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AI Application in Transport and Logistics
Publication - March 2023
The aim of this research/project is to investigate and analyze the opportunities and challenges of implementing AI technologies in general and in the transport and logist...
Evaluation and Assessment Framework for FTMAAS Living Lab
Publication - December 2022
With the increasing uncertainty surrounding unexpected events like the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, and the threats of international financial and economic crises,...
Factors influencing physical distribution structure design
Publication - December 2021
This thesis studies the factors that influence physical distribution structure design.
Towards a typology of distribution centre facilities
Publication - June 2021
Distribution centres are becoming more and more relevant for spatial planning, due to their rapidly increasing size and number. There is little literature, however, that...
A sectoral perspective on distribution structure design
Publication - November 2020
This paper studies the factors that drive distribution structure design (DSD), which includes the spatial layout of distribution channels and location choice of logistics...
Importance of factors driving firms’ decisions on spatial distribution structures
Publication - January 2020
The design of a spatial distribution structure is of strategic importance for companies, to meet required customer service levels and to keep logistics costs as low as po...
Port governance revisited: How to govern and for what purpose?
Publication - May 2019
This review paper investigates and presents generalized answers to the two basic questions of port governance, namely how to govern and for what purpose.
Factors Determining Distribution Structure Decisions in Logistics
Publication - January 2019
Distribution structures, as studied in this paper, involve the spatial layout of the freight transport and storage system used to move goods between production and consum...
Towards a sustainable agro-logistics in developing countries
Publication - September 2018
This research project focuses on the improvement and optimization of the existing logistics of the cocoa supply chain in Côte d’Ivoire, more specifically in the greater r...

Mainport Logistics

View all research output

AI Application in Transport and Logistics

Evaluation and Assessment Framework for FTMAAS Living Lab

Factors influencing physical distribution structure design

Towards a typology of distribution centre facilities

A sectoral perspective on distribution structure design

Importance of factors driving firms’ decisions on spatial distribution structures

Port governance revisited: How to govern and for what purpose?

Factors Determining Distribution Structure Decisions in Logistics

Towards a sustainable agro-logistics in developing countries