Impact of Parcel Lockers as Transfer Points on Crowdshipping Services: Carriers’ Perspective

In the context of striving for zero emissions in cities in the future, finding new logistics methods is of paramount importance. Inspired by the concept of the Physical Internet, a parcel transportation method called ”crowdshipping” has begun to gain attention. In this study, a new form of crowdshipping is investigated, where parcel lockers are...

Last-mile delivery preferences: exploring the potential of Parcel Lockers at online checkout and for failed delivery

The growth of e-commerce has increased the demand for last-mile delivery. This increased demand<br/>poses the sector of last-mile delivery with challenges such as traffic congestion, route optimization and environmental concerns. Delivery to a Service Point or a Parcel Locker, self-collection alternatives, have to potential to address these...

Are we roboready?: Developing a method to determine the roboreadiness of a traffic environment

Autonomous delivery robots are a promising alternative for last-mile delivery. To realise successful implementation of delivery robots in the public space, it is important to study the interaction between robot and environment. The traffic environment includes the physical infrastructure, traffic conditions and the people using the environment....

Modelling urban freight transport in the context of decarbonising transport in Europe: A case study of the Groot-Rijnmond urban area with possibilities for model transferability

Urban freight transport is a significant cause of CO2 emissions. This creates the need to implement CO2 mitigation measures for freight transport in cities. The International Transport Forum (ITF) is currently working on an EU-funded programme, the Decarbonising Transport initiative, to assess CO2 mitigation measures. However, there is no model...

Benchmarking the Performance of Ports on Asset Management

Over the past decade, the complexity of operations in the port area has increased significantly. As global trade increased significantly, vessel sizes and cargo volumes surged, which places additional pressure on the ports' (physical) assets. Both the challenges the ports are facing and the willingness to ensure continuous improvement have...

The Criticality of the European Multimodal Transportation Network: Multifaceted Investigation of the European Hinterland Transportation Network based on Its Network Structure

A nation’s main port is a crucial component that contributes to the economic development of a country. Therefore, the role of the port becomes more critical nowadays. However, due to the existing hub-and-spoke structure of the European multimodal transportation network, polarisation and regionalisation are visible in the network. The increasing...

Introduction of drones in the last-mile logistic process of medical product delivery: A feasibility assessment applied to the case study of Benu 't Slag

The term last-mile delivery refers to the final leg of a business-to-customer service, in which a product is shipped from a depot to a final destination point by means of land transportation, such as vans and small trucks. Although they provide a common and easy way to consign products, companies are striving for new transport technologies to...

A behavioral shipment-based model of freight tour formation

Tour formation is a distinguishing feature of freight transportation. An increasing amount of research is dedicated to the consideration of tour formation in freight simulation models, but these tour formation models lack statistical calibration on empirical data, do not represent shipments explicitly, or focus on a narrow segment of freight...

Exploration of ambidexterity among SMEs in the Dutch Maritime sector: How SMEs align exploitation of existing products and pursue exploration of product innovations

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) tend to focus upon short-term profit in a crisis period, however the EU advised SMEs’ to invest in innovation and quality of products. How SMEs balance between these two contradicting strategies is seldom addressed. Therefore, this study explores how SMEs align their organization upon short term...

Order pairing strategies for the Petrol Station Replenishment Problem: A model to find new approaches for pairing orders in a multi–period vehicle routing problem with time windows

This thesis explores the possibilities to improve order allocation for petrol delivery with the aim to lower the travel distances. In this research a simulation model has been designed that can test different order pairing strategies for fuel delivery to petrol stations. The Multi–Period Split Compartment Vehicle Routing Problem with Time...