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Fostering International Collaboration: Visiting Maynooth University in Ireland
2024/12/12
On 9 December 2024, Ralf Elbert and Ren Kajiyama had the pleasure of visiting Maynooth University in Ireland. The visit was a fantastic opportunity to engage in meaningful discussions and exchange ideas.
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Congratulations to “Dr.” Ruben Tessmann for his successful disputation!
2024/12/09
On December 4, 2024, Ruben Tessmann successfully defended his dissertation! Under the title “Community Systems – Digital Platforms in Transshipment Hubs”, he has submitted an impressive thesis that is academically convincing and makes a practical contribution to a central topic of digital transformation in logistics.
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Building Resilient Global Logistics: Highlights from SIG B3’s November Seminar
2024/12/09
Global logistics face growing challenges—from infrastructure upgrades to environmental challenges. On November 14, WCTRS Special Interest Group B3 hosted an inspiring online session tackling intermodal transport resilience, featuring industry experts like Jürgen Albersmann (CEO, Contargo Trimodal Network).
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Wie können alternative Handelsrouten die Logistik der Zukunft prägen?
2024/12/03
Unser wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter Yuerui Tang hat im Rahmen der Fachkonferenz „Konnektivitätsinitiativen“ des House of Logistics and Mobility in Frankfurt am Main spannende Einblicke in die Potenziale und Herausforderungen der Transkaspischen Route gegeben – einer aufstrebenden Alternative im Warenverkehr zwischen China und Europa mit vielversprechenden Perspektiven.
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Logistics Live! Visit to Amazon in Weiterstadt and the DUSS Terminal Frankfurt East
2024/11/28
How do logistics companies deal with unforeseeable challenges? Our students looked for answers – and found them! As part of the “Logistics Live!” excursion, 26 students, accompanied by our research assistants Ren Kajiyama and Yuerui Tang, immersed themselves in practice.
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Digital transformation in Combined Transport: presentation at the 22nd Hessian Mobility Congress 2024
2024/11/28
On the road to sustainable and environmentally friendly logistics, there is no way around intermodal freight transport: at the 22nd Hessian Mobility Congress, our research associate Paul Bossong presented how digital platforms can drive the transformation of combined road/rail freight transport.
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How can freight transport become more sustainable using digital platforms?
2024/11/28
The European Green Deal aims to reduce transport emissions by 90 % by 2050. Therefore, more environmentally friendly modes of freight transport are becoming increasingly important. It is intermodal freight transport which can help reduce emissions: If the first and last mile take place on the road and the main run, i.e. the longest distance, is shifted to rail, the strengths of both modes of transport are combined. However, combining multiple modes of transport increases complexity. In their article in “Industrial Innovations”, Prof. Ralf Elbert, Paul Bossong, Dr. Anne Reinhardt look at how emerging digital platforms aim to overcome this challenge.
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Using digital transport platforms effectively in combined road/rail freight transport – but how? Final project meeting at the HOLM
2024/09/17
Am 13. September 2024 trafen sich Ralf Elbert und Paul Bossong mit den assoziierten Partner*innen zum erfolgreichen Abschlusstreffen des Forschungsprojekts „ConnectedKV“ im House of Logistics and Mobility (HOLM) in Frankfurt. Gemeinsam haben sie darüber diskutiert, wie digitale Plattformen den Kombinierten Straßen-/Schienengüterverkehr effizienter gestalten können – und dabei spannende Erkenntnisse gewonnen!
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Can rail freight also do 'fast and small'? – Market requirements and opportunities in combined transport (CT)
2024/09/17
On 12 September 2024, the House of Logistics and Mobility (HOLM) in Frankfurt hosted an event that brought together numerous industry experts and specialists from the field of combined transport.The focus was on presentations and discussions on key challenges and common goals: CO2reduction, solutions to the shortage of skilled workers and greater efficiency and reliability on the first and last mile of freight transport.
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Project completed: How can a data room increase efficiency in combined road/rail freighttransport?
2024/09/17
Our research project “DataKV” sought to answer this question! We used qualitative interview studies to investigate the requirements and potential for the development of a digital data space in Hesse. The aim? To promote the exchange of information and the efficiency of processes in and around combined transport terminals.