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Barge Hub Terminals: A Perspective For More Efficient Hinterland Container Transport For The Port Rotterdam

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  • Pielage, Ben-Japp
  • Konings, Rob
  • Schuylenburg, Maurits van

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The competitive position of the Port of Rotterdam not only depends on its location and ability to service the largest sea going vessels, but more and more on its connections with the hinterland. Barges play an important role in the transport of containers to and from the hinterland and in the accessibility of the port. The current modal split in the hinterland container transport of Rotterdam is approximately 30 % barge, 10% rail and 60 % road. With the increasing container volumes and congestion problems on the roads, barge transport has to play a more prominent role. To enable growth of container barge transport new strategies regarding barge services, operations and container handling processes in the port are required. This paper presents a perspective, based on the implementation of a so-called Barge Hub Terminal in or near the Port of Rotterdam, which assumes that barge hinterland services are offered via this intermediate terminal. This idea has much in common with the concept of off-dock (near-dock) railterminals used for rail hinterland transport of US ports. After discussing the current situation in the port of Rotterdam in more detail; the Barge Hub Terminal is presented discussing the general ideas, different type of operations, possible terminal locations and layout. The paper includes the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of the Barge Hub Terminal concept and finalizes with the conclusions.

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  • Pielage, Ben-Japp & Konings, Rob & Schuylenburg, Maurits van, 2007. "Barge Hub Terminals: A Perspective For More Efficient Hinterland Container Transport For The Port Rotterdam," 48th Annual Transportation Research Forum, Boston, Massachusetts, March 15-17, 2007 207922, Transportation Research Forum.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ndtr07:207922
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.207922
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    1. Fazi, Stefano, 2019. "A decision-support framework for the stowage of maritime containers in inland shipping," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 131(C), pages 1-23.
    2. Konings, Rob & Kreutzberger, Ekki & Maraš, Vladislav, 2013. "Major considerations in developing a hub-and-spoke network to improve the cost performance of container barge transport in the hinterland: the case of the port of Rotterdam," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 29(C), pages 63-73.
    3. Li, Shijie & Negenborn, Rudy R. & Lodewijks, Gabriel, 2017. "Closed-loop coordination of inland vessels operations in large seaports using hybrid logic-based benders decomposition," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 1-21.
    4. Tufano, Alessandro & Zuidwijk, Rob & Van Dalen, Jan, 2023. "The development of data-driven logistic platforms for barge transportation network under incomplete data," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).

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