Reactivation of the Small Inland Waterway Network

Abstract

Inland shipping in North Western Europe is a well known transportation mode which can make use of a large and dense inland waterway network. However in the last 50 years no new small inland ships have been built. The reasons why these small inland ships are disappearing are explained. In order to deal with the diminished supply on the small inland waterways a new type of inland navigation system is proposed. A methodology is developed to research this new inland navigation system. In the developed methodology a network design, tug and barge design, transportation costs and competition models are combined into a single model. The main goal of the total model is to determine the profitability, expressed in the Net Present Value (NPV), of the investment in a specific ship and network design. Also the link between transport function of waterway and the actual design of the waterway network is made. Lastly the role of the government is discussed in how it could facilitate the reactivation of the small inland waterway network.

Original document

The different versions of the original document can be found in:

• https://hdl.handle.net/10067/1265010151162165141

• http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-319-16133-4_22,

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16133-4_22

• https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-16133-4_22,

https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2189122632