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Sustainable Green Freight System Management

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 9152

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Dongjoo Park

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Department of Transportation Engineering, The University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Republic of Korea
Interests: freight modeling; ITS; transportation planning
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The explosive population growth experienced in various countries, coupled with the increasing demand for raw materials for the production process of industries, means that the global demand for freight transport will continue to grow dramatically. The term e-commerce, which gradually became a part of our daily lives since the first Internet-based retail transaction was executed, has since been well accepted. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, retail sales alone accounted for 8.8% of the total retail sales in 2017—a dramatic increase compared to the same back in 2012 (5.2%). As customers get accustomed to the term “delivery”, this trend is expected to rise radically. The inherent inefficiency of today’s freight management systems is worsened by the mounting demand for same-day freight delivery by customers worldwide. Even though rapid advances in technology and research have enabled a better and more efficient freight delivery process, the concept of greenness in the transportation industry is still in its infancy.

In essence, green logistics, which focuses on supply chain management practices and strategies such as transport, material handling, and packaging, is geared towards reducing the energy footprint and environmental damage of freight distribution. The concept opens the door to several potential environmentally friendly applications; nevertheless, it is replete with numerous paradoxes and inconsistencies, suggesting a great difficulty in its application. Researchers have debated the general notion that green logistics is being implemented when transportation costs and emissions are reduced and when freight terminals are efficiently managed. However, there are several areas to be explored, particularly regarding how sustainable green freight systems can be managed to protect the environment further while increasing the competitive advantage of firms.

The primary objective of this Special Issue is to gather high-quality research that investigates sustainable logistical operations to provide relevant insights leading to the understanding of environmental implications of sustainable green freight system management. We welcome original research such as reviews or empirical studies employing a variety of methodologies, mathematical modeling, simulation, or behavioral experiments on (but not limited to) the following research areas:

  • Sustainability and green product design and packaging;
  • Green port management;
  • Optimization models for low-carbon emission-aware green freight transport system;
  • Green last-mile freight delivery system;
  • The implication of green logistics activities on supply chain performance;
  • Reverse distribution and green logistics.

Prof. Dr. Dongjoo Park
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • green freight;
  • green logistics innovations;
  • sustainability;
  • last-mile delivery;
  • green product packaging.

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Framework for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculations in the Context of Road Freight Transport for the Automotive Industry
by Jan Chocholac, Roman Hruska, Stanislav Machalik, Dana Sommerauerova and Petr Sohajek
Sustainability 2021, 13(7), 4068; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13074068 - 06 Apr 2021
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The topic of greenhouse gas emissions calculations in the context of freight transport is very current. This topic is very interesting for many stakeholders, such as companies, suppliers, employees, customers, residents, etc. The automotive industry is a major producer of greenhouse gas emissions [...] Read more.
The topic of greenhouse gas emissions calculations in the context of freight transport is very current. This topic is very interesting for many stakeholders, such as companies, suppliers, employees, customers, residents, etc. The automotive industry is a major producer of greenhouse gas emissions from logistic processes. Due to this fact, it is necessary to search for and create frameworks for the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions in this sector. The requirements for the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions from road freight transport in the automotive industry were identified using semi-structured interviews. Available emission freight calculators were analyzed using the content and comparative analysis. The proposed frameworks for greenhouse gas emissions calculations in the context of road freight transport of material and finished manufactured passenger cars for the automotive industry were applied in the form of an interpretative case study. The main result of the article is the proposal of the frameworks for greenhouse gas (carbon and sulfur dioxide) emissions calculations in the context of road freight transport of the material and finished manufactured passenger cars for the automotive industry. The proposed frameworks were applied and verified. The use of the proposed frameworks can be expected in logistic planning and decision-making. Full article
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Estimation of the Non-Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory from Ships in the Port of Incheon
by Hyangsook Lee, Dongjoo Park, Sangho Choo and Hoang T. Pham
Sustainability 2020, 12(19), 8231; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12198231 - 06 Oct 2020
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Nowadays, maritime air pollution is regarded as a severe threat to coastal communities’ health. Therefore, many policies to reduce air pollution have been established worldwide. Moreover, there has been a shift in policy and research attention from greenhouse gases, especially CO2, [...] Read more.
Nowadays, maritime air pollution is regarded as a severe threat to coastal communities’ health. Therefore, many policies to reduce air pollution have been established worldwide. Moreover, there has been a shift in policy and research attention from greenhouse gases, especially CO2, to other air pollutants. To address the current local environmental challenges, this research analyzes the non-greenhouse gas emissions inventory (CO, NOx, SOx, PM, VOC, and NH3) from ships in the second biggest port in Korea, the Port of Incheon (POI). A bottom-up activity-based methodology with real-time vessel activity data produced by the Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) is applied to obtain reliable estimations. NOx and SOx dominated the amount of emission emitted from ships. Tankers, general cargo ships, cruise ships, and container ships were identified as the highest sources of pollution. Based on the above results, this study discusses the need for long-term policies, such as the designation of a local emission control area (ECA) and the establishment of an emission management platform to reduce ship-source emissions. Furthermore, this study elucidates that significant emissions come from the docking process, ranging from 33.9% to 42.0% depending on the type of pollutant when only the auxiliary engines were being operated. Therefore, short-term solutions like applying exhausted gas cleaning systems, using on-shore power supplies, reducing docking time, or using greener alternative fuels (e.g., liquefied natural gas or biofuels) should be applied and motivated at the POI. These timely results could be useful for air quality management decision-making processes for local port operators and public agencies. Full article
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Improving the Operational Efficiency of Parcel Delivery Network with a Bi-Level Decision Making Model
by Daisik Nam and Minyoung Park
Sustainability 2020, 12(19), 8042; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12198042 - 29 Sep 2020
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This article proposes a mathematical model for integrating terminal operation strategies with shipment scheduling. We are motivated by findings from the literature on the integrated design of logistic systems. The objective of this research is to efficiently utilize the existing hub terminals and [...] Read more.
This article proposes a mathematical model for integrating terminal operation strategies with shipment scheduling. We are motivated by findings from the literature on the integrated design of logistic systems. The objective of this research is to efficiently utilize the existing hub terminals and transport network by considering the minimization of costs related to terminal congestion, transport, and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Cooperative behaviors of terminal managers and fleet assignment managers are modeled in a bi-level problem framework. The total cost includes a processing cost and transport cost, and CO2 related to the assigned fleets. We introduce a terminal cost function to capture the relationship between unit processing cost with respect to hub delay, which allows us to find the minimum cost path and efficiently distribute shipments to hub terminals. The case study shows that the collaborative logistics outperforms a single routing strategy and capacity expansions in minimization of both total cost and CO2 emissions. Full article
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