by Walther Ploos van Amstel
Can city deliveries be made quietly, emission-free, and stress-free? Hamburg is testing exactly that. As part of the InnoWaTr project’s Freight Flow Coalition No. 3, the city launched its first pilot runs using fully electric boats on the Alster lake and canals. The pilot was carried out by Logistics Initiative Hamburg and TOP Mehrwert-Logistik, in …
On my way to work, it suddenly stood out: a bright green boat from Zoevcity with a giant beer tank on the Geldersekade. Could it be? Is Amsterdam getting a Heineken beer boat? The answer is yes. The Historic Amsterdam DistrictsThe bridges and quay walls in the Wallen and Lastage neighborhoods are fragile and are …
Studying the local conditions for cities with canal infrastructure can contribute to a serious, potential, sustainable solution to deliver the last mile by electric vessels, which is beneficial to many stakeholders. A paper by van Duin et. al. explores whether a system of hub locations distributing goods across the water to the city of Amsterdam can …
DHL Parcels is testing the use barges for shipments to central Gothenburg (S) which are then distributed by cargobike in the city.