Flanders Literature

Flanders Hydraulics Research promotes safe and efficient ship navigation to the Flemish ports and on inland waterways. Using state-of-the-art technology, we provide a scientific basis for the criteria applied to determine whether vessels may or may not be allowed on trajectories to Flemish ports and on inland waterways. We study the manoeuvring behaviour of ships, including those based on research using scale models in our own towing tank. We also work together with pilots to test the feasibility of manoeuvres as a function of current, wind, speed, tugboat assistance, etc. on our ship simulators.