Topic: Duisport

Why develop new infrastructure for hyperloop when existing rail tracks can be used?

InterviewDeveloping a vacuum hyperloop as a new transport system is complicated and expensive, why not use the concepts of the hyperloop and combine it with the existing railway tracks? That was the question with which...Read more

25-11-2022|1 comment|author: Esther Geerts

Algorithms to optimise rail freight on the TEN-T network

ePIcenter is an international technology and innovation project to improve the efficiency of freight flows and reduce congestion in the European TEN-T network. Advanced logistics scheduling algorithms are a key focus to optimise rail freight....Read more

26-05-2021|Comment|author: Esther Geerts

Duisport aims to use hydrogen locomotives

As part of the broader pan-European effort to decarbonise rail freight transport, Duisport initiates a study to develop its first hydrogen shunting locomotive. Together with the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and the Centre for Fuel...Read more

12-03-2021|Comment|author: Esther Geerts