Print Email Facebook Twitter Joint optimization of container and truck routes for a synchromodal transport network Title Joint optimization of container and truck routes for a synchromodal transport network: Improving the vehicle utilization in freight transport Author Sprokkereef, Jasper (TU Delft Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) Contributor Atasoy, B. (mentor) Larsen, R.B. (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Marine Technology | Transport Engineering and Logistics Date 2021-06-12 Abstract When containers are transported on synchromodal bookings from their origin to their destination, the transport supplier can decide which combination of trucks, trains, and ships to use. This gives transport suppliers many options to route the container through the synchromodal network. Current literature on the individual routing of containers assumes that the trucks are always available and they do not consider empty truck kilometers. A model which individually routes both containers and trucks through a synchromodal network is presented in this paper. We study the effect of integrating the route of individual trucks and containers, considering costs, emissions, and empty truck kilometers by creating the Integrated Container and Truck (ICTR) model, and comparing it to the existing assumption in literature that trucks are always available when routing the container through a synchromodal network. Numerical experiments on a simulated, synchromodal, hinterland network are used to illustrate the model's potential. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:aab9e59a-41d2-4be8-8a14-0f6dc0ffe44e Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2021 Jasper Sprokkereef Files PDF Thesis_Jasper_Sprokkereef.pdf 1.85 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:aab9e59a-41d2-4be8-8a14-0f6dc0ffe44e/datastream/OBJ/view