by Walther Ploos van Amstel
The transition from diesel-driven urban freight transport towards more electric urban freight transport turns out to be challenging in practice. A primary concern for transport operators is how to find a reliable charging strategy for a more extensive electric vehicle fleet that provides flexibility based on different daily mission profiles within that fleet while also …
Transit goals have typically focused on commuter trips but facilitating urban last-mile freight logistics is a potential strategy to increase transit ridership and mitigate the demands of parcel distribution on the transportation network. Presently, most parcel lockers operate out of private businesses, but consumer surveys have found that transit users may be interested in locker …
Heleen Buldeo Rai loves sustainable online shopping; she wrote her Ph.D. thesis about it in 2019. In her thesis, she takes the reader by the hand along the ‘customer journey.’ Of course, we already know that we don’t have to be ashamed of ordering online. But, it can be much more sustainable with less impact …
What initiatives abate urban logistics’ carbon emissions more efficiently and effectively? Numerous theoretical and practical studies address the challenge of reducing carbon emissions from the logistics sector while ensuring the flow of goods to highly urbanized areas. In a position paper, Fransoo and Mora-Quiñones present and discuss initiatives seeking to abate urban logistics carbon emissions …
Dutch Ahold Delhaize wants to bring Bol.com to the stock exchange. At least, for a minority share. Ahold Delhaize does wish to remain in charge of the online shopping platform. The company wants to use the growth potential of Bol.com with the IPO to finance the development of physical stores in the US and Europe. …
Dutch Vos Logistics presented a white paper about the electrification of home deliveries. Vos Logistics – committed to driving clean and efficient transport solutions – has taken on this challenge too. Student Willem Goudriaan studied the technical and economic feasibility of zero-emission home deliveries from Vos Logistics. Operational feasibility The operational feasibility was determined by …
Amazon showed disappointing third-quarter results on fulfillment. The costs of fulfillment rose again, to now almost 31% of online sales. Year after year, these costs increase by one percentage point despite more sales. Growing volumes do not result in economy of scale at Amazon? Zalando is doing a better job. Zalando’s fulfillment costs are decreasing …
Closing the materials cycle for rigid polyurethane foams. This is the ambitious goal of the new pan-European “CIRCULAR FOAM” project. The EU-funded lighthouse project coordinated by Covestro, a world-leading polymer company, brings together 22 partners from 9 countries from industry, academia, and society. Within four years, they want to jointly establish a complete circular value …
There is a need to move towards transportation solutions that are economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable. In their latest Future of Sustainable Transport report, Ricardo experts bring clarity to some of the complexities of future mobility, including: drivers for future sustainable transport challenges to achieving net zero current initiatives to address issues faced by the transport sector. …
Pitney Bowes Inc., a global technology company that provides commerce solutions in e-commerce, shipping, mailing, data, and financial services, released the new Parcel Shipping Index featuring 2020 data from 13 major markets around the world. The Index finds global parcel volume reached 131 billion in 2020, equating to 4.160 parcels shipped per second – an increase of …