Introduction
The 14th International Conference on City Logistics will be held on 19th May
– 21st May 2027 in Algarve, Portugal, following previous International
Conferences on City Logistics that took place in: July 1999 in Cairns, Australia,
June 2001 in Okinawa, Japan, June 2003 in Madeira, Portugal, July 2005 in
Langkawi, Malaysia, July 2007 in Crete, Greece, June 2009 in Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico, June 2011 in Mallorca, Spain, June 2013 in Bali, Indonesia, June 2015 in
Tenerife, Spain, June 2017 in Phuket, Thailand, June 2019 in Dubrovnik, Croatia,
June 2023 in Bordeaux, France, and June 2025 in Penang, Malaysia.
Urban freight transport has become an important issue in urban planning.
There are many challenges and problems relating to increasing levels of traffic
congestion, environmental impacts and energy conservation. In addition,
freight carriers are expected to provide higher levels of service with lower costs.
To address these complicated and difficult problems, numerous city logistics
schemes have been proposed and implemented in several cities, including:
cooperative freight transport systems, urban consolidation centre, advanced
information systems, public freight terminals, the regulation of load factors,
and off-hour delivery. City logistics schemes are relatively new concepts that are
aimed at increasing the efficiency of urban freight transport systems as well as
reducing traffic congestion and impacts on the environment. However, new
visions, technologies, and policy measures need to be developed and studied
before city logistics schemes can be effectively deployed. Moreover, any risks
due to natural and manmade disasters should be incorporated in city logistics
schemes.
Objectives
This conference aims to provide an opportunity to exchange knowledge,
experience and perspectives on city logistics and urban freight transport.
Recent developments in creating visions, technologies and policy measures
that facilitate the deployment of various city logistics schemes will be
discussed. Since city logistics schemes have already been implemented in
several cities, a review of the performance of these schemes will also be
presented. Also, an overview of the development and application of several
mathematical models and effects of e-commerce on urban freight transport
will be given. The conference also provides an opportunity to discuss future
initiatives of the Institute for City Logistics that are aimed at promoting
international research collaboration and information exchange.
Organising committee
Chairperson: Eiichi Taniguchi (Kyoto University, Japan)
Russell G. Thompson (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
Michael Browne (The University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Johan G.S.N. Visser (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Ron van Duin (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Kazuya Kawamura (University of Illinois, USA)
Jose Holguin-Veras (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)
Johan Joubert (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Remy Dupas (University of Bordeaux, France)
Takanori Sakai (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan)