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Researcher

Edwin van Hassel

  • Research Expertise:Edwin van Hassel is a professor at the University of Antwerp, where he teaches several courses. He has an engineering degree in naval architecture and he holds a PhD in applied economics. His main research interests and expertise are in inland navigation, port hinterland transport, ship design and transport modeling. He received his Ph.D. with a topic on inland navigation. More recently, the scope of his work has expanded to include maritime cost chain modeling. He is also involved in various studies ranging from transportation projects to infrastructure cost-benefit analysis, transportation modeling projects and developing games for the logistics sector.
  • Keywords:TRANSPORT MODELING, MARITIME TRANSPORT, INLAND NAVIGATION, HINTERLAND TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS MODELING, INLAND SHIPPING, Economics and applied economics
  • Disciplines:Transport design, Transport economics
  • Research techniques:Transport modeling, error correction modeling, programming (C#) Cost benefit analysis, Ship design modeling
  • Users of research expertise:Local authorities, EU, inland shipping sector, transport financiers / banks, shipping companies, port authority, research centers.