DüPro – Systematic investigation of ducted propellers for inland navigation

The completed project „Determination of the effective propeller inflow for inland navigation“ clearly shows that the operating conditions of the propulsion units on different aft ships and water depths are extremely different. In modern inland navigation, ducted propellers are mainly used as propulsion units. The design of the propulsion systems often appears to be motivated […]

DeConTrans begrüßt DeltaPort im Projektbeirat

Um mit der Wasserstraße als zuverlässigen und leistungsfähigen Verkehrsträger dem Verkehrsinfarkt auf der Straße entgegenzuwirken, begleitet die DeltaPort Niederrheinhäfen GmbH – ein Zusammenschluss der Häfen Rheinberg-Orsoy, Voerde, Wesel und Emmerich – von nun an das DST-Forschungsprojekt „DeConTrans – Innovative Konzepte für einen dezentralen Containertransport auf der Wasserstraße“.

DeltaPort joins DeConTrans Advisory Board

In order to strengthen inland waterways as a reliable and efficient mode of transportation and to mitigate the risk of a gridlock on the road, DeltaPort Niederrheinhäfen GmbH (DeltaPort Lower Rhine ports) – an association of the ports in Rheinberg-Orsoy, Wesel, Voerde-Emmelsum, and Emmerich – has decided to support the research project “DeConTrans – Innovative […]

Test and Control Centre Autonomous Inland Shipping

The set-up of the new Test and Control Centre Autonomous Inland Shipping at the DST Development Centre of Ship Technology and Transport Systems has begun in October 2019. The new centre is built by three research partners – DST, University of Duisburg-Essen, and RWTH Aachen University – and forms the essential research infrastructure for the […]

DST präsentiert sich in Kalkar vor einem Fachpublikum

Im September fand in Kalkar die diesjährige Messe Shipping Technics Logistics 2019 statt. Das DST stellte gemeinsam mit der Niederrheinischen IHK Duisburg-Wesel-Kleve zu Duisburg und weiteren Partnern sein Angebotsportfolio und Forschungsprofil vor.

DST presents its research and engineering portfolio

Germany’s largest trade fair about inland waterway transportation. In September, this year’s “Shipping Technics Logistics 2019” trade fair took place in Kalkar. Germany. The DST presented the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of the city of Duisburg and other partners its service portfolio and research activities. On the 24th and 25th of September the DST […]

Modal shift towards IWT in container transport on the way

Second milestone event in the research project DeConTrans. The second milestone event of the research project “Innovative concepts for a decentralized waterborne container transport” (DeConTrans) took place in Duisburg on September 4th, 2019. The project partners, DST – Development Center for Ship Technology and Transport Systems from Duisburg and RIF Institute for Research and Transfer […]

Zwischenstände des Projekts DeConTrans vorgestellt

Zweites Meilensteintreffen im EFRE-Projekt – Am 4. September 2019 fand in Duisburg das zweite Meilensteintreffen des Forschungsprojekts „Innovative Konzepte für einen dezentralen Containertransport auf der Wasserstraße“ (DeConTrans) statt.