by Walther Ploos van Amstel
A master’s thesis from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) offers a useful corrective for fleet managers who view electric truck adoption primarily as a procurement decision: pick a Battery Electric Truck (BET), sign the purchase order, and that’s it. Boris Leferink’s research, “The Real Decisions Behind Electric Truck Procurement” (supervised by Prof. Lóri Tavasszy, …
The receiver is the forgotten director of urban logistics. But what do we actually know about the receiver? Last week I wrote about stricter restrictions on heavy freight traffic in city centers. From the perspective of vulnerable quay walls and urban liveability, these measures are understandable. Yet in cities such as Utrecht and Amsterdam, they …
Urban logistics in the Netherlands is facing a perfect storm: a projected 19% increase in city logistics kilometers by 2035, which will increase pressure on scarce urban space and growing ambitions for more sustainable, livable, and safe cities. Amid these challenges, Urban Consolidation Centers (UCCs) are often proposed as a strategic solution. But despite their …