About this position

Autonomous Transport: a vision for the distant future, or closer than you think? During this internship, you will explore the societal and system-wide impact of large-scale deployment of Connected Automated Transport (CAT) on a busy international corridor linking two major European ports. By contributing to this research, you will help shape a more innovative and future-ready logistics system. What will be your role?

During this internship, you will provide insight into the system- and societal impact of CAT on the Rotterdam-Antwerpen corridor. You will analyse success factors and bottlenecks of border crossing CAT and you’ll develop a model to quantify the effects on congestion, emissions and labour demand. You also examine the extent to which the effects are desired or undesired, and what the course of action is to prevent or, conversely, stimulate effects.

During the internship, you are part of a project team specialized in t...