Projects
Minorities under English Rule: Flemish in England and Gaels in English Ireland, 1150-1300 Ghent University
The histories of medieval Flanders and Ireland are usually examined by historians from different perspectives, but the treatment, status, and perception of the Flemish in twelfth-century England has remarkable similarities with the Gaelic Irish in twelfth- and thirteenth-century English Ireland. Both were considered inferior to, yet also more violent than, the English. Both were political minorities. But within these two groups were ...
Towards dynamic navigational charts for highly automated inland waterway transport KU Leuven
Current inland navigational charts, and by extent the Inland Electronic Chart Display Information System (Inland ECDIS) that adds additional sensor information on top of these charts and subsequently visualizes them, are not dynamically updated. Moreover, the data layered on top of charts, e.g. from Radar sensors, is not shared between various assets. This, together with the absence of an xy-accuracy indication for chart objects, severely ...
Towards Autonomous Inland Shipping. KU Leuven
Road transport dominates the European and Belgian hinterland freight transport
sector. Over the last decades, approximately three quarters of the cargo
streams passed by road, whilst inland waterway transport seems to offer a more
sustainable alternative. Moreover, the larger inland vessels suffer from an excess
of supply over demand, and the amount of smaller inland vessels is diminishing.
This negative evolution in ...
Autonomous Inland Shipping KU Leuven
ESR 1 – Online identification of vessel dynamics in confined inland waterways KU Leuven
According to the European Commission, freight transport is projected to increase 60% by 2050, and this certainly demands the transportation system to enhance its capacity. Among all transportation modes, inland waterway transportation is characterized by reliability, energy efficiency and a capacity for increased use. Not to mention that more than 37,000 km of waterways connect hundreds of cities and industrial regions in Europe, there is ...
European Training and research network on Autonomous Barges for Smart Inland Shipping (AUTOBarge). University of Antwerp
Optimal Sensor Fusion for Autonomous Inland Shipping KU Leuven
Autonomous vessels for inland waterways will provide a solution to multitude of socio-economic problems. While the inland shipping sector suffers from an outflow of shippers and a lack of investment in new vessels resulting in the use of old-fashioned barge designs, a sustainable solution needs to be found for the ever increasing logistical transport sector e.g. Europe expects a 50% growth of cargo in EU ports by 2030. This outflow of labour ...
European training and research network on Autonomous Barges for Smart Inland Shipping KU Leuven
According to the European Commission, passenger transport is projected to increase 42% by 2050, and freight transport up to 60%. Needless to say, this puts an enormous burden on transport networks and our environment. Compared to other modes of transport – which often face congestion and capacity problems – inland waterway transport is characterised by reliability, energy efficiency and a capacity for increased use. More than 37,000 km of ...