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We are very pleased to announce that the Flemish Government has decided to invest 30.7  million euros to construct a new maritime research centre in Ostend. The research centre will include a shallow water towing tank and a wave basin.

This newsletter aims to consolidate, extend and disseminate knowledge on the behaviour of ships in shallow and confined water.

This newsletter aims to consolidate, extend and disseminate knowledge on the behaviour of ships in shallow and confined water.

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This newsletter aims to consolidate, extend and disseminate knowledge on the behaviour of ships in shallow and confined water.

Today Flanders Hydraulics Research presents his brand new website. The website has undergone a complete makeover with lots of useful features and a highly improved navigation.

Locks are key-structures for the accessibility of ports and navigable waterways. Different systems exist for filling and emptying of the lock chamber. For locks with a high head between the upstream and downstream reservoir mostly long culverts, short culverts bypassing the lock gates or culverts with openings in the bottom of the lock chamber are considered...

This newsletter aims to consolidate, extend and disseminate knowledge on the behaviour of ships in shallow and confined water.

On 10 December 2014, the MSC New York arrived in the Port of Antwerp. With a length of 399 m and a beam of 54 m, it is the largest ship ever to pass through the Berendrecht lock, which in itself is the largest lock in the world at present. The arrival was preceded by a study executed at Flanders Hydraulics Research in cooperation with the Flemish pilotage and the Common Nautical Authority.