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Regional Logistics 4/2016

Quarterly Journal of Open ENLoCC

European Review

of Regional Logistics

Vol. 4/2016 (October) ISSN 2509-226X

Principles for Sustain-able Urban Transport.

Including multiple views into decision making.

“ALICE”, ETP for logistics.

Network member University of Maribor.

Stanislaw Lem: Intralogistics in an extra-terrestrial world.

News. Next dates.

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Table of Content

Editorial 3 by Martin Brandt, Secretary of Open ENLoCC.

News from partners and logistics 4 Letter to the Editor, Open ENLoCC to celebrate 10th anniversary, Starship robots ready to deliver, Public consultations, Regional impacts of Hanjin insolvency, ERCI Innovation Award 2016, MoWiN part of “go-cluster”, Ford announced mass produced vehicle for autonomous driving, 1000 electric “Streetscooter” produced, People.

Open ENLoCC member University of Maribor 8 Learn about the specific competences of University of Maribor – Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture.

ALICE 10 The European Technology Platform for Logistics.

10 Principles for Sustainable Urban Transport 12 Poster by GIZ.

Including multiple views into decision making 14 a multi-stakeholder approach, applied to urban goods transport.

Get your copy of each Open ENLoCC publication 16 Past and present issues.

Mercedes-Benz to produce heavy duty electric truck 17 Availability of heavy electrick trucks may soon improve.

Classic text: Intralogistics in the World of “Eden” 18 Excerpt from a famous work of science fiction author Stanislaw Lem.

Next dates 20

Open ENLoCC – the network and its members 23

Public transport map: Brussels in Circles 24

The “European Review of Regional Logistics”, quarterly newsletter of Open ENLoCC, is issued by KLOK Kooperationszentrum Logistik e.V. on behalf of Open ENLoCC, the European network of regional logistics competence centers. The language of this publication is “EU English.” ISSN 2509-226X

KLOK Kooperationszentrum Logistik e.V. Stammheimer Straße 10 D-70806 Kornwestheim +49 7154 96500 50, [email protected].

The work of Open ENLoCC is financed by member fees and by a grant of Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart GmbH (WRS). KLOK serves as the Secretariat of the network. Editor: Martin Brandt Open ENLoCC is listed in the EU Transparency Register under ID 138828413651-57.

Cover photo (Martin Brandt): Big scale “urban logistics” in Funchal.

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Editorial Another issue of the “Review” is out! We, the members of the Open ENLoCC network, invite the readers to contribute, to give feedback, and generally to exchange ideas regarding the field of regional logistics with the network and its members.

This issue leans toward urban logistics. Thus, the center pages feature a poster with elements of urban transport. While the poster was drawn basically with passenger transport in mind, it is surprising how many of these points have implications for goods transport.

An important question is how to deal with the diverging interests of different groups within the society. In a key article, by setting up an analytical and partly mathematical view, while nevertheless explicitly avoiding to hand over the decision making to an algorhythm, Tom van Lier and Cathy Macharis demonstrate how to evaluate the opinions from the various groups – even beyond the questions of urban goods transport. Indeed, the methodology can easily be generalized as a template for stakeholder and citizen participation.

Electric vehicles are all the rage these days. They have been around for many years, actually since the early 20th century, but environmental needs together with improved battery technology now result in a wider use, which is reflected in this issue. The new technology goes with autonomous driving, a technology that may completely reshape our idea of mobility.

ALICE, the European Technology Platform for logistics, presents itself as well as its agenda. Of the Open ENLoCC network, the University of Maribor in Slovenia’s presents itself to the reader through its Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture.

Last, but certainly not least, together with our President Giuseppe Luppino and all Open ENLoCC members I use this opportunity to invite you to the 10th anniversary of the Open ENLoCC network, which we will celebrate with a meeting on regional logistics in Brussels on the afternoon of November 17, including a get-together with people from related institutions and initiatives.

Martin Brandt Secretary of “Open ENLoCC” KLOK Logistics Cooperation Center, Kornwestheim/Stuttgart

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Letter to the Editor Received the latest issue in my inbox this morning. Thank you. One of the things that struck me was how many "essential" things in our lives are so "transparent" to us until someone points them out to us.

One of the articles talked about how a city added someone in logistics to their city planning staff. Until I read that, I hadn't considered how important logistics really is. How it impacts every aspect of our lives.

Much like the river industry in Paducah, there's a whole world in front of us that we don't "see" unless we have a connection to it. Thank you for continuing to send me the "Review".

Victor Sredl Paducah, KY, USA

News Open ENLoCC to celebrate 10th anniversary

Ten years ago, Open ENLoCC was founded as a result of the European Project ENLoCC with five partners from four countries. Actually, the network has 17 member institutions.

In the past ten years, the members have joined for knowledge exchange, project ideas, joint public events on regional logistics topics, staff exchange, and joint distribution of the members’ combined knowledge. A recent addition to the activities is the “European Review of Regional Logistics” which right now brings all this before your eyes.

Open ENLoCC therefore invites you to celebrate its 10th anniversary with a meeting on regional logistics in Brussels on the afternoon of November 17. This includes a get-together with people from related institutions and initiatives. Speakers will be from a range of institutions dealing with aspects of logistics. The core will be a series of “Pecha Kucha” presentations (i.e. 20 powerpoint slides, each presented for just 20 seconds), in which each institution will present itself and its relation to regional logistics. Details at www.openenlocc.net.

Starship robots ready to deliver

Starship Technologies is building a fleet of autonomous robots designed to deliver goods locally in 15-30 minutes within a 2-3 mile radius. The robots drive autonomously but are monitored by humans who can take over control at any time. Launched in July 2014, by two Skype co-founders, Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis, Starship is changing the way parcels, groceries and food are delivered. Starship Technologies is a European company with Business headquarters in London and R&D headquarters in Estonia.

These small six-wheel vehicles, just big enough to carry a crate of bottles, are now being tested in a number of places around the world. Their small size may make them a lot easier to handle in an urban environment, posing much less of a threat to pedestrians than full-size vehicles. Such technology may thus not only replace larger vehicles, but also be an alternative for often proposed delivery drones. Details at www.starship.xyz.

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Public consultations

In the following topics linked to logistics, the EU commission asks for opinions via http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/consultations/index_en.htm:

Transport: Public consultation on the enhancement of the social legislation in road transport. Open until December 11, 2016.

Transport: Review of Directive 2006/1/EC on the use of hired vehicles for the carriage of goods by road. Open until November 4, 2016.

Climate Action: Consultation on monitoring and reporting of fuel consumption and CO2 emissions from Heavy Duty Vehicles. Open until October 28, 2016.

Climate Action: Consultation on the revision of Regulation (EU) No 443/2009 and Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 setting CO2 emission performance standards for light duty vehicles. Open until October 28, 2016.

Transport, Environment: Public consultation on the Revision of the Port Reception Facilities Directive (2000/59/EC). Open until October 16, 2016.

Transport: Review of Directive 1999/62/EC ("Eurovignette") as amended, on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain roads. Open until October 02, 2016.

Transport: Revision of Directive 2004/52/EC and Decision 2009/750/EC on the European Electronic Toll Service. Open until October 02, 2016.

Regional impacts of Hanjin insolvency?

While operating around the world, the insolvent Hanjin shipping line operates just few routes to and from Europe: Two services from East Asia, one to Hamburg and Rotterdam, the other one serving most main ports in the Western Mediterranean Sea. On a joint service between Algeciras and West Africa, Hanjin also took part with some ships.

While this sounds like a limited regional impact of Hanjin insolvency, its alliance with Cosco, “K” Line, Yang Ming and Evergreen freely used each others’ ships. Each concentrated operation on a few long distance and feeder routes. Thus, shock waves are global. Furthermore, the “larger half” of the Hanjin fleet is chartered, while owned and operated by specialized companies. This may cause further financial fallout.

Hanjin containers are on other ships, and containers of other lines are on Hanjin ships. Photo: Martin Brandt

http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/consultations/index_en.htm

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ERCI Innovation Award 2016 goes to network partner of Open ENLoCC member “Logistics in Wallonia”

As Competitiveness Cluster for Logistics, Transport and Mobility, “Logistics in Wallonia” takes an active interest in activities of its member companies in these fields, across all transport modes. By opting for a transversal approach, the Cluster supports specific industries and jobs while focusing on the promotion of transport activities that aim at a multi- and intermodal use of infrastructures and, thus, a better connectivity and an extended collaboration between terrestrial, water and air logistics actors.

Because of that viewpoint, Logistics in Wallonia joined the ERCI network in April 2016 – the European Railway Cluster Initiative which gathers 10 European clusters today, all dealing with the rail sector.

Each year, ERCI members organize the “ERCI Innovation Awards”. Their objective is to promote innovations implemented by enterprises to meet the needs of the railway sector in Europe (freight and passengers). Two categories of enterprises are awarded: one SME and one big company. Moreover, the ERCI jury awards a “Coup de Coeur” prize.

The call is open to member companies of the ERCI clusters which submit innovations that already are commercialised. The jury mainly evaluates innovation level, economic benefits and competitive advantage, as well as the coherence of the project with the objectives of the White Book for Transport of the European Union.

UBIDATA Inc., located in Brussels, won the SME prize. UBIDATA develops and markets mobile logistics solutions for traceability, analysis and optimization of their clients’ fleet as well as freight flows management. It built up a solid experience in the food and pharma sectors and in the distribution of goods via road or multimodal transport. For railways, UBIDATA offers mass data treatment tools that allow optimum management of information related to moving flows. This way clients face events such as delays or planning differences and master maintenance cycles or identify pools of hidden or underused wagons. Real time access increases the efficiency of actions (www.ubidata.com).

“Big company” and « Coup de Cœur » prizes are awarded respectively to DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH - Südostbayernbahn (DE) and to STARS Railway Systems consortium (IT). The official ceremony is held at the InnoTrans fair in Berlin on September 21st at 18:00 (hall 7.2, booth 100).

Contact person: Emilie Parthoens – Project Manager, Logistics in Wallonia.

MoWiN part of “go-cluster”

Open ENLoCC member “MoWiN.net e.V.“ of Kassel/Germany has recently been designated “excellent cluster” by “go-cluster”, the cluster promotion initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economy and Energy.

As one of few logistics clusters, MoWiN is now represented on the “Clusterplattform Deutschland”. All members fulfil the conditions of the European Cluster Excellence Initiative (ECEI).

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Ford announced mass produced vehicle for autonomous driving

To deliver an autonomous vehicle in 2021, Ford is announcing four key investments and collaborations that are expanding its strong research in advanced algorithms, 3D mapping, light detection and ranging (LiDAR), and radar and camera sensors. Ford’s first fully autonomous vehicle will be a 4-capable vehicle. Plans are to design it to operate without a steering wheel, gas or brake pedal, for use in commercial mobility services such as ride sharing and ride hailing within geo-fenced areas and be available in high volumes.

Ford assumes that autonomous driving will cause as much of a change as mass production did a hundred years ago. Under this assumption we must expect that the autonomous cars will soon differ from today’s cars as much as the current models differ from the first mass-produced car, Ford’s famous “Model T”. Comparing the photo of an already mass-produced vintage Ford to a car of today will give an impression of the size of future changes that can be expected in the next step.

1000 electric “StreetScooter” produced

StreetScooter was founded in 2010 as an independent producer of electrical vehicles and presented its first model already in 2011. Concentrating on the needs of delivery services, the little vans were designed without frills. In 2014, the Deutsche Post DHL Group acquired the company and ordered a fleet of delivery vehicles. Recently, the 1000th car was built, and production capacities are still increasing. As a result, these vehicles will soon be a common sight in German cities.

People

Congratulations are in order for Open ENLoCC member MOBI’s own professor dr. Cathy Macharis, who has been invited to become a member of the European Logistics Association (ELA) Research Committee. Twice a year they organize the ELA Research Day, aiming to find the best practices in the field of logistics. ELA promotes dialogue between members and adds sustainability to the conventional canon. The membership enables MOBI to nominate a doctoral student to submit a proposal for the annual ELA Doctorate Workshop. MOBI is excited about the new opportunities this membership creates.

Open ENLoCC member NewRail’s Dr Marin Marinov has won a Newton Fund scholarship (co-funded by CONFAP and the British Academies) to work at the Federal University of Santa Catarina), on a rail project: "A systematic method for designing rail services for regional rail networks incorporating knowledge transfer and application of new technologies for both passengers and freight". The scholarship is for 3 months from July 2016. Jonathan Powell was a finalist in RRUKA’s Best Academic Presentation Competition at the Next Generation Rail Conference, on 1 July 2016. His presentation: ‘LEMUR – improving the capacity of conventional railway systems’ covered wheel/rail adhesion, and showcased the work of his PhD.

Ford has been mass-producing cars ever since its famous „Model T“ appeared, over 100 years ago. Photo: M. Brandt

Photo: StreetScooter / Deutsche Post DHL Group

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Open ENLoCC member University of Maribor – Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture

History

The University of Maribor is the second largest Slovenian public university. It is committed to excellence in education and applied world-quality research as well as in creative and artistic expression. It promotes cooperation, competition and multidisciplinary approach.

The beginnings of higher education in Maribor date back to the 19th century, while the immediate forerunner of the present-day University of Maribor was the Association of Higher Education Institutions in Maribor, established between 1959 and 1961. An important milestone was achieved in 1994 when two new programmes, Traffic Engineering and Industrial Engineering, enriched the scope of study programmes. In the following year, University of Maribor’s Technical Faculty was divided into four Faculties. One of them was the Faculty of Civil Engineering, which over the next ten years experienced rapid growth in the number of students and graduates. Another milestone was achieved with the deployment of the study programme “Architecture” that became an integral part of the Faculty. In 2015 the Faculty was renamed “ Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture”.

Activities

The Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture focuses on higher education and research in its field, including traffic engineering. The Faculty carries out University study programmes Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architec-ture, whereas the interdisciplinary programme Industrial Engineering within Civil Engineering is realized together with the Faculty of Economics and Business. It is our mission to equip future transport professionals with knowledge, understanding and perceptivity for successfully dealing with current and future challenges of transport, logistics and mobility.

Besides educational activities, the Faculty is striving to achieve excellence in research and cooperation through its involvement in international, national and regional scientific and R&D projects. Strong commitment to development of its native region results in studies, elaborates, expert opinions produced in collaboration and for regional and national stakeholders. Research activities are performed together with the business sector in Slovenia and abroad.

Transport related research

Two research Centres (Transport Economics Centre and Centre for Mobility Studies) of the Faculty conduct international, national and regional research projects and provide studies and expert opinions for policy makers, institutions, companies and other clients. Activities comprise rationalisation and optimisation of logistics’ technological and organizational processes, development of computer-based tools and technologies for traffic information systems, implementation of environmentally friendly transport modes, advancing sustainable transport, contributing to transport policy and promoting new technologies in transport and mobility.

Contact: Dr. Stane Božičnik Assoc. Professor and Head of Transport Economics Centre Smetanova ulica 17 2000 Maribor, SLOVENIA +386 2 2294 311 [email protected]

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The main fields of expertise are:

Transport Economics Centre Centre for Mobility Studies

Transportation economics,

Logistics,

Transportation technologies,

Transport and environment,

Transport policy,

Transportation planning & development.

Sustainable mobility,

Transport planning,

Mobility management,

Public transport,

Transport modelling,

ITS in transport,

Land space planning and transport.

Recent and on-going projects:

SULPiTER – “Sustainable Urban Logistics Planning to Enhance Regional Freight Transport”: Supporting policy makers in improving their understanding of Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) freight phenomena from an energy and environmental perspective. Enhancing their capacity in urban freight mobility planning in order to develop and adopt Sustainable Urban Logistics Plans (SULPs).

FUTUREMED – “Freight and passengers sUpporting infomobiliTy systems for a sUstainable impRovEment of the competitiveness of port-hinterland systems of the MED area”: The project focused on improving the competitiveness of port systems in the MED area by improving accessibility through technological and procedural innovations and guaranteeing sustainability of transport. A solid foundation was established for innovative actions to improve the competitiveness of MED ports and consequently the economy and liveability of related territories.

BESTFACT – “Best Practice Factory for Freight Transport”: Bestfact established an inventory of best practices in the fields of urban freight distribution, green logistics and intermodal transport and e-freight. A comprehensive overview of best practices is accessible through easy-to-use online portal.

CO-EFFICIENT – “COllaborative framework for energy EFFICIENT SME systems:” Improving energy efficiency of SMEs in logistics and transport sector and enhancing cooperation of SMEs and research sector on case-to-case basis.

TransNEW – “Support for realising New Member and Associated States' potentials in transport research”: Assessment of transport research capabilities and capacities of the New Member States, Candidate Countries, Potential Candidate Countries and Associated States, development of an International database of researches and research projects in the field of transport and promoting participation of new researchers and organisations (especially SMEs) in national, regional and EU research projects.

Sustainable Urban mobility plan for the city of Maribor: Based on the actions implemented within ATTAC (ATtractive Urban Public Transport for Accessible Cities) project, the Municipality of Maribor has developed comprehensive Sustainable Mobility Plan (SUMP) for the city. Several institutions and professional cooperated on plan development, among them were experts from University of Maribor.

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ALICE – the European Technology Platform for Logistics Introduction to ALICE

The European Technology Platform “Alliance for Logistics Innovation through Collaboration in Europe” (ALICE) was launched on 11 June 2013, and received official recognition from the European Commission in July 2013. European Technology Platforms (ETPs) are industry-led stakeholder fora that develop short to long-term research, innovation agendas and roadmaps for action at EU and national level to be supported by both private and public funding.

ALICE was established to develop a comprehensive strategy for research, innovation and market deployment of logistics and supply chain management innovations in Europe with the mission: “to contribute to a 30% improvement of end to end logistics performance by 2030”. ALICE supports, assists and advises the European Commission on the topics for the EU Program for research: Horizon 2020 in the area of Logistics.

ALICE Vision and Mission

ALICE is based on the recognition of the need for an overarching view on logistics and supply chain planning and control, in which shippers and logistics service providers are indispensable and should closely collaborate to reach sustainable and efficient logistics and supply chain operations.

The key idea behind the logistics and supply chain planning and control concept is the recognition that decisions on a supply chain level may have effects on transportation that far outweigh decisions made in the transport area solely. At the same time, these effects can only be reached if shippers and logistics service providers join hands. An example is the decision to transport components instead of full products and postpone final product configuration until close to the customer which serves sustainability (people, planet, profit) in a broad sense because of both less inventory investments due to uncertainty reduction, and increased loads of the transport means used due to a far higher packing density. Many shippers start to realize that efficient and sustainable logistics (referring to energy usage and environmental footprint) are two sides of the same coin. However, the decision to redesign the supply chain accordingly is typically a manufacturer/shipper decision, not a decision taken by the transport sector itself.

Enlarging the scope to fully include decisions made in the shipper’s boardrooms means considering not only “how to transport” but also “what to transport”. That is, why we do not only view (multimodal) transport as such, but also strategic decisions on a supply chain level that strongly influence economic, ecological and social effects of transportation.

One of the key elements identified by ALICE as the Vision to achieve a 30% improvement of end to end logistics performance by 2030 is The

ALICE A.I.S.B.L. is a non-profit European member organization registered in Brussels, Belgium. It currently has 95 members from Industry, regional and national Logistic Clusters, Uni-versities and consultants.

Figure 1: Milestones towards the Physical Internet. For the concept, see Ballot, E., B. Montreuil, and R.D. Meller, The Physical Internet: the network of logistics network. PREDIT. 2014: La Documentation Française. 271p.

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Physical Internet (PI) Concept . The PI Concept is based on an open global logistic system founded on physical, digital, and operational interconnectivity, enabled through encapsulation of goods, standard interfaces and protocols, with the aim to move, store, produce, supply and use physical objects throughout the world in a manner that is economically, environmentally and socially efficient and sustainable.

The mission of ALICE is to contribute to the development of new logistics and supply chain concepts and innovation for a more competitive and sustainable industry. ALICE aims to accelerate the deployment of more efficient, competitive and sustainable supply chains. To accomplish this mission, ALICE brings together as primary stakeholders: shippers and logistics service providers, as well as other relevant stakeholders including but not limited to: transport companies, terminal operators, support industry (Finance, ICT, Equipment/vehicle/vessel manufacturers, infrastructure providers, inspections) and research and education institutions to: • Define research and innovation strategies, roadmaps and priorities

agreed by all stakeholders to achieve ALICE vision on Logistics. • Foster innovation in logistics and supply chains, stimulating and

accelerating innovation adoption in order to make possible the growth of the European economy through competitive and sustainable logistics.

• Raise the profile and understanding of new logistics technologies and business processes, monitoring progress and adjusting research and innovation roadmaps accordingly.

• Contribute to a better alignment and coordination of European, national, regional innovation programs in logistics.

• Provide a network for interdisciplinary collaborative research involving industry, academia and public institutions.

ALICE Research and Innovation Roadmaps, Milestones and Expected Impacts

ALICE Working Groups, composed of industry, academia and public bodies analyse and define research and innovation strategies, roadmaps and priorities to achieve ALICE Vision and Mission. These Working Groups are: 1. Sustainable safe and Secure Supply Chains. 2. Corridors, Hubs and Synchromodality. 3. Information Systems for Interconnected Logistics. 4. Global Supply Networks Coordination and Collaboration. 5. Urban Logistics.

In December 2014, each of these working groups delivered a research and innovation roadmap including research and innovation gaps and challenges that need to be addressed to drive the process from current situation to achieve ALICE Vision and Mission (see “ALICE Research and Innovation Roadmaps” on www.etp-alice.eu).

Different milestones were identified as core elements to achieve the vision in each of the areas as shown in Figure 1.

In 2016 Alice is developing a new implementation plan specially targeting to achieve milestones set for 2020 and also paving the way to achieve 2030 milestones.

For more information, please contact:

Fernando Liesa Secretary General [email protected]

Dirk ‘t Hooft Director Communications & Strategy [email protected]

Indrek Ilves Secretariat support [email protected]

General [email protected] www.etp-alice.eu

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Including multiple views into decision making: a multi-stakeholder approach As anyone who has ever attempted to organise a group holiday or family trip can testify, taking into account the concerns of different people when selecting a destination and lodging out of a range of options can be quite cumbersome as it is not easy to keep everybody satisfied. It is therefore no surprise that decision making in transport projects, be it the choice of new infrastructure, the implementation of road pricing or selecting between different transport technologies, frequently also leads to much discussion, controversy and disagreement. Typically, these are issues where several levels of public policy are involved in (local, province, regional, state and European level) and a number of stakeholders (such as freight forwarders, investors, citizens, industry…) are affected which have a vested interest in the ultimate decision. When the different points of view of stakeholders are not taken into account, projects are often not implemented as they are ignored by policymakers or lead to unacceptable delays as decisions are attacked by the stakeholders who feel that the analysis failed to take their interests into account.

Currently, there is no widely systematic approach to incorporate these different points of view within the evaluation process of transport projects. Often, cost benefit analysis (CBA) is being used in this field and in some cases cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA), economic impact analysis (EIA) and the social cost benefit analysis (SCBA). These instruments surely have their utility, but they fail to incorporate the points of view of the stakeholders and restrict the analysis to specific criteria or monetary values. However, several objectives are difficult to quantify and certainly in terms of money (e.g., quality of public transport, value of human life, etc.). As the focus in decision making has gradually started to shift towards the three dimensions of sustainability (people, planet, profit), the challenge of monetarisation has become more and more complex. The difficulties that arise when measuring all relevant impacts of a project in monetary terms, in particular with respect to intangible aspects and externalities, have led to the complementation of monetary evaluation (unique criterion) with methods using more than one criterion, i.e. multi-criteria methods. In addition, multi criteria decision analysis (MCDA) also allows the analyst to involve the objectives of different interest groups or stakeholders.

At MOBI, we therefore developed the Multi Actor Multi Criteria Analysis (MAMCA) for the evaluation of transport projects. In this methodology, which can be seen as an extension of the traditional MCDA, the stakeholders are explicitly taken into account. Moreover, it allows using non-numeric or non-monetary values in the evaluation. The MAMCA-methodology was developed by Macharis (see ref. 2, 3, 4) and has been used for many applications, mainly in transport related decision making problems (see ref. 1, 5). The MAMCA-method makes the objectives of the various relevant stakeholders explicit thereby leading to a better understanding of the objectives of these stakeholders by all parties concerned. Including stakeholders into the analysis improves the likelihood of acceptance of the proposed solution at the end of the evaluation process.

References

1) Bernardini, A., Turcksin, L., Macharis, C., 2011: Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and the Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria Analysis (MAMCA), in: Macharis, C. and J. Van Mierlo (Eds), Sus-tainable Mobility and Logistics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brus-sels, pp. 179-194.

2) Macharis, C., 2000: Strategic modeling for intermodal termi-nals: Socio-economic evaluation of the location of barge/road terminals in Flanders. PhD The-sis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel.

3) Macharis, C., 2005: The impor-tance of stakeholder analysis in freight transport. Quartely jour-nal of transport law, Economics and engineering, 8 (25-26), 114-126.

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The MAMCA consists of two main phases. The first phase is mainly analytical and tries to gather all the necessary information to perform the analysis. The second phase is the synthetic or exploitation phase and consists of the actual analysis. These two phases are then divided into four and three steps respectively. The first step is to give a clear problem definition and to determine the alternatives that need to be taken into account. In the second step all the relevant stakeholders are determined as well as their objectives. These objectives are then translated into criteria in the third step. Weights need to be assigned to the different criteria in order to know how important these objectives are for the stakeholders (i.e. priorities). The fourth step links one or more measurable indicators to each criterion. These indicators allow evaluating each alternative with regards to a given criterion. These indicators can be either quantitative or qualitative, depending on the criterion. The fifth step performs the aggregation of the information of the previous steps into an evaluation matrix. The actual results are given in step six and are generated by using a Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA). For each stakeholder the advantages and disadvantages are shown. The Multi-Actor newness brings it all together. The seventh and last step is the definition of mitigation and deployment strategies based on the new insights.

This methodology looks at the different possibilities evaluating the alternatives on the criteria of the stakeholders. The analysis gives a clear idea of advantages of disadvantages of certain measures or concepts and

this according to the different stakeholder groups. MAMCA is therefore very well suited to complex decision-making processes such as those involved in mobility policies and transport sectors where many stakeholders from several areas and back-grounds are involved. It allows decision makers to arrive at a comprehensive and coordinated vision with regards to complex scenarios.

The MAMCA methodology has already proven its usefulness in several transport related decision problems. It was used i.e. to cope with an intermodal terminal location decision problem, for a study on the choice between waste transport alternatives in the Brussels region, for the location choices of a new high speed train terminal, for the evaluation of different driver assistance systems in the ADVISORS project, for the evaluation of DHL's hub strategy at Brussels airport, in the project ‘Night Deli’ for the evaluation of different night distribution scenarios, in the assessment of spatial data infrastructure strategies, for deriving implementation priorities for innovative road safety measures, for the evaluation of stimulating measures for the purchase of more environmental friendly vehicles and for the evaluation of road pricing schemes (see ref. 5 for overview). →

4) Macharis, C., 2007: Multi-criteria Analysis as a Tool to Include Stake-holders in Project Evaluation: The MAMCA Method, in Haezendonck, E. (Ed.), Transport Project Evalua-tion. Extending the Social Cost–Benefit Approach, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, pp. 115-131.

5) Macharis, C., De Witte, A., Ampe, J., 2009: The multi-actor, multi-criteria analysis methodology (MAMCA) for the evaluation of transport projects: theory and practice, Journal of Advanced Transportation, vol.43, nr. 2, pp.183-202.

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With the online MAMCA software, accessible on www.mamca.be, the different steps of the methodology are easily followed and a good visualisation of the problem is generated. The example below visualizes how different stakeholder groups evaluate different sustainable mobility scenarios in the Belgian city of Leuven. As will often be the case, no scenario scores highest for all stakeholders. The “carfree city centre” might be preferred by most stakeholders, but scores (not surprisingly) very poorly for car users, who even would prefer to keep “business as usual”. However, notwithstanding this exception, this particular MAMCA clearly demonstrates that alternatives are considered an improvement when compared to business as usual, so there is a clear potential for implementing an alternative. A “smart kilometer charge” might be a reasonable compromise, although it might require some adjustments towards the commercial services and offices, in order for them to be fully acceptable. But even for this stakeholder group, the alternative scores higher than business as usual. On the stakeholder level, MAMCA allows to see how a particular alternative is scoring on the selected criteria of a stakeholder group. In this way, the implementation path can take into account on which criteria for which stakeholder group, additional action might be required.

As this example illustrates, MAMCA does not aim to find the ultimate overall preferred solution, but allows to define implementation paths for selec-ted solutions that take into account the concerns of stake-holder groups. In this way, increased acceptance of imposed measures by all stakeholder groups can be achieved.

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Authors:

Tom van Lier Postdoctoral Researcher, Research group MOBI, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. [email protected].

Cathy Macharis Professor, Head of the Re-search group MOBI and the Department BUTO (Business Technology and Operations), Vrije Universiteit Brussel. [email protected].

http://www.mamca.be/http://www.openenlocc.net/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

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Mercedes-Benz to produce heavy duty electric truck For a number of years, the supply of light electric goods vehicles grew. But it was surprisingly difficult to find a producer of heavier electric trucks, even for experimental use.

Apparently, the big manufacturers, instead of cooperating with small specialized companies, are working on solutions that mean a rather big step forward. The newest example is a Mercedes-Benz statement, from which the essence is quoted below.

It makes its way silently through the city with zero local emissions: The Urban eTruck from Mercedes-Benz represents the state of the art when it comes to all-electric heavy-duty short-radius distribution up to 25 tonnes. It is based on a unique concept: its drive is by means of electric motors adjacent to the wheel hubs, while the power supply comes from a modu-lar battery pack. This puts the Urban eTruck on a par with conventionally engined trucks when it comes to payload and performance. At the same time, it is unsurpassed in terms of environmental compatibility, local zero emissions and quiet operation. The Shaping Future Transportation initiative is continuing: after the Mercedes-Benz Actros with Highway Pilot and Highway Pilot Connect for long-distance transport, the Urban eTruck now sets a landmark in urban freight transport. It will celebrate its public premiere at the 2016 IAA International Motor Show for Commercial Vehicles. Daimler Trucks will systematically test and further develop the revolutionary technical concept in the coming years. Standard-production vehicles of this type would be conceivable from the start of the next decade.

The Urban eTruck is the answer to urbanisation and environmental problems

Mercedes-Benz's response is this: compliant with the Euro VI emissions standard, its latest trucks are powered by the cleanest diesel engines of all time, while state-of-the-art gas drives are even less polluting and quieter. The Urban eTruck ushers in the next phase of short-radius distribution in cities: it is powered by an all-electric drive with zero local emissions and is almost silent in operation.

Tailor-made drive concept for highly efficient short-radius distribution

The three-axle rigid Urban eTruck from Mercedes Benz features a tailor-made concept for highly efficient and clean short-radius distribution. Its outstanding attributes include an electrically powered rear axle with electric motors directly adjacent to the wheel hubs.

Their output is 2 x 125 kW, while the peak torque is 2 x 11 000 Nm (after torque conversion by the gearing). The fact that an electric motor delivers its full torque from very low revs gives the Urban eTruck a considerable level of performance and driving dynamics.

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Classic text – Stanislaw Lem: Intralogistics in the extra-terrestrial world of “Eden” „Well, we’re home at last – this is a factory, an automated factory!“ cried the engineer.

A dozen or so paces ahead, in the ground, which was as springy as rubber, they came to black wells; glowing objects the size of a man’s head shot up out of them so quickly it was impossible to see their shape. As they flew up, one of the tubes sucked them in while continuing to turn. The objects did not completely disappear, becaue their pinkish glow showed faintly through the tube’s quivering walls, as through tinted glass, so that it was impossible to watch them travel inside the tube to somewhere farther on.

“A conveyor belt,” the Engineer said. “Mass production.”

For more than an hour they wandered through the pulsing forest of this unusual factory, until the area around them became more open. They felt a cool, almost refrigerated gust of air. The network of tubes parted, and they found themselves near the mouth of an enormous helical funnel.

The dark-grey wall of the funnel now began to expand: something was pushing it from within. They stepped back instinctively, so ominous was the appearance of the swelling bubble. Then, without a sound, it burst, and a stream of black things poured from the opening at the top. At the same moment, lower down, a trough with outward-turned edges emerged from a wide well, and the objects dropped into it with a drumming sound. The trough shook in such a way that in a few seconds the black objects were resting in a neat quadrangle on its shallow bottom.

“The finished product!” cried the Engineer. He rushed to the edge and without a moment’s hesitation bent over and grabbed the nearest black object. The Captain caught him by the belt of his suit at the last moment, and this was all that kept the Engineer from falling headfirst into the trough, because he refused to let go of the heavy object but was unable to lift it himself. The Physicist and the Doctor had to give him a hand, and together they hauled the thing out.

Meanwhile the Doctor was observing the trough. After forming a geometric quadrangle of the black objects, it rose a little, pivoted, and suddenly softened, but only in one side. Changing shape, it turned into an enormous spoon. Then a large snout protruded and opened, giving off a hot, bitter stench; the opening sucked in all the objects with a loud smack and closed again, whereupon the snout began to glow in the middle. The Doctor could see the objects melting inside, fusing to form a fiery orange slurry. Then the glow dimmed; the snout went dark.

The Doctor smiled. “These things are drawn in here” – he pointed to the snout, which just then happened to open. “Now it’s warming up inside, see? And now they’re melting, fusing, being carried to the top in portions, where they’re treated. Then, still red-hot, they drop to the bottom, underground – there must be another level there – and something else happens to them, and they come back up, by the same well, pale but still glowing. They journey up to the ceiling, fall into this” –

Stanislaw Lem (1921 – 2006), Polish Philosopher, Essayist and Science Fiction Author.

In his novel “Eden”, first published in 1959, a team of scientists on a space mission crashes onto an alien planet. While repairing their space-ship, they try to understand the extra-terrestrial forms of life and their civilization.

Excerpts from “Eden” by Stanislaw Lem, translated by Mark E. Heine. English translation copyright © 1989 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub-lishing Company. Reprinted by per-mission of Houghton Mifflin Har-court Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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he indicated the funnel – “and from there go into the trough, then the snout, melt, and so on and so on, forming, melting, forming.”

“Have you gone mad?” whispered the Engineer. On his forehead were large drops of sweat.

“You don’t believe it? See for yourself.”

The engineer did, twice, which took him a good hour. By the time they returned to the trough, which was filling up with a new quadrangle of the “finished product,” it was growing dark; the light was turning gray.

The portable stove was lit, some water was heated, and meat concentrate dissolved in it. The men ate in silence, ravenous. It was now completely dark. One by one they crawled into the round tent. They were so tired that, when the Doctor said his customary “Good night,” deep breathing was the only reply.

The morning greeted them with sunshine. “If only I could wash!” the Cyberneticist complained. “I stink. There must be water here some-where!”

“Where ther’s water, there must be a barber,” the Doctor added, peering into a small mirror and grimacing. “Only I’m afraid that on this planet a barber, after shaving you, would put all the hairs back.”

The place was similar to what they had seen the day before. They walked through it now with greater confidence and speed. At first it seemed that everything was the same: the columns, the wells, the forest of pulsing tubes, the incandescence, the whole flickering confusion of processes taking place at different tempos. But the “finished products,” whose troughlike receptacle it took them a while to discover, were not the same; they were larger and shaped differently from those of yesterday.

Every so often a huge thing, the size of a whale’s head, would emerge and with a long sigh suck in several rows of “finished product” at a time.

“The storehouse,” the Engineer explained. “They arrive from above – that’s a kind of conveyor – and are collected and returned to the cycle.”

“How do you know they’re returned?” asked the Physicist.

“Because the storehouse is full.”

Nobody really understood this, but they said nothing and continued on. As they walked to the spot where they had left their tent and packs, the Engineer said, “Well, it’s beginning to make sense.”

“Really?” the Chemist sneered.

“It’s an automated complex for the production of miscellaneous parts, which eventually, in the course of time, went completely out of kilter, because it was left unsupervised,” the Engineer said.

“Ah! And how long ago, do you think…?”

“That I don’t know.”

“Due to Lem's negative stance towards capitalism and Western political censorship, the book contains many themes dealing with information control and stratification, as well as all-pervasive censorship in general.” (English Wikipedia)

“Lem is a supporter of Western civilization. Despite the inherent censorship of the Stalinist regime in which he lived, his work con-tains a harsh critique of collectiv-ism.” (French Wikipedia)

“Lem presents an oppressive vision of an advanced totalitarian system, in which production runs independently and includes the biological level. Besides hidden criticism of communist society, the novel has a surprising rele-vance.” (German Wikipedia)

„All public information comes from the dictator and the ruling circles. That is, it seems to be strictly metered for each, so that members of the public behave as programmed by invisible rulers.” (Russian Wikipedia)

“Lem's works explore philosophical themes through speculation on technology, the nature of intelli-gence, the impossibility of mutual communication and understanding, despair about human limitations, and humanity's place in the universe” (English Wikipedia). Further works include “The Astronauts” (1951) and “Solaris” (1961). The latter also became the name of a major European bus producer from Poland.

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Next Dates

September 2016

Development Trends in Transport Systems The conference is devoted first of all to considering complex problems and revealing innovative trends which are common for most modes of transport. With hindsight to goods transport and logistics, the panels and round tables include: Innovations in transport – main sectors of research and interaction between science and business, Logistics and transport interaction, Intelligent transport systems and digital technol-ogies, Economic and non-economic transport effect, and many others. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering (MIIT) (RUS), September 26-27.

2016 Information Day “Horizon 2020” The information day addresses potential applicants to the Horizon 2020 'Smart, green and integrated transport' calls for project proposals under the 2016-2017 Work programme. A brokerage event will take place in the afternoon. Brussels (B), September 28.

CIVITAS FORUM Conference 2016, "SHAPING THE MOBILITY OF TOMORROW". The event will gather hundreds of CIVITAS stakeholders from around Europe, all of whom are devoted to the development of sustainable urban mobility in their cities. The conference will offer collaborative workshops, state-of-the-art presentations and interesting site visits. Vice-President of the EC Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič will be present at the opening day of the conference. Gdynia (PL), September 28-30.

Shortsea 2016 European Conference. Topics are: Shortsea Shipping Markets, Shortsea Shipping De-mand, European Environmental Regulations, Transport Policies and Financing, Train-ing Activities. Port of Barcelona (E), September 29-30.

October 2016

Waterways for smart transport: Challenges & success Several questions will be addressed such as: Why inland waterways transport can be profitable for SMEs? What are the operational constraints? What can be changed to ease the access to finance? How a city can benefit from waterways to improve urban transport? Is there room for tech startups in such environment? Why is it a growing transport mode across Europe? Why open data could benefit all stakeholders? How legislation can support the uptake? Should education and training be stimulated? In the afternoon session, participants will be able to address problems in an open envi-ronment. Ophem Castle, Wezembeek-Ophem (B), October 4.

44. European Transport Conference The European Transport Conference, organized by the Association for European Transport will cover areas like Urban Mobility, the challenges posed by increasing ex-amples of extreme weather conditions, planning for the safety and security of transport infrastructure and of interchanges, equity in transport, the role of ICT on spatial and transportation patterns, what is the future for the accessibility and con-nectivity of rural areas?, developments in large-scale models and databases, national travel surveys, developments in electric vehicles and car-sharing and transport and tourism. Barcelona (E), October 5-7.

EXCHAINGE The Supply Chainers’ Conference: Designing and managing the supply chain of to-morrow. Frankfurt (D), October 6-7.

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OPEN DAYS 2016 187 regions and cities from 28 countries, grouped in 22 regional partnerships, with 6000 participants, are joining forces to contribute to the European Week of Regions and Cities programme. The majority of the 22 regional workshops will focus this year on 'sustained and sustainable economic growth' Brussels (B), October 10-13.

Annual MOBI seminar on transport indicators The mantra “to measure is to know” is repeatedly used in the context of scientific re-search. From a policy viewpoint, this translates in “what gets measured, gets man-aged”. However, as practice demonstrates, developing applicable indicators can prove to be quite challenging in the context of sustainable mobility and logistics. MOBI will explore the challenges involved in developing transport indicators and il-lustrate how indicators can be used to measure a variety of aspects within the transport system. From dashboards to monitor urban freight transport solutions, over tools that allow to empower citizens to measure indicators on sustainable mo-bility, to indicators for electromobility policy in Flanders and Brussels. Brussels (B), October 13.

UTILEXPO 2016 Trade fair for transportation, conveyor technology, logistics and goods vehicles. Genève (CH), October 13-15.

VREF Conference on Urban Freight 2016: Plan for the future - sharing urban space The conference will discuss the complexity of freight transport in urban areas with a focus on the need to share space both at the city and regional level. Topics include: sharing space for freight and passenger transport, better use of space with cities be-coming denser, consider a regional dimension, how to change behaviour. The con-ference consists of two parts: Current issues in urban freight research, 17 October, University of Gothenburg. Or-ganized around a series of presentations of academic papers on the basis of submit-ted abstracts in short presentations in a number of parallel streams. Plan for the future – sharing urban space. 18 & 19 October, Lindholmen Science Park. Organized around presentations, panels and break-out sessions that consider the perspectives from public authorities, transport operators, shippers, receivers, archi-tects, planners, other industry stakeholders and researchers concerned with urban goods movement. We aim for up to 150 participants divided approximately one third researchers, one third, business and one third administrations/cities/policy makers. Göteborg (S), October 17-19.

33rd International Supply Chain Conference (“BVL-Kongress”) Driving Change – a fundamental idea behind the International Supply Chain Confer-ence is and was to disseminate publicly logistics knowledge of experts to the general public. From the start, establishing a platform for making business contacts and initi-ating business deals played an important role. Furthermore, a multiplicity of meeting points and corporate lounges enrich the possibilities to do and see. Berlin (D), October 19-21.

Trans Ukraine The Trans Ukraine, organized by the ExpoNet Exhibition (Pvt) Ltd. will cover areas like domestic and international traffic, forwarding and logistics, ports and terminals (grain, potassium, container), elevator equipment, technology and weighing equip-ment, means of mechanization of loading and unloading operations (cranes, loaders, stackers, trolleys, winches, industrial scales. Odessa (UA), October 19-21.

Swiss Mobility Conference Its objective is to provide a place for discussion and debate for researchers in social sciences working on various forms of mobility. Presentations will take place both in English and French and will address mobilities in their diversity. Lausanne (CH), October 20-21.

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November 2016

Intralogistik-Kongress Baden-Württemberg 2016 Innovative business models in intralogistics, picking systems and barreer-free inter-faces to extralogistics. In cooperation with intralogistics companies and logistics insti-tutions, including BVL as well as VNL Switzerland. Waldkirch near Freiburg (D), November 10.

FERRMED CONFERENCE: Trans-Eurasian Railway Connections and Multimodal Links in EU and Neighbouring Countries The focus of this Conference will be the socio-economic development of the Eurasian Vector, through the enhancement of the Railway transportation system from China to Western Europe, including the required multimodal links. Recommendations of most suitable EU Corridors to be adapted to Trans-Sib requirements and Eurasian flows competitiveness will be presented. Key experts from all over the world will ex-amine these matters in depth. Brussels (B), November 12.

Intermodal Europe Intermodal Europe is the global leading container transport and logistics event. For four decades, Intermodal Europe has been the most important business platform for professionals involved in the container, transport and logistics industry. Every year around 5,000 participants from across the world attend. Intermodal Europe regularly attracts key shippers, shipping lines, container professionals and those involved in the intermodal supply chain. They come together to not only network and do busi-ness but to see the latest innovations and logistic solutions. Rotterdam (NL), November 15-17.

The Freight Forwarders Forum 2016 “Air Cargo Logistics: Ground for Change?” The event will in three sessions debate a number of important issues the industry is faced with including: Embracing “e-business” – what’s in it for the users? Adding val-ue to the Air Logistics Supply Chain. What’s in the data pipeline for air cargo? CLECAT’s Freight Forwarders Forum takes place once a year, offering the freight for-warding and transport policy communities an occasion to discuss policy and business issues affecting the logistics, freight forwarding and customs services sector. Brussels (B), November 16.

ALICE Mirror Group The Mirror Group of ALICE, the ETP for logistics, will meet in conjunction with the Open ENLoCC anniversary meeting. Brussels (B), November 16-17.

10 years of Open ENLoCC Afternoon meeting to celebrate the anniversary and to debate with Open ENLoCC members. Speakers will be from a range of institutions dealing with aspects of logis-tics. The core will be a series of “Pecha Kucha” presentations (i.e. 20 powerpoint slides, each presented for just 20 seconds), in which each institution will present it-self and its relation to regional logistics. Brussels (B), November 17.

European Conference on Inland Terminals This event on strategic issues of port hinterland connectivity is a European two-day-conference, where 150 managing directors and senior executives with a transport / logistical background will meet and exchange views and ideas. Basel (CH), November 17-18.

December 2016

2016 Polis Conference “Innovation in Transport for Sustainable Cities and Regions.” Rotterdam (NL), December 1-2.

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Open ENLoCC – the network Open ENLoCC (European Network of Logistics Competence Centers) is an open network of regional competence centers in the field of logistics, run by public authorities or similar bodies. It was established as a follow up of the “ENLoCC”-project (from 2004 to 2007), then co-financed by the EU under the Interreg IIIC programme. It is self-supporting since.

The main task of the network is the international exchange of experience and knowledge between its participants and the promotion of a higher level of cooperation among European institutions.

Its members work together on common projects with the aim to develop the regional economy by solving infrastructural, organisational and technological problems of logistics and transport. The dissemination of the results from network activities and of the the best practices take place on a wide scale.

As per September 2016, the European network of regional logistics competence centers Open ENLoCC has the following members:

CMS, Centre for Maritime Studies of Brahea Centre at the University of Turku, Finland.

CRITT Transport et Logistique, Le Havre, France.

CTL, Centre for Transport and Logistics of the University of Rome La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.

Amt der Kärntner Landesregierung, Klagenfurt, Austria, for former member Entwicklungsagentur Kärnten, EAK.

i-Fret, Innovation platform i-Fret for freight logistics, Dunkerque, France.

ILiM, Institute of Logistics and Warehousing, Poznan, Poland.

ITL, Institute for Transport and Logistics Foundation, Bologna, Italy.

KINNO, Kouvola Innovation Oy, Kouvola, Finland.

KLOK Kooperationszentrum Logistik e.V., Kornwestheim / Stuttgart, Germany.

LCS, Logistik-Cluster Schwaben (LCS) e.V., Augsburg, Germany.

Logistics in Wallonia, Liege, Belgium.

Mah, Malmö University, Department of Urban Studies/Transport Management, Malmö, Sweden.

MOBI, Vrije Universiteit Brussel – MOBI (Mobility, Logistics and Automotive Technology Research Group) Brussels, Belgium.

MoWiN.net e.V., Kassel, Germany.

NewRail, Newcastle University, Great Britain.

UM, University of Maribor, Faculty of Civil Engineering – Transport Economics Centre, Maribor, Slovenia.

WRS, Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany.

Contact persons:

Giuseppe Luppino, President of Open ENLoCC and Project Manager at the Institute for Transport and Logistics – ITL.

Martin Brandt, Secretary of Open ENLoCC and Project Manager at the logistics cooperation center KLOK in Stuttgart Region.

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Open ENLoCC invites you to understand the circles of Brussels! To reach the Open ENLoCC Forum on November 17, the date of the Open ENLoCC 10th anniversary (see page 22 for details), take the Under-ground to Maalbeek/Maelbeek.

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