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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

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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?

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