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Logistics &<br />
Transport Award<br />
“Full load – half the emissions” nominated<br />
for the Logistics & Transport Award<br />
The Gothenburg project ”Full load – half the emissions”, which is being run by DB <strong>Schenker</strong>’s<br />
Gothenburg District, has been nominated as one of three finalists for the Logistics & Transport<br />
Award 2011 in the Environmental Investment of the Year category.<br />
“We have received a large number of entries for this year’s<br />
competition and the jury have selected you as one of the three<br />
finalists in this category. The winner will be announced at the<br />
award ceremony on May 26, which will take place on stage in<br />
conjunction with the Logistics & Transport Fair in Gothenburg.”<br />
The Logistics & Transport Award was established to reward<br />
those in the industry that have come to the fore as a result of<br />
their excellent transport and logistics work. The award was<br />
initiated by the journal Transport & Logistik iDag and is presented<br />
in collaboration with the Logistics & Transport Fair.<br />
DB <strong>Schenker</strong>’s Gothenburg District has “Full load – half the<br />
emissions” as a theme for its environmental programme. The<br />
aim is to halve carbon emissions in the city centre through to<br />
2015.<br />
The project covers three different areas<br />
Smart Logistics<br />
Vehicles and fuels<br />
Properties<br />
Smart Logistics<br />
Within Smart Logistics, DB <strong>Schenker</strong> is involved in a collaborative<br />
project “Climate smart city distribution”, run by<br />
Business Region Gothenburg with partners that include Volvo,<br />
DHL, Posten and Chalmers University of Technology. There<br />
are ongoing discussions with consignees, retailing associations<br />
and other parties to improve logistics in the city centre<br />
and to avoid unnecessary driving. The aim is to as far as possible<br />
optimise routes through consolidation.<br />
Vehicles and fuels<br />
“In consultation with automotive manufacturers and haulage<br />
companies we are currently testing different fuels,” explains<br />
District Manager Tomas Johansson. “At the end of 2010, there<br />
were three gas-powered parcel vehicles in operation and one<br />
hybrid gas/diesel distribution vehicle. A further gas-powered<br />
vehicle will be brought into operation next year and there are<br />
plans for a further hybrid vehicle.”<br />
Other fuels use traditional diesel mixed with RME, biogas and<br />
ACP Evolution Diesel, where tall oil has been refined together<br />
with normal crude oil.<br />
“There are many fuels that can be used,” states Tomas. “We<br />
must also be able to fill up vehicles and in that respect the<br />
solutions are not always available.”<br />
Climate-smart terminal<br />
The Gothenburg District also has plans to commence reconstruction<br />
of the terminal at Bäckebol in 2011. Even in this<br />
project, the environment is firmly in focus.<br />
“We’re looking at in-house logistics and the working environment<br />
and when it comes to sustainability we’re working<br />
to have the terminal certified according to the international<br />
environmental certification system LEED,” Tomas explains.<br />
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