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The necessity of monitoring transport of goodsAn assessment on goods monitoring and its value for road
authorities and users
Civ.eng. Jan Erik Nilsen Netter, Norconsult AS, TrondheimCiv.eng. Sigmund Ellingsen, Norconsult AS, Trondheim
VIKING Workshop - Best practices on monitoring deployment Kongens Lyngby, 5.– 6. October 2005
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The need for cargo transport information
Capacity calculations - Infrastructure utilization- Terminal area utilization- Traffic structure
- Peak situations
Load units and cargo types registration - Commodities transported in units- Cargo volume and Unit utilization - Origin and destination and transport modes
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General Transport Model
Stevedoring
Road Cargo Terminal
Production Facility Rail Cargo Terminal
Sea Cargo Terminal
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Road Cargo Terminal
Rail Cargo Terminal
Sea Cargo Terminal
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Sea Cargo
Rail Cargo
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Stevedoring
Road Cargo Terminal
Rail Cargo Terminal
Sea Cargo Terminal
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Road Cargo Terminal
Rail Cargo Terminal
Sea Cargo Terminal
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Sea Cargo
Rail Cargo
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End user
Sea Cargo
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Issues regarding cargo transport
Road transportation - Volume and time of travel. - Control on dangerous goods on roads
Terminals- Need for storage and storage area- Intermodality aspects connected to type
of cargo and transport modes
Transportation of cargo related to business growthPrivacy and legal issues (The Data Inspectorate)
The Data Inspectorate
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Modelling goods transportation
Different models for cargo transport•NEMO•CUBE
Input data collection and qualityOutput results from the models and accuracy
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Four types of standards that must be addressed
Technology standards
Data standards (Electronic Product Code (EPC))
Conformance standards
Application standards (Freight Container, Supply Chain Applications of RFID, Product Packaging, Product Tagging)
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AutoPASS in Norway
Roads Ferries
OBU
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The portal between Norway and SwedenThe Svinesund Connection
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Data collection solutions
Examples of prior projects and existing solutions.
DynamITTime of travel measurements along E18 south-west of Oslo using the existing on-board units (tags) used in the electronic toll collection systems.
InterportEU-project addressing the introduction of electronic identification in a port environment to monitor the flow of goods. Demonstrators on 5 different port terminals.
Automated container terminalsSealand’s container terminal in Rotterdam is automated using electronic identification and automatic guided vehicles to monitor and control the placement of the containers on the terminal.
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Future possibilities improving existing technology
A suggestion on alternative use of existing data collection
solutions. To add cargo-information in existing
ETC-tags. E.g. the use of more vehicle classes within the AutoPASS system.
The extraction of time-of-travel data from normal ETC-transactions. E.g. the time of travel from Trondheim to Orkanger along the E39.
Place separate ETC-tags on cargo-units and monitor these through the existing road tolling systems.
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Future possibilities using new technology
A short assessment on future solutions based on
the development within the transport industry Advanced OBUs for cargo tracking including both cargo unit and
loading lists. Online information to the driver, showing both guidance and planning
information, and monitoring the loading/unloading of correct cargo. (Picking up the correct container at a container terminal)
Inventory control at rail- and port-terminals, also speeding up customs handling
Access control to port-terminals. ISPS
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Future possibilities using new technology
What best practice cases can be
identified? Special roads for dangerous goods, best possible area utilization in terminals
What specific aspects can be regarded as best practice (if not the whole case)? Better statistics for given periods, for infrastructure planning and development
Are the best practices to the country in question, to a certain region or globally?
Local, regional and world wide: Reliable statistics
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