Circular City Ports - Workbook

3 Logistics Platforms Brussels
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Location Scale Tag
A network of transhipment platforms along the canal
City Port
Port region
Transhipment
policy document
- Last mile project
- Regional Strategic Plan
for Freight Transport
company using water
delta
LOGISTIC PLATFORMS
Logistic function
or cluster
hinterland
industrial port
Logistic function
or cluster
Logistic function
or cluster
Port of Brussels
Logistic function
or cluster
Construction site
city port
city
flow of goods flow of knowledge or influence industrial symbiosis other
What’s happening? How does it happen?
The Port of Brussels is developing a network of
transshipment platforms along the canal, in order
to organize urban distribution by waterway. The
aim behind these platforms is to ensure the delivery
of goods as close as possible to the end user and
to reduce the costs involved in the ‘last kilometre’.
However, the longer this post-routing distance is,
the more cost-effective it is to use high-capacity
vehicles. On the opposite, smaller and greener vehicles
that are better adapted to the city can be used
when the distance traveled is reduced.
Why is this an interesting circular initiative for
circular ports?
This project promotes the use of waterways, reduces
road traffic congestion, and offers a realistic alternative
to reorganize urban logistics. This platform
system makes it easy to integrate intelligent
palletized logistics that is better suited to the inland
ports where the city-port interface is under constant
pressure.