Towards freight transport system unification: reviewing and combining the advancements in the physical internet and synchromodal transport research

Ambra, Tomas; Caris, An; Macharis, Cathy

doi:10.1080/00207543.2018.1494392

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“…Moreover, the collaboration within the network increases the freight volumes, with positive impacts on the overall efficiency. In fact, the growth of international trade and cargo demand puts under pressure the current infrastructural capacity, with negative impacts on congestion, safety, and environment [11]. In this perspective, the evolution of synchro-modal transport systems is a great opportunity to improve the sustainability of freight transport, through a modal shift from truck to rail.…”

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Sustainable and De-Stressed International Supply-Chains Through the SYNCHRO-NET Approach

Giusti

Iorfida²,

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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Synchro-modal supply chain eco-NET (SYNCHRO-NET) is a Horizon 2020 European research project aimed at overcoming the stress due to the increasing transportation distances, the higher complexity, and the vulnerability of international supply chains. In order to foster sustainability, quality, and reliability of such supply chains, SYNCHRO-NET mainly exploits the impact and the possible benefits coming from slow/smart-steaming and synchro-modality transportation strategies, and the related business models. The aim of this paper is to summarize and disseminate the main developments and scientific contributions coming from the project. In particular, the working core of the SYNCHRO-NET solution is an integrated and cloud-based eco-system of optimization and simulation software modules that supports stakeholders’ decisions in freight transportation and logistics management at strategic, operational, and real-time levels. The platform has achieved a high grade of automation in several processes to overcome all the issues related to human-based operations. The efficiency and effectiveness of the overall platform have been tested on three case studies considering pan-European and regional trade lanes, as well as commercial activities between the Far East and European ports. The project results and outputs also allow us to analyze barriers and opportunities of the approach, industrial and academic developments, and relations with emerging technologies.

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Sustainable and De-Stressed International Supply-Chains Through the SYNCHRO-NET Approach

Giusti

Iorfida²,

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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“…Furthermore, each container r can only be assigned to a specific rail service if its release time a r at the customer increased with the time needed to arrive at the considered terminal allows the container to arrive before the service departure (6). Each container can only leave a terminal after release at the arrival terminal of the selected service, and must arrive at its customer delivery location before its due date b r (7). For these time constraints, M 1 rs = max{0; a r + t r + t pre…”

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“…Ambra et al [7] emphasise this need for innovative integrated support systems with a focus on cost efficiency. For intermodal transportation to be advantageous, the integrated planning should be executed effectively and efficiently in order to minimise total transport costs and maximise service capacity utilisation, which in turn also results in decreasing costs of the transport system.…”

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Intermodal Container Routing: Integrating Long-Haul Routing and Local Drayage Decisions

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Intermodal logistics service providers decide on the routing of demand through their service network. Long-haul routing decisions determine the selected departure and arrival terminals for containers and imply corresponding drayage tasks. Traditionally, given these long-haul routes and fixed drayage tasks, drayage operations are planned in a second phase by establishing truck routes to transport containers to and from terminals by truck. In this paper, operational decisions on local drayage routing in large-volume freight regions with multiple terminals on the one hand, and intermodal long-haul routing on the other hand are merged into an integrated intermodal routing problem. Different long-haul routing decisions imply different drayage tasks to be performed and thus impact total trucking costs. The approach aims at reducing the number of road kilometres and increases bundling opportunities by maximising the long-haul capacity utilisation. In this way, it contributes to the modal shift towards intermodal transport and a more sustainable transport system. As a weekly planning horizon is used, a maximum daily active time and a minimum overnight's rest are included for multi-day drayage routing. A large neighbourhood search heuristic is proposed to solve the integrated intermodal routing problem. This integrated planning approach provides decision support for routing customer orders throughout the intermodal network with the aim of minimising total transport costs and maximising capacity utilisation. Experiments show the added value of the integrated approach, which uses more information to make better-informed decisions and increase the capacity utilisation. The largest savings in trucking costs are obtained for clustered instances with demand characteristics closest to real-life cases. Finally, a real-life case study analyses the impact of tactical service network design decisions on the total operational costs.

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“…Internalising these external costs may encourage a shift towards intermodal transport (Macharis et al, 2010;Pinto et al, 2018). Ambra et al (2019) emphasise the need for innovative integrated support systems with a focus on cost efficiency in order for intermodal transport to increase its competitiveness. One innovative, recent solution concerns synchromodality.…”

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“…Synchromodal transport emphasises the dynamics and flexibility which should be incorporated in decisions on routing and rerouting load units using multiple transport modes. In a synchromodal view, ideally, load units are routed through an interconnected network of hubs depending on the network capacity, where the sender is not concerned about the route of its packages (Ambra et al, 2019). Synchromodal transport requires an integrated view on the transport chain as a whole.…”

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Optimising load planning and container routing in intermodal rail transport

Heggen¹

2019

4OR-Q J Oper Res

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Towards freight transport system unification: reviewing and combining the advancements in the physical internet and synchromodal transport research

Cited by 109 publications

References 46 publications

Sustainable and De-Stressed International Supply-Chains Through the SYNCHRO-NET Approach

Sustainable and De-Stressed International Supply-Chains Through the SYNCHRO-NET Approach

Intermodal Container Routing: Integrating Long-Haul Routing and Local Drayage Decisions

Optimising load planning and container routing in intermodal rail transport

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