Contents for today

1. Course set-up

2. Introduction to assignments

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Contents for the course set-up

1. Course set-up (Wiegmans [CIE4840]/Rezaei [SEN1731])

2. Business models and freight transport networks (Wiegmans)

3. Freight demand modeling (Tavasszy)

4. Freight transport optimization (Rezaei)

5. SCM and 2 freight policy cases: sustainability, city distribution

(vBinsbergen)

6. Assignment (Rezaei/vBinsbergen/Wiegmans)

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Contents for the course set-up

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1. Course set-up

It is a nice course for students (and for teachers)

Cooperation between CiTG and TBM

Lecturers: J.Rezaei, L. Tavasszy, A. van Binsbergen, B.

Wiegmans

Comments/suggestions much appreciated

Material (reader, sheets, assignments) are available on

Blackboard and will be updated when needed by the respective
lecturers

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1. Course set-up

Contribution of this course to the engineering curriculum:

Engineering design/planning of infrastructure requires
integration of commercial and societal aspects
Important to integrate logistic concepts in planning/design
work (roads, ports, water ways, )

Contribution of this course to the TPM curriculum:

PM

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1. Course set-up (CiTG)
Strategic planning of the
Focus on
total freight transport chain Research MSc thesis
(demand analysis, supply design of
projects work facilities
chain management)

SPM9422/23 & 2610: CIE4840: Freight CIE4330/5306: Ports

Design & Management of transport systems:
and water ways I & II
business logistic processes analysis and modeling
CIE5730: Regional-
& Transport
economics
CIE4801: CIE4760: Infrastructure
Transportation and projects: assessment &
spatial modeling planning

Focus on CIE4831:
logistics of Empirical analysis CIE2710: Transport
companies for transport and planning

CIE4821: 7
1. Course set-up

Evaluation last years: You are facing a tough quarter given

other T&P courses

Close coordination with Winnie Daamen and Victor Knoops

(4821 and 4831)

We have looked for ways to make it working out 4u

Especially rescheduled deadlines (lectures and exams are fixed)

Advice: Start right away with assignment

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1. Course set-up

Where to find what:

Blackbord is central in the course

The reader

The assignment

1 Previous exam

Also use www.scopus.com to read the suggested papers and

articles

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 Tuesday Thursday

13:45-15:45 10:45-12:45

Room CT-CZ F Room CT-CZ F

14 Feb: Lecture 1: Introduction
Introduction and motivation; importance of freight
transport: main concepts and issues; importance
(modeling versus transportation management);
framework and structure of the course.
Introduction assignment 1(a-b)
16 Feb: Lecture 2: Intro: Logistics & SCM
Freight Transport as a Supply Chain Process: basic
concepts supply chain; interactions between production;
inventory management, and transportation; examples.
Van Binsbergen

Wiegmans/Rezaei

21 Feb: Lecture 3: Private business models 23 Feb: Lecture 4: Business models; the role of
Short introduction to freight transport modes and the government
markets, private business models, freight transport Business models for freight transport: the role of
network consequences, modelling business case the government, investment budgets for the Ministry
and projects, UDC business case, network competition.
Wiegmans
Wiegmans

28 Feb: Lecture 5 Demand modelling 2 March: Lecture 6: Network Optimization/Design

Freight Demand Modeling II: Introduction to freight model
choice assignment modeling. Supernetwork models for Networks; Classic network optimization models.
intermodal transport chains. Integrating inventory and Rezaei
transport logistics in freight demand models: generalized
costs, supply chains form modeling, advanced 10
supernetwork and hypernetwork models.

Tavasszy
7 March: Lecture 7: Network Optimization/Design 9 March: Lecture 8: Network Optimization/Design
Classic network optimization models; Network design and Recent developments in network optimization/design and
management management

Rezaei Rezaei

14 March: Lecture 9: Demand modelling 16 March: Lecture 10, Appointments per group
Freight Demand Modeling I: Some fundamentals: Assignment 1 (c)
Taxonomy and theoretical background of freight models.
Introduction to trip generation and distribution modeling.
Input-Output and gravity model. Integrative model forms:
LUTI, MRIO and SCGE models.

Tavasszy

21 March Lecture 11: Appointments per group 23 March: Lecture 12

Assignment 1 (a-c) Urban freight transport: freight & vehicle flows in cities,
logistics and trade backgrounds and developments;
freight distribution strategies, incl. third party logistics
and urban freight distribution centre concepts

Van Binsbergen
28 March Lecture 13 30 March: Lecture 14
Advanced Topic: Freight transport and sustainability Freight transport Models in practice: Pateia:Research voor
beleid
Van Binsbergen
Jan Kiel: Senior expert transport policy studies
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Deadline Assigment a and b: Monday 13 March, 23.59

Deadline Assigment c: Thursday 30 March, 23.59

2. Business models and networks

Intermodal freight transport modes and markets

Business models for freight transport

Investments, costs, prices and profits (or losses?)

Reasons for governments to intervene

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3. Freight demand modeling

Indicators for the description of freight transport flows:

measures related to the weight of the goods moved and to
transport and traffic performance.

Determinants of freight transport demand: the decisions of

actors within the logistics system who create the need for
freight movements.

Drivers of change in freight transport demand, i.e. external

forces that influence demand: economic growth, globalisation
and mass-individualisation.

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4. Freight transport network
optimization

Freight Transport as a Supply Chain Process

Network Optimization Models for Freight Transport

Intermodal Transport Networks

Advanced Modelling for Freight Transport

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5a. Freight transport and
sustainability
External effects of freight transport

Modelling/estimating the external effects of freight transport

Policy measures to counter negative external effects and

potential consequences for freight transport operations

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5b. Urban freight transport

Background and specific characteristics of urban freight flows

Logistics and trade backgrounds and developments

Freight flow estimation

modelling: various approaches in estimating freight flows

Vehicle flow estimation

modelling: vehicle conversion approaches

(New) freight distribution strategies, incl. third party logistics

and urban freight distribution centre concepts

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6. Assignment

1. Demand analysis / flow analysis at national interregional level

order of magnitude of regional trade flows

2. Investment & exploiting terminals/hubs

commercial financial analysis of exploiting terminals (business models)

3. Network optimisation
intermodal network & terminal allocation optimisation

One or two sessions will be organized to assist with the assignments a

and c

Course grading: 40% for 1 assignment, 60% on final written exam

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6. Introduction to the assignment
3. freight
I. Demand analysis / flow analysis
demand
modelling
Get insight in the order of magnitude of national trade and vehicle
flows, based on international and regional I/O tables
Important issues to address:
flow to vehicle conversions (related to physical characteristics of cargo
and vehicles as well as logistics characteristics of transport modes and
services);
empty trips, partially loaded vehicles
resulting traffic intensities and distribution per hour (road), day (rail, inland
shipping, deep sea shipping)

Data:
-give some base data, but a need to find additional data for
essential variables
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6. Introduction to assignments
2. business
II. Investment & exploiting terminals/hubs
models &
networks
5. sust. & city
commercial financial analysis of exploiting terminals distr.
(example case inland waterway terminal)
investment costs calculation based on throughput estimation and
terminal design (size, equipment)
costs of terminal operations (cost components), benefits of
operations (fees)
introducing additional criteria/factors such as size limitations,
regulation etc., forcing users to tranship)
designing optimisation strategies city side / regional side (taking into
account consolidation and vehicle size optimisation, with storage
time and transhipment costs as disbenefits)

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6. Introduction to assignments
2. business
models &
III. Network optimisation networks
4. freight
transport
intermodal terminal & network optimisation (nationalscale)
network
optimisation
introducing mode-specific cost/distance characteristics and
cost factors related to transhipments
calculation of break-even distances
optimisation of hub location (1 hub out of possible 10
locations)

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6. Grades
Deliver assignment 1 as a separate file (Pdf, Word, Excel).
Please save the assignment with assignment number and
student names. Sent assignment 1 to Vleugel pls.

Deliver assignment 2 as a separate word file (max 5 pgs report

with explanation and argumentation plus an Excel file with the
respective calculation models. Please save the assignment with
student names plus assignment number. Sent assignment 2 to
Wiegmans pls.

Deliver assignment 3 as a separate file (Pdf, Excel). Please save

the assignment with the assignment number and student
names. Sent assignment 3 to vBinsbergen pls.

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6. Grades
Also deliver separate hard copies of each assignment part
(assignment parts are graded by different lecturers) to the
respective lecturer

Each mark (exam and the average of assignments a-c must be

above 5,5)

One element of the assignment (a, b or c) can be improved if

the total average mark for the assignment is above 4,5 (with
maximum improvement of 1 point)

Average for the assignment 5,5 or higher only improvement

with a maximum of 0.5 point

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6. Grades

One part of the assignment (a, b, or c) can be improved

(deadline within 2 weeks after grades are made available on
Osiris)

Written exam can be redone at any time (2 times a year)

Grades (>= 5,8) of the exam or the assignment can be taken to

the following year at any time

Groups of 6

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6. Exam:

A strict admission policy will be used to ensure that students

who have not registered for an exam will not be able to take it

Students will be required to show an exam ticket and a campus

card in order to gain access to the exam

Students without registration/exam tickets will not gain access

to the exam

Exams taken by students who have not registered are not

marked

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