Highlights The cost-CO2e tradeoffs in the port selection decision making. Minimization of overall road distance travelled. Current scenario – road maximising scenario based on the current container handling of major UK ports. Scenario (2) – shift of containers to Western and Northern ports. Scenarios (3), (4) and (5) – shift of containers to Southampton, Felixstowe and London Gateway respectively.

    Abstract In the last few decades, the building evidence that CO2e emissions lead to climate change has pointed to a need to reduce CO2e emissions. This research uses five scenarios in the context of UK import trade to assess total CO2e emissions and costs of import re-routing containers. The overall objective is to assess possible carbon mitigation strategies for UK supply chains by using a combination of alternative ports and revised multimodal strategies. The model adopted includes three elements: port expansion, container handling and freight transport. The alternative scenarios explore different settings modal shift and short sea shipping.


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    Title :

    UK supply chain carbon mitigation strategies using alternative ports and multimodal freight transport operations


    Contributors:
    Sanchez Rodrigues, V. (author) / Pettit, S. (author) / Harris, I. (author) / Beresford, A. (author) / Piecyk, M. (author) / Yang, Z. (author) / Ng, A. (author)


    Publication date :

    2014-12-22


    Size :

    17 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English







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