An information tool for shippers concerning the cost effectiveness of emission reduction measures in road freight transport

This report explains the design of an information tool, created to help shippers inform themselves on the emission reducing actions available to reduce road freight transport emissions. Different emission reducing actions for road freight transport are researched and compared based on emission reducing potential and cost. These different...

Strategies towards effective emission reduction of the inland shipping industry in the port of Rotterdam: Using a mixed-integer linear programming model

Currently, the inland shipping industry is not sufficiently incentivised to invest in sustainable technologies in order to reduce their emissions. The industry itself wants to be more sustainable, but there is insufficient financial room to invest in alternative technologies. Besides, public authorities try to achieve a reduction using command...