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ICT in Green Freight Logistics

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Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ((ISOR,volume 226))

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This chapter deals with the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in promoting ecologically sustainable goods transportation, with a focus on Europe. After having introduced the need for acting ecologically sustainably and the particular urgency thereto within European transportation sector, a set of measures to reduce consumption of freight logistics activities is shown. Further on, the chapter takes a closer look at ICT as one of those measures. After having defined ICT and its implementing systems, their general functions and associated benefits for transportation are pointed out. In order to substantiate their application as a valuable approach towards green freight logistics, the chapter moreover deals with particular ICT systems. Based on the findings of the EU project SuperGreen the individual purpose of selected examples as well as their potential is depicted. The chapter concludes by summarizing and giving recommendations for further ICT development.

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Abbreviations

AIS:

Automatic identification system

CH4 :

Methane

CHD:

Waterway Charges and Harbour Dues service

CO2 :

Carbon dioxide

EDI:

Electronic data interchange

ERI:

Electronic Ship Reporting

ERTMS:

European Railway Traffic Management System

ETCS:

European Train Control System

ETML:

European Traffic Management Layer

EU:

European Union

EUROPTIRAILS:

European Online Optimization of International Traffic through Rail Management System

FCD:

Floating Car Data

GSM:

Global System for Mobile Communications

GSM-R:

Global System for Mobile Communications-Railway

GWP:

Global Warming Potential

HFCs:

Hydrofluorocarbons

ICT:

Information and Communication Technology

IPCC:

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

ISA:

Intelligent speed adaption

ITS:

Intelligent transportation systems

KPI:

Key performance indicator

N2O:

Nitrous oxide

NAIADES:

European Action Programme for the promotion of inland waterway transport

NO2 :

Nitrogen dioxide

PCS:

Port community systems

PFCs:

Perfluorocarbons

Port-MIS:

Port Management Information System

PROSPER:

Project for Research on Speed Adaptation Policies on European Roads

RIS:

River Information Services

RWIS:

Road weather information system

SF6 :

Sulphur hexafluoride

SuperGreen:

Supporting EU’s Freight Transport Logistics Action Plan on Green Corridors Issues

SWIS:

Straßenzustands- und Wetterinformationssystem

TEN-T:

Trans-European Transport Network

TISA:

Traveller Information Services Association

TMC:

Traffic Message Channel

TRIP:

Transport Research and Innovation Portal

UMTS:

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

UNECE:

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

VANET:

vehicular ad-hoc networks

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Geiger, C. (2016). ICT in Green Freight Logistics. In: Psaraftis, H. (eds) Green Transportation Logistics. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 226. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17175-3_6

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