Allocation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Containers in Multimodal Transshipment Terminals using Simulation

Abstract

The assessment of emissions caused by logistics operations in general and their allocation to individual customers in particular are major challenges for logistics service providers. Presently, numerous standards and guidelines exist (e.g. ISO 14064-1, ISO 14065, DIN EN 14040, DIN EN 14044, DIN EN 16258, PAS 2050) for the calculation of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions caused by logistics processes. To support container terminal operators to determine their emissions, we use simulation to allocate overall emissions in a container terminal to a single container handling. To approach this goal, at first this paper describes the measurement of energy consumption from the handling equipment. After that, the paper shows the simulation approach to allocate the emissions.