An intelligent freight corridor overload control system

Hoffman, A.J.; Coning, Arno De

doi:10.1109/itsc.2014.6957943

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“…(i) Te bad state of the road network, specifcally along the Beira corridor, results in average truck travel speeds of as low as 10 km/h in some sections (ii) A large number of police stops along the corridors, specifcally in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Tanzania results in unnecessary delays for trucks (iii) Weighbridges along the same route are not linked to each other; as a result, a truck that is legally loaded is often weighed several times during the same trip, resulting in unnecessary queueing times, in line with previous fndings from other research [16] Border post delays are mostly attributed to the high level of physical customs inspections that cause some trucks to spend more than 2 weeks at a border. Te reason for the high rate of customs inspections can be linked to the lack of intelligent customs risk engines.…”

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Comparing Transport Corridors Based on Total Economic Cost

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2023

Journal of Advanced Transportation

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This paper compares the performance of three competing corridors serving landlocked SADC countries (Beira, Dar es Salaam, and Durban) based on total economic cost from the perspective of transporters, retailers, and manufacturers. The motivation for the research is the paradox that, while Beira is closest to the hinterland served by these corridors, it attracts the least cargo. Historical research compares corridors in terms of both direct costs and time delays, but without translating time delays and variability in time delays into the economic costs experienced by corridor users. Unpredictable time delays reduce the competitiveness of cargo owners forming part of global just-in-time value chains. Our novel TEC model includes direct costs and the cost impact of delays and variability in delays and quantifies the relative contributions of ports, border posts, and road travel. The Port’s efficiency proved to be the biggest differentiator between these corridors, followed by border posts and road links. We found that while the Beira corridor has the lowest cost if only average travel time is considered, the Durban corridor proves to be the most competitive when variability in time delays is also considered, explaining why Durban enjoys the largest share of cargo transported to the landlocked hinterland.

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Comparing Transport Corridors Based on Total Economic Cost

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2023

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“…If not, the vehicle will not be fined again. Besides avoiding repeated fines, the time savings enjoyed by transporters due to a reduction in the number of weighing of vehicles combined with reduced vehicle operational costs due to fewer stops, would also provide the required incentive for participation in a voluntary overload control scheme, according to experiences of other countries (Hoffman, De Coning 2014).…”

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Investigating Factors Affecting Road Freight Overloading Through the Integrated Use of BLR and Cart: A Case Study in China

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Overloading of road freight vehicles accelerates road damage, creates unfair competition in the transport market, and increases safety risk. There is a dearth of research on the mining of data of highway Freight Weight (FW), and this paper therefore aims to discover factors affecting road freight overloading based on highway FW data, with a view of developing strategies to mitigate such occurrences. A comprehensive sampling survey of road freight transportation was conducted in Anhui Province (China). Vehicle Characteristics (VC), Operation Mode (OM), and transportation information from a total of 3248 trucks were collected. In order to take advantage of the strengths associated with both statistical modelling techniques and non-parametric methods, a Classification And Regression Tree (CART) technique was integrated with Binary Logistic Regression (BLR) to reveal the factors affecting road freight overloading. The classification efficacy test shows that the BLR–CART method outperformed the BLR method in term of accuracy. It is also revealed that the factors affecting overloading of freight vehicles are the Type of Transportation (ToT), Rated Load (RL), OM, FW during the investigation period, interaction between RL and FW, and interaction among RL, FW, and Average Haul Distance (AHD). Road transport authorities should pay greater attention to these factors in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness of overloading inspection.

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“…The frequent weighing of trucks slows the supply chain down and increases operational costs, emphasizing the importance of using information and communication technologies to share information [16]. Since South African overweight control centers do not have electronic tracking, the lines generated at the centers force some vehicles, which may be overloaded, to find a way around the inspection, damaging the pavement and increasing road maintenance costs.…”

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Evaluating Impacts of Overweight in Road Freight Transportation: A Case Study in Brazil with System Dynamics

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Overweight vehicles in ornamental stone transportation reduce the lifespan of the pavement and increase accidents on Brazilian highways. This paper evaluates the relationship between different policies for the loading of ornamental stone vehicles and its externalities, such as the impact on costs with transportation, pavement maintenance and road accidents, using the System Dynamics (SD) method. The results confirm the advantages of reducing operational costs with the practice of overweight. However, as the overweight increases, the pavement maintenance and road accidents costs also increase. Therefore, the best vehicle loading policy depends on the relative importance of the economic and social costs involved.

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An intelligent freight corridor overload control system

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Comparing Transport Corridors Based on Total Economic Cost

Comparing Transport Corridors Based on Total Economic Cost

Investigating Factors Affecting Road Freight Overloading Through the Integrated Use of BLR and Cart: A Case Study in China

Evaluating Impacts of Overweight in Road Freight Transportation: A Case Study in Brazil with System Dynamics

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