is increasingly common in society is the disease “depression”. This disease is often described by people as “it’s in your head and it doesn’t exist”. Previous studies have shown that more than 25 % of seafarers are dealing with symptoms of depression. These symptoms have …