Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)
Low Emission Choices in Freight Transport: Comparing Land and Short Sea Shipping Alternatives
List of Authors: Hämäläinen Esa, Inkinen Tommi, Olaniyi Eunice O.
Editors: Michael Freitag, Aseem Kinra, Herbert Kotzab, Nicole Megow
Conference name: International Conference on Dynamics in Logistics
Publication year: 2022
Journal: Lecture Notes in Logistics
Book title *: Dynamics in Logistics: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference LDIC 2022, Bremen, Germany
Title of series: Lecture Notes in Logistics
Start page: 204
End page: 216
ISBN: 978-3-031-05358-0
eISBN: 978-3-031-05359-7
ISSN: 2194-8917
eISSN: 2194-8925
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05359-7_17
URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-05359-7_17
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/68192061
This study compares carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in multimodal transport chains. Given the recent pressure towards responsible logistics, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has given several resolutions aiming to decrease all emission types in sea transports. The study analyzes different combinations of alternative delivery chains of paper rolls from the production facility to the customer. The results show emissions originating from each transport leg. In the case of land transports, the greenhouse emissions from solely truck-based deliveries are two times higher than in intermodal solutions, i.e. different combinations of truck and rail. Electrified rail transportation lowers the overall emissions significantly. This indicates that a potential for electric trucks, particularly in the case of short distance deliveries.
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