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New Business Models for Shipping: Innovation in the Netherlands

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Part of the book series: WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs ((WMUSTUD,volume 10))

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The shipping industry is a playground for innovation in technology and business models. On the basis of the Dutch maritime innovation agenda, I provide an overview of innovations and research in three main areas: zero-emission shipping, digital and autonomous shipping and safe shipping. In all these areas, parties in the Netherlands are conducting research and developing new technologies and solutions. I discuss two cases where start-up companies have emerged out of this R&D effort, that are developing new business models in the shipping industry.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    See, for instance, Glave et al. (2014)

  2. 2.

    See maritimebyholland.com

  3. 3.

    See https://www.topsectoren.nl/missiesvoordetoekomst (in Dutch). For an English summary, https://www.topsectoren.nl/missiesvoordetoekomst/documenten/publicaties/2019-publicaties/september-2019/23-09-19/factsheet-dutch-solutions-to-grand-challenges

  4. 4.

    For information on TKI Maritiem, see https://www.tkimaritiem.nl/ (in Dutch)

  5. 5.

    See smashnederland.nl/english. Smash! stands for Smart Shipping: highly automated sailing at sea, in ports and on inland waterways.

  6. 6.

    http://www.autonomous-ship.org/index.html

  7. 7.

    See https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/recovery-coronavirus/recovery-and-resilience-facility_en

  8. 8.

    See http://www.unmanned-ship.org/munin/

  9. 9.

    See https://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/water/wetten-regels-en-vergunningen/scheepvaart/scheepvaartverkeerswet/smart-shipping/index.aspx

  10. 10.

    See WP 1 of the TKI Dinalog project MaselmaBridge.

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  1. Rotterdam School of Management, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

    Albert W. Veenstra

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  1. Korea Maritime Institute, Busan, Korea (Republic of)

    Byoung-Wook Ko

  2. World Maritime University, Malmo, Sweden

    Dong-Wook Song

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Veenstra, A.W. (2021). New Business Models for Shipping: Innovation in the Netherlands. In: Ko, BW., Song, DW. (eds) New Maritime Business. WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs, vol 10. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78957-2_11

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