Delivering to future cities - Mega trends driving urban logistics

Frost & Sullivan
January 2013

Over the past two decades delivering goods into the cities has become a challenge with cities getting overly congested and traffic jams resulting in expensive logistics bottlenecks. In fact, studies show that the cost of congestion now in terms of time wasted in traffic and fuel consumption is off the roof, almost 200% more than what it was in the 1980s. And congestion is only a part of the urban delivery problem. Pollution, lack of parking bays, and warehousing costs are all restraints that are contributing to the economic cost of urban logistics.

There is already a paradigm shift in how products are being manufactured (3D printing) and retailed (transition to online channels) today and the common denominator, supply chain, at all stages of a product's lifecycle must quickly adapt to the changes as well. While it will take another decade or so for 3D printing to become mainstream, the growing market of online retail has already significantly impacted the industry. In order to understand these shifts, it is important to understand the megatrends that directly influence them.

Mega trends and Urban Logistics

We see four main Mega trends that will impact urban logistics - urbanisation, connectivity and convergence, bricks and clicks and multimodality (high speed rail).

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Challenges for urban freight in Mexico city

Freight Transport for Development
May 2011

Foto: Omar Omar

This case study aims to show what freight transport related challenges policy makers in metropolitan areas are facing. It shows that interaction and cooperation within the institutional framework is very important and that a complex institutional framework jeopardizes good governance. The case study describes institutional challenges, environmental challenges and infrastructure related challenges. It also summarizes a number policy measures that could potentially improve the situation in Mexico city.

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Development of an Institutional framework for optimization of the National Logistics Plan for Uruguay

Freight Transport for Development
2011

This case study reflects on the institutional framework that can contribute to increasing the competitive position of a country’s logistic services sector. It also highlights that cooperation between public and private sectors is required.


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Infraestructura y servicios de transporte ferroviario vinculados a las vías de navegación fluvial en América del Sur

Gordon Wilmsmeier
Serie de recursos naturales e infraestructura Nº 124
CEPAL
Octubre 2007

El transporte de carga ha abierto amplios horizontes para la economía internacional, permitiendo el avance de la especialización geográfica y que la industria utilice fuentes de servicio a escala global. Aún así, el mercado de transporte en América del Sur exige una integración adicional, incluyendo la conexión de todos los puntos nodales dentro de la región hasta las regiones fronterizas, casi siempre aisladas.

Dentro de las cargas transportadoras el transporte por ferrocarril en América del Sur sigue siendo el de menor importancia tanto a nivel nacional como subregional. Pero con el auge de la exportación y el interés renovado en el desarrollo de infraestructura crece la posibilidad de crear un nuevo enfoque, que incluye no solo la percepción unimodal, sino también la multimodal o intermodal.

Se destaca las posibilidades del transporte ferroviario de conectar regiones aisladas con las vías fluviales lo cual permite el fácil acceso a los puertos marítimos aguas abajo. En el presente estudio, se analiza este potencial bajo una visión conducente al desarrollo sustentable del transporte, con un impacto menor sobre el medio ambiente.

En base a un planteamiento metodológico y ejemplos, se llega a la conclusión de que es necesario iniciar un proceso político que tome en cuenta los impactos del transporte y la movilidad de las cargas. Este proceso debe poner énfasis en el potencial del desarrollo económico de regiones aisladas a través de la integración de los modos ferro-fluvial en América del Sur. Una visión unificada y la implementación de una política de transporte regional integrada puede resolver distorsiones y crear competitividad y eficiencia no solamente dentro del sector de transporte, sino también en su interacción con los otros sectores económicos y también sociales.

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Seaports of the Americas Directory 2012

The authoritative and comprehensive guide to the seaports, port authorities and port industry of the Americas
American Association of Port Authorities
2012

AAPA's comprehensive annual profile & directory of the seaports, port authorities, terminal operators & port services industry of the Western Hemisphere and official annual AAPA membership directory. Published annually in March...in print and online.

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The impact of demand on cargo dwell time in ports in SSA

Beuran, Monica; Mahihenni, Mohamed Hadi; Raballand, Gael ; Refas, Salim;
World Bank
Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6014
Marzo 2012

Long cargo dwell times in ports are a critical issue in Sub-Saharan African countries since they result in slow import processes and are bound to dramatically reduce trade. The main objective of this study is to analyze long dwell times' causes in ports in Sub-Saharan Africa from a shipper's perspective. The findings point to the crucial importance of private sector practices and incentives. The authors argue in the case of Sub-Saharan African countries that private operators, rather than being advocates of reforms in this area, might be responsible for the failures of many of these initiatives. It seems that in Sub-Saharan Africa importers' and freight forwarders' professionalism, cash constraints and operators' strategies are some of the factors that have a major impact on cargo dwell time. Low competency, cash constraints and low storage tariffs explain why most importers have little incentive to reduce cargo dwell time since in most cases, this would increase their input costs. However, monopolists/cartels may have a stronger incentive to reduce cargo dwell time but only in order to maximize their profit (and would not adjust prices downward).

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From Transition to Transformation: Sustainable and inclusive development in Europe and Central Asia

United Nations
February 2012

This report was launched at the first Global Human Development Forum which brought together high-level experts from governments, corporations, civil society and international organizations to examine the global policy changes required to ensure a sustainable future for people today and for generations to come. The report, supported by 13 U.N. agencies, calls for a transformation to integrated policy making, where social equity, economic growth and environmental protection are approached together. It is a contribution of governments, experts, researchers and development practitioners ahead of the ‘Rio+20’ U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development in June in Brazil where participants will come together to discuss and shape new policies and measures to promote prosperity, reduce poverty and advance social equity and environmental protection.

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Intelligent Mobility – thinking about tomorrow’s transport

UNECE
March 2012

Intelligent Mobility – thinking about tomorrow’s transport
This was the title of a recent UNECE Inland Transport Committee policy debate. High‐level speakers, governments, experts and academia from all the around the world came together on 28 February 2012 to discuss Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and to contribute to the policy‐segment and launch of the UNECE strategy package on ITS.

Intelligent Transport Systems play an important role in shaping the future ways of mobility and the transport sector. Through the application of ITS, transport can be more efficient, safer and greener. The objective of the UNECE strategy on ITS is to lobby for new actions and policies that would improve quality of life and make sustainable mobility available across borders.

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Inter-operability as a supra-national challenge - the EU perspectives
Mr. Fotis Karamitsos

ITS as an efficient tool for governments
Mr. Michael Harting

How innovation is driving mobility – today and for future generations
Mr. Kenji Wani

Road Safety Programme and ITS - lessons learned in Italy
Mr. Antonio Erario

Russia's way in speed management - how technology is saving lives
Mr. Vladimir Kryuchkov

Combining ITS and Logistics - three public-private examples
Mr. Nico Anten

Leapfrogging opportunities and the need for policy direction on ITS
Dr. Paul Vorster

What changes have been brought about in France
Mr. Jean Francois Janin

Name it and solve it - current obstacles to full ITS deployment
Mr. Richard Harris

What needs to be done
Mr. Vincent Blervaque

ITS Satellite Accident Response Systems in Russia

Achieving emissions reductions in the freight sector: Understanding freight flows and exploring reduction options

Georgetown Climate Center
James J. Winebrake, PhD.
Rochester Institute of Technology
Presented via Webinar for the Talking Freight Seminar: Freight and the Environment Part I
21 March 2012

Freight is closely tied to economic growth and is growing; unfortunately, the bulk of freight is moved by high energy-intensive and GHG-intensive modes (truck).

On behalf of the Transportation and Climate Initiative, Dr. James Winebrake recently conducted an analysis of all freight moving through the northeastern United States.

The presentation shows some examples of emissions, costs and time for freight routes, and potentially sets the stage for additional work in this area.

The IF-TOLD Mitigation Framework

• Intermodalism/Infrastructure– use of efficient modes and infrastructure
• Fuels – use of low carbon fuels
• Technology – application of efficient technologies
• Operations – best practices in operator behavior
• Logistics – improve supply chain management
• Demand – reduce how much STUFF we consume

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Strategy 2030: Maritime trade and transport logistics

Hamburg Institute of International Economics
Berenberg Bank
2006

Maritime Trade and Transport Logistics
HWWI (Part A)
Perspectives for maritime trade – Cargo shipping and port economics
Berenberg Bank (Part B)
Perspectives of maritime trade and transport logistics – Strategies for companies and investors

Global economic development in the past decades has been characterized by a rapidly progressing intensification in world trade and international division of labor. In recent decades, as a result of the expansive development of international merchandise trade, cargo shipping has been one of the fastest growing economic sectors. The progressive global integration processes, the future reduction in trade barriers, and the expected increase in prosperity in numerous regions of the world will also call for a marked expansion in world trade and cargo shipping. This designates maritime logistics as an economic sector with favorable perspectives for development. The present study – using as a starting point a forecast of the development of world trade up to the year 2030 – deals with development trends in cargo shipping and the related impact on ports in the European trade areas.

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Airport Economics in Latin America and the Caribbean: Benchmarking, regulation and pricing

World Bank
Directions in development - Infrastructure
Tomás Serebrisky
January 2012

Traditionally, air transport infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) was exclusively under government ownership and management. Starting in the late 1990s, several Latin American countries implemented innovative public-private partnerships (PPP) that transferred the financing and management of air transport sector infrastructure to the private sector. This book presents the findings of a first-ever, comprehensive study of how LAC region airports have evolved during this notable period of transition in airport ownership. It is an unbiased, positive analysis of what happened, rather than a normative analysis of what should be done to reform the airport sector or to attract private participation. It takes the first step in response to the need for more conclusive information about the influence of airport ownership on economic performance. The book is centered around the study of three dimensions of performance: productive efficiency, institutional set up for the governance of the sector, and financing of airport PPPs. Using rigorous analytical tools, this book answer a series of key questions to evaluate the introduction of private sector participation in the Latin American airport sector: Are LAC airports technically efficient? How has efficiency evolved in the last decade? Are privately-run airports more efficient than state-operated airports? How do independent regulators compare with government agencies in accountability, transparency, and autonomy? How has the level and structure of aeronautical tariffs changed in recent years? The main audience of this book are air transport practitioners, transport regulators, decisionmakers in transport ministries, and PPP units and academics.

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Plan de Movilidad de Montevideo

Intendencia de Montevideo
Febrero 2010

El objetivo general del Plan de Movilidad Urbana es la reestructuración y modernización del transporte urbano de Montevideo. El 30 de diciembre de 2008 la República Oriental del Uruguay firmó un convenio (Contrato de Préstamo Nº 2040/OC-UR) con el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo para establecer una línea de crédito destinada a financiar el Plan por U$S 100.000.000.

El Organismo Ejecutor del Plan de Movilidad Urbana es la IMM, a través de la Unidad Ejecutiva del Plan de Movilidad Urbana, que depende del Departamento de Acondicionamiento Urbano.

El programa incluye entre los componentes a desarrollar:

• Construcción y adecuación de carriles exclusivos y preferenciales, conservación y ampliación de la red vial, incluyendo obras de alumbrado público, readecuación de áreas verdes y calzadas.
• Obras en terminales de trasbordo e intercambiadores y reacondicionamiento urbano en sus zonas de influencia.
• Ampliación y sincronización de la red de semáforos.
• Señalización horizontal en pintura termoplástico.
• Señalización vertical en cartelería.
• Incorporación del sistema de información y billetaje electrónico en el transporte colectivo.
• Campañas de sensibilización y difusión.
• Consultas y encuestas a la población de Montevideo.
• Toda otra obra y acciones necesarias para llevar adelante el Plan de Movilidad Urbana.

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Libro "Plan de Movilidad, hacia un sistema de movilidad accesible, democrático y eficiente. 2010-2020"
Folleto "Plan de Movilidad, hacia un sistema de movilidad accesible, democrático y eficiente. 2010-2020"
Informe final Centro de Verificación Logística
Imágenes de Zona de actividad logística
Caracterizacion de camiones de acuerdo al MTOP
Resolución Departamental sobre limites al transporte de cargas
Resolución Departamental sobre limites al transporte de cargas
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Identifying and using low-cost and quickly implementable ways to address freight-system mobility constraints

TRB
2010

TRB’s National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 7: Identifying and Using Low-Cost and Quickly Implementable Ways to Address Freight-System Mobility Constraints explores standardized descriptions of the dimensions of the freight transportation system, identifies freight mobility constraints in a multimodal context, highlights criteria for low-cost and quickly implementable improvements to address the constraints, and includes a software tool to help decision makers in evaluating constraints and selecting appropriate improvements.

The software tool is available for download in a .zip format. A user guide for the software is also available for download.

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E-Newsletter Type: Recently Released TRB Publications
TRB Publication Type: NCFRP Report

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Principios de políticas de infraestructura, logística y movilidad basadas en la integralidad y la sostenibilidad

Georgina Cipoletta Tomassian
CEPAL
Serie Recursos Naturales e Infraestructura Nº 15541 pp.
Noviembre de 2011

El presente trabajo plantea que la falta de aprovechamiento del potencial para el desarrollo de la infraestructura y los servicios de transporte en América Latina radica no sólo en la baja de la inversión pública en el sector sino también en ciertas carencias en el uso de instrumentos y herramientas de planeamiento estratégico que agravan el diagnóstico: i) la ausencia de visiones integradas de las políticas de infraestructura, transporte, logística y movilidad; y ii) la falta de aplicación de criterios de sostenibilidad en el diseño y ejecución de las políticas, especialmente en los servicios de infraestructura de transporte.

Planteada la hipótesis del trabajo, el documento se centra en la argumentación de dicha problemática basada en la falta de integralidad y sostenibilidad en las políticas de infraestructura y sus servicios. Para ello, tras una breve descripción de los conceptos propuestos para el análisis y justificación de la importancia de los mismos; se efectúa un resumen del diagnóstico de América Latina en materia de integralidad y sostenibilidad en sentido amplio (aspectos económicos, sociales, institucionales y medioambientales), los que surgen de un vasto programa de investigación efectuado en el marco de la Cooperación CEPAL, Naciones Unidas-Puertos del Estado, Ministerio de Fomento del Gobierno de España, con el apoyo de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo. Las principales conclusiones indican que, por una parte, las políticas emprendidas en la región carecen de integralidad pues se plantean en un marco segmentado para el desarrollo de actividades que están interrelacionadas en su propia naturaleza, han carecido de una visión de largo plazo y no han contado con una institucionalidad apropiada que incluya marcos normativos regulatorios eficaces e instrumentos de fiscalización adecuados. Por otra parte, los países de la región presentan una ausencia de criterios de sostenibilidad en sus políticas, donde en la mayoría de los casos existen menciones sobre el tema dentro de las políticas y planes de transporte y sus servicios asociados de infraestructura; pero también se observa muy poco desarrollo e implementación efectiva.

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Intermodal Strategies for Integrating Ports and Hinterlands

Research in Transportation Economics
Volume 33, Issue 1, Pages 1-66 (2011)
Special Issue: Intermodal Strategies for Integrating Ports and Hinterlands

Special Issue: Ports and hinterland – Evaluating and managing location splitting
Pages 1-5
Gordon Wilmsmeier, Rickard Bergqvist, Kevin P.B. Cullinane

Hinterland strategies of port authorities: A case study of the port of Barcelona Original Research Article
Pages 6-14
Roy Van den Berg, Peter W. De Langen

Information flows supporting hinterland transportation by rail: Applications in Sweden Original Research Article
Pages 15-24
Badi Almotairi, Jonas Flodén, Gunnar Stefansson, Johan Woxenius

Dynamics of Russian dry ports Original Research Article
Pages 25-34
Eugene Korovyakovsky, Yulia Panova

Financial and environmental impacts of hypothetical Finnish dry port structure Original Research Article
Pages 35-41
Ville Henttu, Olli-Pekka Hilmola

Placing dryports. Port regionalization as a planning challenge – The case of Hamburg, Germany, and the Süderelbe Original Research Article
Pages 42-50
Heike Flämig, Markus Hesse

The Indian dry ports sector, pricing policies and opportunities for public-private partnerships Original Research Article
Pages 51-58
Hercules Haralambides, Girish Gujar

The role of inland terminal development in the hinterland access strategies of Spanish ports Original Research Article
Pages 59-66
Jason Monios


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Special Issue: Latin-American Transport Research

Networks and spatial economics
Special Issue: Latin-American Transport Research
Volume 11, Number 3 / September 2011
Guest Editors: Víctor Cantillo and José Holguín-Veras

Preface Special Issue on Latin-American Transport Research
Víctor Cantillo and José Holguín-Veras
391-392

On the Treatment of Repeated Observations in Panel Data: Efficiency of Mixed Logit Parameter Estimates María Francisca Yáñez, Elisabetta Cherchi, Benjamin G. Heydecker and Juan de Dios Ortúzar
393-418

Econometric Effects of Utility Order-Preserving Transformations in Discrete Choice Models
Francisco Javier Amador and Elisabetta Cherchi
419-438

A Hierarchical Gravity Model with Spatial Correlation: Mathematical Formulation and Parameter Estimation Louis de Grange, Angel Ibeas and Felipe González
439-463

Special Issue on Latin-American Research: A Time Based Discretization Approach for Ship Routing and Scheduling with Variable Speed
Ricardo A. Gatica and Pablo A. Miranda
465-485 

New Models for Commercial Territory Design
María Angélica Salazar-Aguilar, Roger Z. Ríos-Mercado and Mauricio Cabrera-Ríos
487-507

An Experimental Economics Investigation of Shipper-carrier Interactions in the Choice of Mode and Shipment Size in Freight Transport
Jose Holguín-Veras, Ning Xu, Gerard de Jong and Hedi Maurer
509-532

 Lumpy Investment in Regulated Natural Gas Pipelines: An Application of the Theory of the Second Best Dagobert L. Brito and Juan Rosellón
533-553

 “Special Issue on Latin-American Research” Maritime Networks, Services Structure and Maritime Trade Laura Márquez-Ramos, Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, Eva Pérez-García and Gordon Wilmsmeier
555-576

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Benchmarking de las cadenas logísticas del comercio exterior chileno

CEPAL
Julio 2008

En el marco del proyecto de la Universidad Católica de Valparaíso: "La Ciencia, La tecnología y las TIC's: fortalecen el sector logístico de Chile" que tiene como objetivo generar elaborar una estrategia de mejoramiento e implementando acciones que permitan activar la generación de negocios tecnológicos de clase mundial y elevar la capacidad competitiva de estos sectores económicos chilenos, mediante la integración y vinculación entre las empresas TICs, el sector público, universidades y el sector asociado a la Logística de Comercio Exterior chileno. Se organizó un Seminario y un taller de trabajo tendiendes a elaborar un diagnóstico mediante la discusión entre los distintos actores del sector público y privado, tendiente a generar una Agenda Estratégica para el sector logístico chileno.

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Developing Tajikistan's transport sector

Asian Development Bank
February 2011

As a small landlocked country, Tajikistan depends on external trade for its development, and its export-driven businesses in agriculture and industry require transport that is fast, reliable, and cheap. Tajikistan must increase its connectivity to world markets. The country partnership strategy for 2010–2014 aims to develop transport infrastructure, build human capacity, and achieve good governance. Tajikistan is active in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program, which aims to develop seamless connectivity in the region. Tajikistan has also developed a national transport sector master plan with Asian Development Bank (ADB) assistance. The plan is supportive of CAREC’s Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy (2008–2018) and Tajikistan’s national development program. ADB will provide financial and technical assistance to support its implementation.

Contents

• Preface
• Transport Sector Profile
• Challenges
• Opportunities
• Strategic Direction
• Development Action Plan

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Boletin informativo interno Nº 56 - 2011

Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas - Uruguay
Nº56
Julio 2011

Destacados:

• Aprender de Singapur
• El Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas procura acordar una Política de Estado en torno al transporte
• Instituto de Logística avanza para apuntalar crecimiento del sector

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UNCTAD - Transport Newsletter - No 49 First Quarter 2011 and No 50. Second Quarter 2011

UNCTAD
Trade Logistics Branch, Division on Technology and Logistics

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No 49 First Quarter 2011

No 50 Second Quarter 2011