Transport and Regional Economics search menu search content Ships will sail greener but slower in the future Researchers at UAntwerp and TU Delft studied alternative fuels for shipping Today’s ships mainly run on fossil fuels. Scientists from UAntwerp and TU Delft researched which alternative fuel…

Transport and Regional Economics search menu search content 3rd BNPPF chair Shipping Event Pictures Impact of decarbonisation and energy transition Following the success of the shipping industry events we held in 2017 and 2019, we are delighted to inform you that BNP Paribas Fortis Chair Transport, …

Transport and Regional Economics search menu search content Edition 2019 Oct 22th, 2019 View pictures "Regulation and its impact on investment decisions in the shipping industry and beyond". Rational? Over the course of the coming decades, maritime transport could increase particularly as world’s …

Dimitrios Georgoudakis doctoral scholarship holder Research Dimitrios Georgoudakis Research team Transport and Regional Economics Investment strategies in the container shipping market: understanding the investments in eco-friendly ships from a shipowner's perspective. 15/07/2024 - 14/07/2025 Abstra…

IDLab search menu search content DGX-2 The DGX-2 integrates 16 Nvidia v100 Tensor Core GPUs in one chassis that is not larger than a small fridge. It is the world's first single server to have a calculation speed of two petaflops. The system is designed such that complex models can use the combined …

EAUH2022 search menu search content M14 - Cargoes, Bodies, Stories Cargoes, Bodies, Stories: depicting Flux (un-)control in the Port City Session details Organizer(s) Gabriel Gee (Franklin University) and Eliana Sousa Santos (ISCTE Lisbon) Keywords Port Cities, Fluxes, Representation Abstract As gat…

Sophie Orzechowski unpaid staff Publications Sophie Orzechowski Regulatory scoping exercise for the future adoption of autonomous inland ships in Europe Source Journal of Shipping and Trade - ISSN 2364-4575-9:1 (2024) p. 1-20 Author(s) Sophie Orzechowski Citation link More from this author Cookie pr…

University Fund search menu search content Injury prevention for heavy occcupations This chair aims to analyse the causes of muscle strain injuries in arduous physical occupations and to prevent them through interventions, follow-up and change management. This involves multidisciplinary movement coa…

Business and Law search menu search content Conference on Platform Economy and Transport Law 21-22 September 2023, University of Antwerp Full title: The Future of Law in the Age of Disruptive Technology. Navigating the Platform Economy and Transport Law The rapid advancement of disruptive technologi…

Research group for Urban Development search menu search content Dur-e Shahwar Khalil Dur-e-Shahwar Khalil obtained her masters degrees in Urbanism and Spatial Planning (2018) and Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies (2020) at KU Leuven. Interested in water urbanisms, her work has focused on…

Jeroen Puttevils associate research professor About Jeroen Puttevils Jeroen Puttevils Contact Stadscampus Show email address Tel. +3232659402 Sint-Jacobsmarkt 13 2000 Antwerpen, BEL Jeroen Puttevils studies urban societies in the late medieval and 16th-century Low Countries, with a focus on the inte…

Info for companies search menu search content New lashing tool improves health and safety of dockworkers in Port of Antwerp Together with CEPA, a new tool and training course was created and is now improving the work of container lashers. Container lashers are responsible for fastening and unfasteni…

Christa Sys professor Research Christa Sys Research team Transport and Regional Economics Expertise My research focuses on business economics in the maritime sector and, by extension, the maritime chain (incl. Hinterland connections). Further research interest: transport economics, innovation in the…

IDLab search menu search content Scalable simulation In this research track we try to optimize simulation scalability capabilities. Especially of agent-based simulation applications. Simulation models are gaining more importance in industry applications thanks to the rise of Digital Twins and Intern…

Process Safety Programme info Micro-credential: Process Safety Programme info Micro-credential: Process Safety Course content The chemical industry is making products using chemical reactions on derivatives of natural resources, such as natural gas, crude oil, air, etc. In general, there are two typ…

Transport and Regional Economics search menu search content TPR Chain Cost Model TPR Chain Cost was developed as a model that allows calculating the generalised chain cost from a selected point of origin, via a predefined container loop to destination point. The model was coded in C# and uses Micros…

Steven Van Passel full research professor - vice-rector Research projects Steven Van Passel 50 projects for about 7 288 300 Euro Cashew value chain in Bénin, Short-Term Policy Supporting Research DGD, 2020-2021, UA: 12 000 Euro Shaping the market for clean technologies: managing the transition to s…

Lieve Vangehuchten professor Research Lieve Vangehuchten Research team Grammar and Pragmatics Expertise Discourse analys, Material development, second/foreign language development, land and culture studies, intercultural business communication, professional communication Source-based writing in L1, …

Edwin van Hassel professor Research Edwin van Hassel Research team Transport and Regional Economics 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. Hi…

Science Inaugural lectures Inaugural lectures Since 2017, our newly appointed professors present their current research in an inaugural lecture at the Faculty Research Day. Their presentation is accompagnied by a short introduction film. You can enjoy the films on this page. Inaugural lectures 2019 …

Serge Demeyer full professor Research Serge Demeyer Research team Antwerp Systems and software Modelling (AnSyMo) Expertise Expertise concerning software quality assurance (continuous integration, software testing, static analysis, …). Experience with reverse- and reengineering techniques applicab…

Geert Potters unpaid staff Research Geert Potters Research team Antwerp engineering, PhotoElectroChemistry & Sensing (A-PECS) Research of the corrosion resistance of experimental steel alloys in a seawater environment for the construction of ballast tanks on board of merchant navy vessels 01/01/2012…

Transport and Regional Economics search menu search content PhD at TPR Abstract of the recent PhD Defences > Read the abstracts here. Full list of PhD students Interested in starting a PhD? Forthcoming and past PhD defences Faculty of Business and Economics Full list of PhD students PhD Under prepar…

Jo Lebeer emeritus occasional assignment - emeritus with assignment Research Jo Lebeer Research team Primary and interdisciplinary care Antwerp (ELIZA) Expertise Disability studies. Use of ICF in mapping disability; in assessment of disability situation and planning intervention. Children and adults…

Silvia Lenaerts Research Silvia Lenaerts Research team Expertise - Benchmarking and testing of photocatalytic technology compared to available and coming technological solutions for removal of pollutants in the gas phase. - Application specific case study and feasibility study of air purification te…