Optimisaton of the nautical supply chain towards the port of Antwerp.

Purpose of this research project is to investgate the diferent characteristcs and needs of the vessel trafc towards the port of Antwerp. Data analysis will permit us to predict beter the intensity of the trafic and to have beter insight into the capacity needed to minimize the delays of the nautcal services at peak moments. We want to create a beter efcient system for each needed service by a nautcal actor. This will have its efect on the investment policies. The optmalisaton of the efciency and the capacity is dependable of the service level that one want to deliver to the trafc and are important strategical questons for the management of the nautcal actors. So by further data analysis one want to have a beter view on the trafc prognosis so to have a beter monitoring of the performance of the nautcal chain for example to investgate the delays of vessel travel tme because of the shortage of pilots at peak moments, to investgate the lock-capacity of the Antwerp Harbor so to avoid delays at peak moments (for example at end of work shifs of harbor workers), and to investgate the capacity of the tug ships inside the harbor of Antwerp

Keywords:BIG DATA, STATISTICAL RESEARCH, OPTIMISATION

Disciplines:Logistics and supply chain management

Project type:Collaboration project