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 …

Sophie Orzechowski unpaid staff Research Sophie Orzechowski Research team Business and Law Autonomous inland navigation: Providing the regulatory framework that facilitates autonomous inland navigation whilst at the same time balances ecosystem interests (AUTOBarge). 01/04/2025 - 31/03/2026 Abstract…

Dimitrios Georgoudakis unpaid staff 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 Abstract The shipping…

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 …

University Foundation for Development Cooperation (USOS) search menu search content Port City Identities and the Tensions of Local Governance Opening session on Tuesday 8 October 2024, from 18.30 to 20.30 at Stadscampus (R.002) Rodestraat 14 Antwerpen Register for this session This session will draw…

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…

Sophie Orzechowski unpaid staff Publications Sophie Orzechowski Autonomous inland shipping : learning from regulation in air, rail, road and sea transport Source WMU journal of maritime affairs - ISSN 1651-436X- (2025) p. Author(s) Sophie Orzechowski Citation link A systematic literature review of f…

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…

Theo Notteboom professor Publications Theo Notteboom Evaluating customer satisfaction with clearing and forwarding agents : a SERVQUAL approach with application to Kuwait Shuwaikh Port Source Pomorstvo - ISSN 1332-0718-39:2 (2025) p. 373-388 Author(s) Ahmed Alsalfiti, Theo Notteboom Citation link Th…

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…

Ali Anwar principal research fellow Research Ali Anwar Research team Internet Data Lab (IDLab) Expertise My general research interests lie at the intersection of AI, computer vision and control sciences. Currently I am focussed on the problem of data scarcity for AI systems, my interests lie in the …

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 ecosystem (incl. hinterland connections). Further research interests: • Transport economics: expertise …

Global Change Ecology search menu search content Mitten crab symposium Mitten crabs in Europe – What do we know so far? The Global Change Ecology Centre, in collaboration with the Flemish Environment Agency, invites you to an afternoon symposium on the problem of the invasive Chinese mitten crab i…

Edwin van Hassel full 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 economic…

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…

Steve Vanlanduit full professor - vice-dean Research Steve Vanlanduit Research team Industrial Vision Lab (InViLab) Expertise Optical measurement techniques for materials characterization: scanning laser vibrometry, optical fiber sensors, hyperspectral imaging. Dimensional metrology. Applications of…

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, …

José Antonio Oramas Mogrovejo associate professor Research José Antonio Oramas Mogrovejo Research team Internet Data Lab (IDLab) Expertise Research interest: - Visual Representation Learning. - Model Explanation and Interpretation. - Collective Representations and Relational Learning. - Disentangl…

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 …