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van Duin, Ron (author), Wiegmans, B. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), Hendriks, B. (author), He, Y. (author)Five years ago the project Cargo Hitching started with the goal to use the unused capacity of public transport passenger vehicles for freight and parcel transport. Like many new city logistics initiatives it is a difficult challenge to setup a profitable private business model. A rural pilot project was developed in the East of the Netherlands,...conference paper 2018
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Wiegmans, B. (author), Behdani, B. (author)The results presented in this article identify the role of costs in the scientific and grey freight terminal handling literature and analyses the handling costs of different terminal sizes. The literature review shows that handling costs only play a marginal role in the scientific research in intermodal rail freight terminals (IRT). This is...journal article 2018
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Wiegmans, B. (author), Menger, I. (author), Behdani, B. (author), van Arem, B. (author)Hinterland container transport is increasingly identified as an important element in door-to-door transportation of goods in the context of global supply chains. Container terminal operators also continuously seek strategies to distinguish themselves from their competitors by providing dedicated information on containers, transport means and...journal article 2018
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Wiegmans, B. (author), Janic, M. (author)This article deals with an analysis, modeling, and assessing performances of supply chains served by long-distance intercontinental intermodal rail/road- and sea-shipping freight transport corridor(s). For such a purpose, the supply chains are defined and the methodology for assessing their performances under given conditions is developed....journal article 2018
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Rezaei, J. (author), van Wulfften Palthe, Linde (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), Wiegmans, B. (author), van der Laan, Frank (author)Purpose: Port performance and port choice have been treated as separate streams of research. This hampers the efforts of ports to anticipate on and respond to possible future changes in port choice by shippers, freight forwarders and carriers. The purpose of this paper is to develop and demonstrate a port performance measurement methodology,...journal article 2018
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Wiegmans, B. (author), Witte, Patrick (author)Although terminal efficiency has been thoroughly studied for deep-sea container ports and terminals, up till now, there has been little scientific literature on the efficiency of inland waterway container terminals (IWTs). This paper therefore focuses on determining and analyzing terminal characteristics that influence efficiency. Our...journal article 2017
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Saeedi, H. (author), Wiegmans, B. (author), Behdani, B. (author), Zuidwijk, R.A. (author)To cope with an intense and competitive environment, intermodal freight transport operators have increasingly adopted business practices —like horizontal and vertical business integration—which aim to reduce the operational costs, increase the profit margins, and improve their competitive position in the market. These strategies and business...journal article 2017
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Saeedi, H. (author), Wiegmans, B. (author), Behdani, B. (author), Zuidwijk, R.A. (author)The analysis of market structure and concentration measures for the Intermodal Freight Transport (IFT) market is important to avoid market failure and to find the areas for policy making to promote IFT market share. This analysis can be performed for separate segments, for example, the market for transshipment service or the market for main...journal article 2017
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Hjortnaes, T. (author), Wiegmans, B. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Zuidwijk, R.A. (author), Klijnhout, R. (author)Shipping companies are striving to optimize their empty container repositioning strategies which also contribute to reduced congestion and environmental improvements. In this paper we propose a multi-commodity model that makes an explicit distinction between flows of non-damaged containers, on the one hand, and flows of damaged containers, on...journal article 2017
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Behdani, B. (author), Fan, Yun (author), Wiegmans, B. (author), Zuidwijk, R.A. (author)Intermodal freight transport has been discussed for decades as an alternative to unimodal road transport. However, it still does not represent a significant portion of the total freight market. A new and promising possibility to improve the performance of freight systems is the synchromodal design of hinterland transport systems. A...journal article 2016
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Kim, N.S. (author), Wiegmans, B. (author), Bu, L. (author)n this paper, we present a method to estimate CO2 reduction potential by increasing the truck size. Trucks are apparently the most preferred freight transport option for most shippers. Therefore, increasing the truck size may be a realizable and practical strategy, except when logistics companies (truck owners) tailor their truck sizes to...journal article 2016
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- van Duin, Ron (author), De Goffau, W (author), Wiegmans, B. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), Saes, M (author) conference paper 2016
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van Duin, Ron (author), van Dam, T (author), Wiegmans, B. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author)The concept of an urban consolidation centre (UCC) has been extensively researched. Despite the potential positive environmental and social impact, the main obstacle remains the lack of a sustainable business model. The goal of this paper is to understand how to organize UCC viability as a concept providing environmental and social benefits...journal article 2016
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- Witte, P. (author), Wiegmans, B. (author), Van Oort, F. (author), Spit, T. (author) journal article 2015
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Simoni, M.D. (author), Wiegmans, B. (author), Van Duin, J.H.R. (author), Zuidwijk, R.A. (author)Urban consolidation center (UCC) represents in many cities the most chosen solution by the local governments to reduce the negative impacts of city freight distribution. In order to achieve successful results, it is important to consider also the perspective of carriers with respect to the choice of facility location and the evaluation of costs....conference paper 2015
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- Simoni, M. (author), Wiegmans, B. (author), Zuidwijk, R.A. (author), Van Duin, J.H.R. (author) conference paper 2015
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Wiegmans, B. (author), Witte, Patrick (author), Spit, Tejo (author)Most scientific attention in freight transportation port studies centers on the characteristics of deep-sea ports, in particular container ports. In our paper, in contrast, we focus our attention on the performance of inland ports in a European context, which is up to now an overlooked part in the scientific literature on port development....conference paper 2015
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Wiegmans, B. (author), Witte, P. (author), Spit, T. (author)Most scientific attention in port studies centres on deep-sea ports, in particular container ports. In our paper, in contrast, we focus our attention on the determining characteristics of inland port performance in a European context, which is up to now an overlooked part in the scientific literature on port development. Based on a large-scale...conference paper 2014
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Wiegmans, B. (author), Konings, J.W. (author)In Europe, numerous obstacles have been identified which prevent the (extensive) use of intermodal transport. A major motivation to promote intermodal transport is that its cost performance is often assumed better than road-only transport. Considering that the cost of transport services remains one of the most important criteria for the modal...conference paper 2013
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Bu, L. (author), Van Duin, J.H.R. (author), Wiegmans, B. (author), Luo, Z. (author), Yin, C. (author)This paper aims to apply a preference method for selecting optimal city distribution reloading locations in urbanized areas. The focus in the optimization is on trucks entering the urbanized area where the truck can choose between at least two locations with similar distances determined by a specified integer value generated randomly by a given...journal article 2012