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Delivery and Shipping Behaviour of Commercial Freight Demand of Logistics Service Providers – An Empirical Study for Berlin

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The delivery and shipping behaviour of companies as shippers and recipients in Berlin was investigated in the framework of an empirical study to derive the commercial freight demand and to subsequently estimate the freight transport demand generated. For this purpose, a primary data collection focussing on shipping and delivery behaviour of such companies was carried out, in which the decisions of shippers and recipients were analysed. Based on the collected data, the freight demand of different economic sectors could be described in detail. A high share of the delivery volume is generated by the retail sector. This sector generates many small consignments <30 kg, the majority of which are delivered or shipped by trucks <3.5 tons permissible total weight (ptw). Wholesale and manufacturing generate consignments >30 kg, in general cargo and pallets, which are transported by means of trucks >3.5 tons ptw. The survey results show the influence of the different economic sectors on consignment size, delivery and shipping frequency and choice of vehicle.

Keywords

  • Freight demand
  • Delivery and shipping behaviour
  • Freight transport
  • Delivery frequency
  • Shipping frequency

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  1. Institute of Transport Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.), Rudower Chaussee 7, 12489, Berlin, Germany

    Greta Hettich, Tilman Matteis & Carina Thaller

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  1. Institute of Transport Logistics, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany

    Uwe Clausen

  2. Institute of Transport Logistics, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany

    Marius Dellbrügge

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Table 4. Detailed information about the vehicle type with which the last consignments was delivered or shipped (Own diagram).
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Table 5. Detailed information about the share of vehicle types differentiated by economic sectors (Own diagram).
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Table 6. Detailed information about the changes during the Corona Pandemic differentiated by economic sectors (delivery behaviour) (Own diagram).
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Table 7. Detailed information about the changes during the Corona pandemic differentiated by economic sectors (shipping behaviour) (Own diagram).
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Table 8. Detailed information about the changes in deliveries per week during the Corona pandemic (Own diagram).
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Table 9. Detailed information about the changes in shipments per week during the Corona pandemic (Own diagram).
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Hettich, G., Matteis, T., Thaller, C. (2023). Delivery and Shipping Behaviour of Commercial Freight Demand of Logistics Service Providers – An Empirical Study for Berlin. In: Clausen, U., Dellbrügge, M. (eds) Advances in Resilient and Sustainable Transport. ICPLT 2023. Lecture Notes in Logistics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28236-2_8

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