Browsing by Author "Alarcón Olalla, Frank Eduardo"

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    Assessing the benefits of a decentralized waterborne container transportation service from the perspective of a canal port
    (2023) Alias, Cyril; Felde, Jonas zum; Gründer, Dieter; Severin, Sven; Alarcón Olalla, Frank Eduardo
    For a modal shift from road to inland waterway transportation, a new transportation service in the West German canal network, which is located in the hinterland of the Belgian, Dutch, and German seaports and between their respective hinterland hubs, has been designed and examined. Therefore, the new concept is designed as a feeder shuttle between these hubs. However, the effect of the new service on the canal ports in the region was still to be proven. The performance of the concept is measured and evaluated in different scenarios with the help of discrete-event simulation. The example of the port of Osnabrück, Germany, is used to illustrate the case and to show the impact the new service has on the participating canal ports. Based on the findings, the configuration of the service can be finetuned before the involved vessel operators and canal port authorities can prepare the rollout.
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    Electric mobility toward sustainable cities and road-freight logistics: A systematic review and future research directions
    (2023) Alarcón Olalla, Frank Eduardo; Mac Cawley Vergara, Alejandro Francisco; Sauma Santis, Enzo Enrique; Millennium Institute on Green Ammonia As Energy Vector (MIGA), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
    The importance of electric vehicles (EVs) lies in the fact that they are seen as a key solution to the climate change problem. In the last decade, this topic has received significant interest from the scientific community, contributing to publications in different areas. However, the existing literature is fragmented, and efforts have not been made to categorize and analyze it from a freight logistics perspective. This work aims to fill this gap by presenting a systematic literature review (SLR) of the potential impacts of EVs on sustainable road-freight transport operations, including in urban areas. We reviewed 237 peer-reviewed articles for bibliometric and literature classification analysis, whereby 119 articles were subsequently studied for content analysis and research gaps related to sustainability approaches. The bibliometric analysis showed significant growth in the body of research in the past two years, reflected in the number of journal papers, authors, and references. In the literature and keywords analysis, we identified five main categories and research areas: economic and competitive aspects, city logistics, environmental sustainability, vehicle fleet operations, and infrastructure and technology. In addition, this paper revealed eight key research gaps for future research: multimodal integration, long-haul and heavy-duty truck approaches, emerging economies, business models, social factors, charging infrastructure inclusion, and fleet replacement policies. These findings can enlighten researchers and practitioners toward sustainable research and real-life applications of electromobility in freight logistics.