Print Email Facebook Twitter The effect of low water on loading capacity of inland ships Title The effect of low water on loading capacity of inland ships Author van Dorsser, Cornelis (TU Delft Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering; Royal BLN-Schuttevaer) Vinke, Frederik R.S. (TU Delft Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering; Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment) Hekkenberg, R.G. (TU Delft Ship Design, Production and Operations) van Koningsveld, M. (TU Delft Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering; Van Oord) Date 2020 Abstract Prolonged periods of drought affect river discharges and cause water levels and available water depth to drop for extended periods of time. Low water depth has a major impact on the loading capacity of inland ships, and as a consequence on the transport capacity of the overall waterborne supply chain. Individual ship owners have detailed knowledge on how much the draught of their ship and the associated cargo weight should be reduced to adapt to low water. These parameters are even adjusted as a function of environmental circumstances (e.g. composition of the riverbed) and type of cargo. This detailed knowledge is, however, not accessible at an aggregated level to assess the effects on the overall transport capacity of an inland waterway transport network. Based on a range of field observations and information collected from individual ships, this article introduces a general model to define the effect of low water constraints on the deadweight and payload of inland ships, for which only the type, length, and beam of the vessel serve as mandatory input. Availability of a general model of the capacity reducing effect of lowered water depth is important for the design and operation of robust transport chains on the one hand, and for the optimisation of fairway maintenance and long-term infrastructure development on the other. Subject DeadweightDraftInland shippingPayloadWater depth To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:732a03c4-8abd-4781-ae07-3226b8231c4a DOI https://doi.org/10.18757/ejtir.2020.20.3.3981 ISSN 1567-7141 Source European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 20 (3), 47-70 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2020 Cornelis van Dorsser, Frederik R.S. Vinke, R.G. Hekkenberg, M. van Koningsveld Files PDF document.pdf 1.06 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:732a03c4-8abd-4781-ae07-3226b8231c4a/datastream/OBJ/view