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Port Hinterland Interfaces: Reducing Railway Congestion in Ports and Terminals by better Linkage of Logistic Activities
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- 12 October 2009
- Last update
- 14 July 2010
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Project idea owner
Institution
Country -
René Schönemann
Berlin University of Technology
Germany - General aim of the Project
- Railway congestion in sea ports and derives among others from low integration of logistic processes between steps necessary for the throughput of goods. We see capability to decrease congestion and bottlenecks in sea port's railway infrastructure by operational improvement before the extension of infrastructure is necessary.
- Expected results
(either quantifiable or tangible) - 1. Reduction of uncertainty in transport chains from and to ports/terminals using railways and thus a reduction of safety margins nowadays planned by freight forwarders. 2. better linkage and flow of information between partners involved (terminals, railway companies, infrastructure operators, freight forwarders) 3. faster and more reliable transport of goods on rails 4. less consumption of infrastructure through less holding time
- Estimated total cost
(€ if known) - 2000000
- Estimated project duration
(in months) - 24-36
- Partners involved at this stage
- - Berlin University of Technology, Germany - Instytut Logistyki i Magazynowania Poznan, Poland - Actual I.T. Koper, Slovenia - Logica, Napoli, Italy
- Further partners requested
- - railway operators serving ports from Poland and Slovenia, - terminal operators from countries from Poland and Slovenia and/or inland terminals for the handling of cargo by rail - marshalling yard operators
- Partners' benefits
- The aim is to form a win-win situation between the partners since the faster flow of goods within the limited space of port's areas helps to raise productivity for each of them. Better linkage with predecessors and successors in the transport chain raises its own efficiency.
- What is innovative
- The throughput of goods from sea ships to rail (and back) has not been considered as a complex process yet. We experienced that processes are not coordinated. Time and infrastructure capacity is excessive consumed.
- Follow-up project of
- The idea for the project derived from a current one - the simulation of capacity in maritime terminals now and in the future.
- Other funding Programme
