Estimation of Warehouse Throughput in Freight Transport Demand Model for the Netherlands

This paper presents an extension of the classical four-step freight modeling framework with a logistics chain model. Modeling logistics at the regional level establishes a link between trade flow and transport flow, allows the warehouse and distribution center locations and throughput volumes to be determined, and permits more detailed and accurate policy decision support systems. This paper describes a two-stage logistics model that estimates the volume of regional warehouse throughput. The first stage estimates interregional trade flows by means of a gravity model application and starts from regional production and consumption volumes. The second stage, the logistics chain model, splits the production–consumption flow between direct shipments and shipments that go through warehouse facilities. An aggregate multinomial logit discrete choice model is used to determine the flow volumes for each of the possible logistics chains. Consistency is achieved between the gravity and logistics chain models by a joint estimation of unknown parameters. A new data set from a transport flow survey produced by Statistics Netherlands is used; the data set includes information on the types of loading and unloading location. This data set enables model calibration with respect to regional warehouse throughput. The proposed logistics chain model produces accurate estimates of regional warehouse throughput and plausible parameter values. The paper presents the specification of the new model, the data set used, and the results of the estimation.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/2379-02
• Summary URL:
  http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Estimation+of+Warehouse+Throughput+in+Freight+Transport+Demand+Model+for+the+Netherlands&author=I.+Davydenko&author=L.+Tavasszy&publication_year=2013
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• Authors:
  • Davydenko, Igor Y
  • Tavasszy, Lóránt A
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 9–17
• Monograph Title: Freight Operations 2013
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2379
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demand; Freight traffic; Logistics; Multinomial logits; Supply chain management; Warehouses
• Uncontrolled Terms: Chain modeling; Throughput (Freight capacity)
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01476838
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309287043
• Report/Paper Numbers: 13-3590
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 27 2013 9:37AM