Challenges and opportunities for a South America Waterway System

Hunt, Julian David; Pokhrel, Yadu; Chaudhari, Suyog; Mesquita, André Luiz Amarante; Nascimento, Andreas; Filho, Walter Leal; Biato, Marcel Fortuna; Schneider, Paulo Smith; Lopes, M. A.

doi:10.1016/j.clet.2022.100575

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“…Amazonian populations have flourished along rivers for a long time, using rivers as a means of transportation 43,44 . This network is intensively used today and plans to use rivers as the main transportation option have been touted as a development strategy for decades 45,46 . While river transport may have severe impacts on aquatic ecosystems 47 , it has the greatest efficiency per tonne transported 48 .…”

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A New Infrastructure for the Amazon

Schaeffer,

Barrantes,

Klautau

et al. 2023

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Infrastructure in the Amazon has prioritized national development and other interests, which were generally tilted towards extractive activities (mining, energy, agriculture/cattle) and domestic industrial policies (e.g., Manaus Free Zone) rather than needs of local populations or environmental concerns, such as maintaining and protecting the high diversity of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, resulting in an unsustainable, low-quality development process. A new paradigm is necessary for adapting existing infrastructure, and for planning and building future infrastructure, at both national and subnational levels. This new paradigm should be based on the concept of a spatial configuration and include the consideration of nature-based solutions and Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK).

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Section: Transportationmentioning

confidence: 99%

A New Infrastructure for the Amazon

Schaeffer,

Barrantes,

Klautau

et al. 2023

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“…Nevertheless, despite the inland waterways' substantial benefits for freight transportation, they have remained a minor used mode within the logistic chain, predominantly prevalent in developing nations. This discrepancy can be attributed to various factors, including inadequate infrastructure, insufficient investment, inadequate regulatory measures, and a lack of cooperation between national and sub-national authorities, which hinder the effective operation of IWT (Praveen and Jegan, 2015;Solomon et al, 2020;Rogerson et al, 2020;Trivedi et al, 2021;Hassan and Xuefeng, 2022;Hunt et al, 2022 ). However, studies have indicated that the sector remains one of the transport modes with lots of unused capacity for increased exploitation (Hofbauer and Putz, 2020;Totakura et al, 2020;Barrow et al, 2022).…”

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“…Research studies have focused on the sustainability of the transport system (Lier and Macharis, 2014;Havinga, 2020;Barrow et al, 2022), transport safety (Meers and Macharis, 2015;Mircetic et al, 2017), cost-effectiveness (Wiegmans and Konings, 2015;Mostert and Limbourg, 2016;Osama et al, 2017), Infrastructural issues (Wiegmans and Van-Duin, 2017), performance measurement (Farazi et al, 2021), climate change (Hunt et al, 2022), intermodal opportunities for city logistics (Nemato et al, 2006;Janjevic and Ndiaye, 2014;Trojanowski and Iwan, 2014;Wojewodzka and Rolbeiecki, 2019).…”

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“…Seasonal variation and climate changeClimate change is always regarded as a global issue(Abbas et al, 2022). Climate change and extreme weather conditions' effects on transportation have continued to gain significant attention in recent years by scholars(Markolfa et al, 2019;Aroke et al, 2021;Hunt et al, 2022). It is widely acknowledged that transport networks generally perform worse in adverse and severe weather conditions.…”

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“…The primary climate factors that affect inland waterway transportation include air and water temperature fluctuations, as well as seasonal variations or extremes in precipitation. As the climate warms up, risks of all kinds are increased, from coastal erosion brought on by rising sea levels to more regular extreme weather events like heatwaves, droughts or floods(Hunt et al, 2022). Several academic literatures have assessed the impact of climate change on the functionality of the inland waterway transportation system, includingJonkeren et al (2014),Kuklickea and Demeritt (2016),Liu et al (2019), andSchoneich et al (2022).…”

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A systematic literature review of technological developments and challenges for inland waterways freight transport in intermodal supply chain management

Gbako,

Paraskevadakis,

Ren

et al. 2024

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PurposeInland shipping has been extensively recognised as a sustainable, efficient and good alternative to rail and road modes of transportation. In recent years, various authorities and academic researchers have advocated shifting from road to other sustainable modes like inland waterway transport (IWT) or rail transport. Academic work on modernisation and technological innovations to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of waterborne transportation is becoming apparent as a growing body of literature caused by the need to achieve a sustainable transport system. Thus, it became apparent to explore the research trends on IWT.Design/methodology/approachA systematic and structured literature review study was employed in this paper to identify the challenges and concepts in modernising inland waterways for freight transportation. The review analysed 94 articles published in 54 journals from six well-known databases between 2010 and 2022.FindingsThe key findings of this review are that despite various challenges confronting the sector, there have been successful cases of technological advancement in the industry. The main interest among scholars is improving technical and economic performance, digitalisation, and safety and environmental issues. The review revealed that most of the literature is fragmented despite growing interest from practitioners and academic scholars. Academic research to address the strategic objectives, including strengthening competitiveness (shipbuilding, hydrodynamics, incorporating artificial intelligence into the decision-making process, adopting blockchain technology to ensure transparency and security in the transactions, new technologies for fleets adaptation to climate change, more effective handling, maintenance and rehabilitation technologies), matching growth and changing trade patterns (intermodal solutions and new logistics approaches) are major causes of concerns.Originality/valueBy employing the approach of reviewing previously available literature on IWT review papers, this review complements the existing body of literature in the field of IWT by providing in a single paper a consolidation of recent state-of-the-art research on technological developments and challenges for inland waterways freight transport in the intermodal supply chain that can act as a single resource to keep researchers up to date with the most recent advancements in research in the domain of inland waterway freight transport. Additionally, this review identified gaps in the literature that may inspire new research themes in the field of IWT.

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