Towards sustainable urban distribution using city canals: the case of Amsterdam

Towards sustainable urban distribution using city canals: the case of Amsterdam

van Duin, Ron (TU Delft Transport and Logistics; Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences)
Kortmann, Rens (TU Delft Policy Analysis)
van de Kamp, Maarten

2017

This study investigates whether a system of hub locations distributing goods across the water to the city of Amsterdam can be a potential future solution to guarantee same-day delivery to shopkeepers. A simulation model was developed to analyse the logistics performances and to optimise the number of hub locations and required fleet size. The simulation tests have shown that two hub locations are sufficient when they are equipped with two vessels. Conclusion of this study is that a waterborne city logistics concept with a small number of hub locations can compete with truck deliverance and seems to be a sustainable solution for other cities with large canals as well.

city logistics
simulation
waterborne transport
electric vessels
urban freight
multi stakeholders

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Proceedings of 10th International City Logistics Conference

10th International City Logistics Conference, 2017-06-14 → 2017-06-16, Phuket, Thailand

Institutional Repository

conference paper

© 2017 Ron van Duin, Rens Kortmann, Maarten van de Kamp