Publications

To download or access the reports and publications of the Green Logistics research consortium, please chose a topic under Themes and Outputs, then select a theme and go to 'Outputs'.

Here below, additional publications are available for free download.

Logistics Research Network Annual Conference

Cardiff, 9-11 September 2009
Volatile and Fragile Supply Chains

Conference papers

T. Cherrett, F. McLeod, S. Maynard, A. Hickford, J. Allen and M. Browne: Understanding Retail Supply Chains to Enable Greener Logistics

J. Edwards, A. McKinnon, T. Cherrett, F. McLeod and L. Song: The impact of failed home deliveries on carbon emissions: Are collection / delivery points environmentally friendly alternatives?

J. Edwards, A. McKinnon and S. Cullinane: Carbon Auditing the Last Mile: Modelling the Environment Impacts of Conventional and Online Non-food Shopping

J. Leonardi and M. Browne: Method for assessing the carbon footprint of maritime freight transport: European case study and results

S. Maynard and T. Cherrett: Understanding Retail Waste Logistics - Opportunities for a more sustainable approach

A. McKinnon: Logistics and Land: the Changing Land Use Requirements of Logistical Activity

M. Piecyk and A. McKinnon: Analysing global energy trends in road freight transport

M. Piotrowska, M. Browne, D. Briggs, J. Richardson and I. Wainwright: The scope for sustainable distribution and servicing in the Regent Street area of Central London

V. Sanchez -Rodrigues, J. Cowburn, A. Potter and M. Naim: Diagnosis of Extra Distance in the UK FMCG Primary Transport Sector

M. Triantafyllou and T. Cherrett: The logistics of managing hazardous waste - A case study analysis in the retail sector
(LRN2009 best paper award)

A. Woodburn: An assessment of the operational factors affecting rail freight sustainability in Britain

Internalising the External Costs of Light Goods Vehicle Transport in Britain

J. Allen, M. Piecyk and A. McKinnon (2008)

abstract
To what extent do the taxes paid by the light goods vehicles (LGVs) users in Britain cover their allocated infrastructural, environmental and congestion costs?
This report is a continuation of a study on the internalisation of the external costs of heavy goods vehicle activity. Research undertaken jointly by the Transport Studies Group at University of Westminster and Logistics Research Centre at Heriot-Watt University has attempted to answer this question using official government transport statistics and monetary valuations for the external costs.
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A. Woodburn, J. Allen, M. Browne and J. Leonardi: The Impact of Globalisation on International Road and Rail Freight Transport Activity

Past Trends and Future Perspectives

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A. McKinnon: Synchronised Auditing of Truck Utilisation and Energy Efficiency

A Review of the British Government's Transport KPI Programme

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Logistics Research Network - 2008

Supply Chain Innovations: People, Practice and Performance

conference papers, in: A. Lyons (Eds) Logistics Research Network 2008 - Conference proceedings, Univ of Liverpool

M. Browne, C. Rizet, J. Leonardi and J. Allen - Analysing energy use in supply chains: the case of fruits, vegetables

S. Cullinane, J. Edwards and A. McKinnon - Clicks vs. bricks on campus

J. Edwards, S. Cullinane and A. McKinnon - Carbon auditing conventional and online book supply chains

J. Leonardi, C. Rizet, M. Browne, J. Allen, P.J. Perez-Martinez and R. Worth - Improving energy efficiency in the road freight transport sector

A. McKinnon, J. Edwards, M. Piecyk and A. Palmer - Traffic congestion, reliability and logistical performance

M. Piecyk and A. McKinnon - A survey of expert opinion on the environmental impact of road freight transport in the UK in 2020

Y. Wang, A. Potter and M. Naim - The potential for a regional electronic logistics marketplace

A. Woodburn - The challenge of high cube ISO containers for British rail freight operations

Reverse Logistics Report - March 2008

Developing Innovative and More Sustainable Approaches to Reverse Logistics for the Collection, Recycling and Disposal of Waste Products from Urban Centres
Fraser McLeod, Adrian Hickford, Sarah Maynard, Tom Cherrett and Julian Allen

An overall aim of this report is to gain an understanding of the transport logistics associated with delivering core goods to commercial businesses in urban areas (high streets, shopping centres, etc.) and with the collection of returned goods and of waste materials from retailers. Core goods are defined here as those goods which are of fundamental importance to the business activity. So, for example, for retail outlets it would be the goods sold to customers and for service industries it would be the goods that are essential for the day-to-day operation of the business. In doing this, a secondary aim is to try to determine how different supply chains might join together in their returns or waste collection operations either through shared use of vehicles, staff or of premises, e.g. warehouses.

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40th Annual UTSG Conference - Southampton, 3 - 5 January 2008

An Investigation of Container Train Service Provision and Load Factors in Great Britain
Allan Woodburn

The continued growth in the volume of international trade poses considerable economic and sustainability challenges, particularly as transport routes become more congested and concern grows about the role of transport movements in accelerating climate change. Rail freight plays a major role in the inland transport of containers passing through the main British container ports, and potentially could play a more significant role in the future. However, there is little detailed understanding of the nature of this particular rail market, especially in terms its current operating efficiency.

This paper examines container train service provision to/from the four main ports, based on analysis of a representative survey of more than 500 container trains between February and August 2007. The extent to which the existing capacity is utilised is presented, and scenarios by which the number of containers carried could be increased without requiring additional train service provision are modelled, to identify the theoretical potential for greater rail volumes. Finally, the paper identifies the challenges involved in achieving higher load factors, emphasising the importance both of wider supply chain considerations and government policy decision-making.

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Green Logistics Report - November 2007

Internalising the External Costs of Road Freight Transport

Maja Piecyk, Alan McKinnon

To what extent do the taxes paid by lorries in the UK cover their allocated infrastructural, environmental and congestion costs?

Research undertaken by the Logistics Research Centre at Heriot-Watt University has attempted to answer this question using official government transport statistics and monetary valuations for the external costs.

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