As the quest for sustainable solutions in city logistics gains momentum, innovative collaborative business models are emerging as key contributors towards this transformation. These emerging business models strive to revolutionise last-mile delivery services, focusing on resilient and eco-friendly solutions that can benefit the urban environment, while optimising the operations of the service providers. New interventions are sprawling across various areas, from the usage of autonomous vehicles and droids/bots to the establishment of micro-consolidation centers in public spaces and the implementation of cargo-hitching initiatives.
Continue readingGREEN-LOG at the POLIS Conference 2023
The Annual POLIS Conference is Europe’s leading sustainable urban mobility event, providing an opportunity for cities and regions to engage in unique plenaries, thought-provoking sessions and interesting site visits and showcase their transport achievements to a large audience of mobility experts, practitioners, and decision-makers from both the public and private sectors from the EU and beyond. The event takes place on 29-30 November in Leuven, Belgium.
Continue readingDriving Green Logistic with the Help of Synthetic Data
In our ever-evolving world, the buzzword “Sustainability” resonates in our ears across all sectors. Among varied facets of sustainability, “Sustainable Logistics” or “Green Logistics”, has become one of the most heard ones since our thoughts gravitate toward carbon emissions from vehicles by having transportation a cornerstone of our lives.
Continue readingCo-Creating Last-Mile Solutions: Insights from Ispra’s Green-Log Workshop
The workshop on “Co-Creating Next-Generation Last-Mile Solutions” was held on 29 September, in Ispra (Italy), bringing together stakeholders and final users to discuss and co-create innovative last-mile delivery solutions for the Ispra Living Lab in GREEN-LOG.
Continue readingArtificial Intelligence, an opportunity for more sustainable logistics
The urban distribution of goods encompasses the entire flow of merchandise that occurs within a city. This includes not only the final step of the supply-chain (i.e., its last mile) but all the operations associated with delivery, collection, transfer, loading and unloading, placement at points of sale, and return of reverse logistics.
Continue readingUrban Mobility Days 2023
GREEN-LOG is excited to announce its participation at the Urban Mobility Days 2023!
Continue readingCollaboration for optimised last-mile delivery
Several industry-led initiatives had shown that pooling resources may help ameliorate the last-mile logistics and the related operations, while at the same time satisfying customers’ expectations for fast, error-free and on-time delivery.
Continue readingGREEN-LOG LaaS concept presented at the WCTR 2023
Prof. Joris Beckers from the University of Antwerp participated at the World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR) 2023 presenting the GREEN-LOG project and its LaaS concept.
Continue readingLiving Labs for city logistics: The evolutionary journey from birth to maturity
Living Labs (LLs) provide collaborative environments where stakeholders can experiment and test innovative solutions in real-world settings. In the realm of city logistics, LLs offer a platform for stakeholders to co-create and co-design interventions that enhance the efficiency, sustainability, and resilience of urban logistics systems.
Continue readingLaaS: How GREEN-LOG Marketplace solution will contribute to a more sustainable last-mile delivery
The GREEN-LOG project aims to accelerate the shift to sustainable and smart mobility in last mile delivery by introducing a Marketplace as a solution, which targets the link from the suppliers to the consumers in a more sustainable and eco-friendly way.
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