Increasing urbanization has turned transporting freight from, to, and within urban areas into
a major challenge. Freight transportation represents a lifeline for urban retail and industry …

Today, around 54% of the world's population lives in urban areas. By 2050, this share is
expected to go up significantly. As a result, city logistics, which focuses on the efficient and …

In horizontal collaborations, carriers form coalitions in order to perform parts of their logistics
operations jointly. By exchanging transportation requests among each other, they can …

In the last few years, competitiveness, problems of globalization and concerns about
sustainability require new approaches and models for the planning of transport networks …

Horizontal collaboration has been considered as effective practice for sustainable logistics
and freight transport and it has gained increased attention in recent years. This paper aims …

The logistics industry is a critical economic component in most countries and has a
significant impact on their citizens' quality of life. In the US, 48 million tons of freight valued at …

This paper provides a literature review of freight transportation service procurement and
investigates the challenges and opportunities regarding transportation organization and …

The rising competition in the logistics sector forces companies to be more economically
efficient. One of the major sources of inefficiency is the incomplete usage of available …

City logistics refers to the process of total optimisation of the logistics and transport activities
in urban areas while considering economic, environmental, social and safety aspects. This …

With increasing market competition and environmental awareness, the freight transport
industry has become under ever-increasing pressure to achieve better sustainability …