Towards Innovative Freight and Logistics

Corinne Blanquart is a senior researcher at IFSTTAR in France. She heads the SPLOTT laboratory and conducts research on freight transport and logistics. More specifically, her areas of research are freight demand analysis and retailers' logistics in France and Germany.Uwe Clausen is managing director of the Institute of Transport Logistics at TU Dortmund University, Germany and director of the Fraunhofer-Institute for material flow and logistics in Dortmund. His research areas include green logistics, commercial traffic modeling, intermodal transportation, mathematical optimization, network optimization and distribution systems.Bernard Jacob, chair of the Programme Committee of TRA2014, is deputy scientific director for transport, infrastructures and safety with IFSTTAR. His research works are in bridge and road safety, traffic loads on bridges, heavy vehicles and weigh-in-motion. He is Professor at Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat in France, and President of the International Society for WIM (ISWIM).

• Acknowledgments xixPreface xxiIntroduction xxvCorinne Blanquart, Uwe Clausen and Bernard JacobPart 1 Optimization of Freight and Logistics 1Chapter 1 Smart Logistics Corridors and the Benefits of Intelligent Systems 3Maarten OonkChapter 2 Evaluation of the Road Transport Management System: A Self-Regulation Initiative in Heavy Vehicle Transport in South Africa 15Paul Nordengen and Oliver NaidooChapter 3 Freight Really Flexible in the Timetabling Process for a Mixed-Use Rail Network? Some Considerations Based on French Experience 29Camille MorvantChapter 4 The Routing Problem of an Innovative Urban Freight Distribution Scheme 45Elvezia Maria Cepolina and Alessandro FarinaChapter 5 Information Sharing in Last Mile Distribution: Lessons Learned from a Pilot in Oslo 61Olav Eidhammer and Jardar AndersenChapter 6 Freight Distribution Based on Delivery Area Booking 75Bertrand David, Salima Hassas, Véronique Deslandres, René Chalon, Danièle Patier, Jean-Baptiste Thébaud and Pierre DescombesPart 2 New Vehicle Concepts 89Chapter 7 Swedish Roadmap for High Capacity Transport (HCT) 91Jerker Sjögren and Helena Kyster-HansenChapter 8 Targeted Selection of Overweight Vehicles in Norway 105Erlend Aakre, Thomas Engen and Isabelle Roche CerasiChapter 9 Possible Impacts of Increasing Maximum Truck Weight: Finland Case Study 121Lasse Nykänen and Heikki LimatainenChapter 10 SARTRE Automated Platooning Vehicles 137Eric ChanChapter 11 Maintenance-on-Demand Concepts for Commercial Vehicles: The MoDe Project 151Thilo Bein, Matthias Raushenbach, Dominik Elberskirch, Thomas Bonnot, François Philip, Pascal Kemps, Bart Peeters, Henrik Huovila, Peitsa Turvanen, Elias Khoury, Bob Thomas and Andreas SchirlingChapter 12 Facilitating Modal Shift by an Innovative Inland Vessel and Logistics System 169Sandra Stein, Jan Kaffka, Daniel Diekmann, Uwe Clausen, Nenad Zrnic and Wilfried SihnChapter 13 Navigator 2020 - Innovation in Inland Waterway Transport 185Michael Fastenbauer, Andreas Bäck and Gudrun MaierbruggerPart 3 Governance and Organizational Issues 197Chapter 14 Development of a Holistic Approach Fostering Innovation Uptake in the Logistics Area 199Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, Kostas Kalaboukas, Kahina Hamadache, Paola Lupieri, Margherita Forcolin, Hans Westerheim, Nils Meyer-Larsen, Alberto Capella, Gunnar Stefansson and Violeta RosoChapter 15 Transformation of the Danube Ports into Logistics Centers and Their Integration in the EU Logistics Network 217Sanja Bojic, Milosav Georgijevic and Dejan BrcanovChapter 16 How to Create a Management Structure for Transport Corridors 231Maria Öberg, Kristina Nilsson and Charlotta JohanssonChapter 17 The Role of Human Factors in Rail Freight Innovation 245Carlo Vaghi, Philip Wheat, Ines Österle, Alberto Milottia and John NellthorpChapter 18 Enhancing the Ramp-Up of a New Contract Logistics Business by Developing a Workers' Requirements Matrix 259Katharina Winter, Christiane Geiger an Uwe ClausenChapter 19 Engaging City Stakeholders to Achieve Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Urban Freight Movements 275Thomas Zunder, Paulus Aditjandra, Jarl Schoemaker, Konstantina Laparidou, Carlo Vaghi and Ines ÖsterleChapter 20 Energy-Efficient Urban Freight Logistics: the Set-up and Operation of Freight Quality Partnerships in European Cities 289Dimitrios Tsamboulas and Panayota MoraitiPart 4 Assessment Framework and Future Steps 307Chapter 21 How Green are the TEN-T Core Network Corridors?George Panagakos and Harilaos PsaraftisChapter 22 The Role of Corridor Development in Boosting the European Industrial Future Based on Northern Scandinavian Mines 325Jenni Echhardt and Jarkko RantalaChapter 23 Effect of a Full Internalization of External Costs of Global Supply Chains on Production, Trade and Transport 337Lóránt Tavasszy, Jorrit Harmsen, Olga Ivanova and Tatyana BulavskayaChapter 24 A City Distribution Impact Assessment Framework 353Susanne Balm, Cathy Macharis, Lauriane Milan and Hans QuakChapter 25 Evaluation of the Urban Freight Transportation (UFT) Projects 369Tatiana Graindorge and Dominique BreuilChapter 26 The Unknown Part of the Transport System: the Light Duty Vehicle 385Michel Savy and Sabrina TenficheList of Authors 397Index 405