Networking in logistics networks with a focus on seaport hinterland transport

Dynamic is the word with which the current economic developments and in particular the developments in international, maritime container transport can be described very well. In recent years, the resulting capacity requirements have led to increased bottlenecks at the edges and nodes of the transport infrastructure network, such as ports and rail connections on certain routes.

Two projects are investigating how the entire transport chain can be made more efficient through increased collaboration between market participants such as shipowners, freight forwarders and quay operators at strategic and operational logistics level. The thematic focus at the operational logistics level is the development of a concept for improving the cross-actor operational data flow in order to achieve reliable and efficient transport flows in the logistics network.

The strategic analysis aims to design and implement an integrated sector planning model in cooperation with market participants to assess long-term developments in transport demand and the transport network.

Website of the project Networking in logistics networks with focus on seaport hinterland transports [1]

Project sponsor:

• Deutsche Bahn AG - DB Schenker [2]

Project partners:

• Technische Universität Berlin, Lehrstuhl für Systemanalyse und EDV [3]
• Universität St. Gallen, M-Lab [4]
• Erasmus University Rotterdam, Bereich Regional Economics, Port & Transport Economics [5]
• ECT Europe Container Terminals [6]
• Eurogate Gruppe [7]
• Evergreen Deutschland GmbH [8]
• Hapag Lloyd AG [9]
• HHLA AG [10]
• Heinrich Deichmann-Schuhe GmbH & CO. KG [11]
• Hyundai Merchant Marine (Deutschland) GmbH [12]
• OOCL (Deutschland) GmbH [13]