by Walther Ploos van Amstel
Dachser Germany won an award for city logistics with its combination of micro hubs, electric delivery bikes, and trucks. The jury recognized that the emission-free solutions take into account both social and economic aspects and that these can also be implemented for other logistics service providers.
The Trens Solar Train provides comfortable passenger transport in historic city centers, on boulevards, or on routes to park-and-ride (P+R) facilities on the outskirts of inner cities, on the premises of nature and event parks and Business Centres. Passengers and pedestrians are instantly aware of the environmental-friendly character of the Trens Solar Train.
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and the University of Amsterdam have a total of 80 college buildings in Amsterdam, all of these buildings need to be supplied with goods almost daily. The educational institutes joined forces with Deudekom and PostNL and created a logistics hub just outside of Amsterdam.
The food delivery industry is exploding. Various companies compete to deliver food to your doorstep as cheaply and as quickly as possible. With apps like UberEats, Deliveroo and Foodora it’s super easy to order your meal online. But do we actually know how these apps work?
Smartphone data from Deliveroo riders delivering meals for restaurant-to-home shows that bicycles are faster than cars. In towns and cities, bicyclists are also often faster than motorized two-wheelers.
Ahold Delhaize’s Stop & Shop is updating its brand to make grocery shopping easier. The update is designed to improve the in-store experience with a focus on more fresh and healthy options and improved digital solutions. Part of the update is the introduction of robots for click and collect at special Stop & Shop pick-up …
To address growing traffic congestion and air quality concerns, UPS and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced the deployment of a downtown delivery pilot project using cargo eBikes and customized modular trailers.
City logistics service provider CityDepot (part of Bpost) stops the activities in Bruges (B) last summer. Almost three years after the start, it turned out that there was too little volume to make the hub profitable. After just over two years, it turned out that there was not enough potential and that local retailers did not …
Delivery from the transport hub to the shipment’s final destination has become one of the major focus points for logistics service providers as more and more people head online to buy their goods. Quick delivery direct to door is no longer something that is ‘nice to have’, it is a customer expectation. People want their goods …
Last mile logistics comprises a large share of the total delivery cost. A variety of collaborative economy business models are rapidly emerging and growing across the globe, changing the way logistics services were traditionally provided and consumed. They are driven by technological, economic and societal factors.