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van der Wijst, Cindy (author)The brownfield container terminal at the Maasvlakte aims at realizing a zero-emission vehicle fleet to strive for its aim to be zero-emission by 2040. Therefore, the research question is as follows: “What are the consequences for costs and operational performance of implementing mature renewable energy carriers for AGVs at the container...master thesis 2020
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van Son, C.B.H. (author)Urban freight logistics currently has to deal with multiple unsustainabilites. Physical Internet characteristics can be promising to make urban freight logistics more sustainable. It was researched if this can be the case and, what opportunities and barriers there are belonging to this change. With Q-methodology different stakeholder...master thesis 2020
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Ijaz, M. (author)In order to tackle the problem of supply chain managers not being ready to share data, the thesis first identifies the root causes of the reluctance of supply chain managers towards sharing data. This reluctance of the supply chain managers is caused by many reasons. Firstly, they fear the misuse of their sensitive information. Information...master thesis 2020
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De Groot, F. (author)The Courier Express Parcel industry is booming business. Final delivery in the business to customer (B2C) parcel market has been one of the main focusses for innovation. The last mile in the B2C market is inefficient and expensive, due to delivery failures, congestion, urban constraints, non-optimum loading rates and regulations. The best...master thesis 2017
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Mastenbroek, I.A.B. (author)The growing parcel volumes have impact on the infrastructure and processes of logistic service providers. The infrastructure and process of debriefing parcels have been researched at PostNL parcels. Alternative methods to perform this process have been designed and evaluated to give an advise how to perform this process in the near future to...master thesis 2017
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- Clearesta, E. (author) master thesis 2017
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Bakermans, B.A. (author)Truck platooning refers to the automated operation of multiple trucks. High expectations rest on truck platooning as to alleviate negative impacts caused by road freight transport like congestion, accidents and pollution. Furthermore, driver shortages may be partially solved by the concept of truck platooning. This study identified enablers and...master thesis 2016
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Parolas, I. (author)The hinterland transportation of incoming containers at container terminals is a complex problem, due to the various actors involved and their often conflicting interests. A promising solution towards the problem for hinterland network operators is that of synchromodality, a concept that refers to on-line network planning for hinterland...master thesis 2016
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- Wessels, R.W.A. (author) master thesis 2016
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Van Rijssel, R.E. (author)In this thesis a framework is built to find flow improvement measures to lower the turnaround time for aircraft component MRO processes. This framework is tested in a case study at KLM E&M. The main research question that is answered in this research is: What flow improvement measures can be used to lower the turnaround time of components in...master thesis 2016
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Robroeks, J. (author)Fierce competition force companies engaging in road transport to improve their performance. One way to increase performance in order to gain competitive advantage is by horizontal collaboration. This collaboration focusses on merging road transport of two companies. Even though it is accepted that collaboration gives opportunities for...master thesis 2016
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Mogendorff, W.A. (author)This thesis involves a case-study of aircraft engine combustor maintenance at KLM E&M, which has been used as a basis to develop a discrete event simulation model that allows TAT to be measured, and the effects of changes to the main process value drivers to be successfully tested. The main research question this research sought to answer is:...master thesis 2016
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Satoglou, A. (author)Inventory management is one of the cornerstones of supply chain management as inventory consists of a key contributor in all supply chains. In the supply chain sector, many inventory management-related problems have been broadly investigated and discussed over the years. It is of great importance for the supply chain of a company to make proper...master thesis 2016
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Schonewille, G.A. (author)Urban freight distribution problems vary in nature and can be characterized as economically, environmentally or socially grounded. Urban freight distribution operates in urban areas were space is in short supply. These residency areas are the homes of many people. Since most vehicles still drive on conventional energy sources, greenhouse gas...master thesis 2016
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Faisal, A. (author)Indonesian new government (under new President from 2014 election) issues ‘Maritime-highway’ policy by developing 24 strategic ports to form mainline of national maritime transportation network (Indonesian Ministry of Development Planning, 2015). This policy aims to reduce transportation cost as well as economy (price) disparities between west...master thesis 2015
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Bauwens, J.M.O. (author)The local governments in the Netherlands experience a problem. The distribution of freight in the cities is an important driver of the economy, but it has negative impacts on the liveability of their cities, which affects the attractiveness of a municipality. However, changing the city logistics is not straightforward. Shippers, carriers, city...master thesis 2015
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Caljouw, D. (author)Nowadays, the capacity of the lock becomes more important, since ports become busier and waterways more crowded. Still, the management of locks has not changed very much. Especially since locks are one of the most important factors that determine the capacity of a waterway. A lock limits the capacity of a waterway in two ways. First of all, the...master thesis 2015
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Meissner, C. (author)High inefficiencies in transport networks due to low utilization of transport modes, incurring unnecessary costs and burdens on the environment, are motivating companies to increasingly cooperate in logistics with companies from the same or another value chain. Although multi-company cooperations are likely to create benefits for the cooperating...master thesis 2015
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- Fransen, J.J.F. (author) master thesis 2015
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Nafde, T.R. (author)The increase in population, high standard of living and rapid urbanization has led to an increasing demand for food across the globe. The global trade has made it possible to meet this demand by enabling transport of different food products from one part of the world to another. In this trade, refrigerated containers or reefers have played an...master thesis 2015