Building on a study regarding southwest German hinterland in the HiRo I project, the Department of Corporate Management and Logistics is investigating the market potential of container transports from the NRW hinterland to the seaports of the North Range in the HiRo II project together with the Port of Rotterdam and Contargo. The aim of the project is to identify routes that strengthen intermodal transport on the one hand and the port of Rotterdam in the intense competition for container capacities from and to the NRW hinterland on the other hand.
At the centre of the study is a comprehensive simulation study which examines the container volume from NRW, both in import and export, combined with the relations of rail and inland waterway transport. For this purpose, the different market shares and modal decisions are considered for each region examined.
In the first HiRo project, decision variables were identified which are relevant for the actors in the logistic supply chains to select ports, means of transport and routes. A central finding of the first HiRo project was that the quality of the hinterland connection is one of the decisive factors for the choice of port. In order to identify the market potential of various new routes, a rational decision maker is therefore used to determine the influence of new routes on the market shares of the various ports.
Key Data:
Duration: May 2019 to November 2019
Partner:
- Havenbedrijf Rotterdam N.V.
- Contargo GmbH & Co. KG
Project lead: Michael Gleser
HiRo II – Market potential of container transports from the hinterland near North Rhine-Westphalia towards Rotterdam
- Modeling approach: Agent-based
- Performance criterion: Analysis of changes in the market shares of North Range ports when additional hinterland connections were established in NRW.
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