(1) The collaboration between the Laboratory and the Department of Marine Technology University of Ghent with a view to developing and maintaining the knowledge "sailing in shallow and restricted water" at the Hydraulic Laboratory, in English "Knowledge Center for Maneuvering in Shallow and Confined water "and provide scientific support for this purpose; and (2) an appropriate scheme for the use of infrastructure Hydraulics Research, especially the towing tank, the experimental research on the behavior of ships in shallow and restricted water, which the two parties had already concluded an agreement since 1992. The research center aims to establish the scientific knowledge and practical knowledge about the behavior of ships in shallow and restricted waters, expand and keep available to support the admission policy and the development of inland waterways vessels for Flemish ports and inland.