Logistics Concept Development in Multi-Actor Environments

Logistics Concept Development in Multi-Actor Environments Aligning stakeholders for successful development of public/private logistics systems by increased awareness of multi-actor objectives and perceptions Ron van Duin Logistics Concept Development in Multi-Actor Environments Aligning stakeholders for successful development of public/private logistics systems by increased awareness of multi-actor objectives and perceptions Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Technische Universiteit Delft, op gezag van de Rector Magnificus prof. ir. K.C.A.M. Luyben. voorzitter van het College voor Promoties in het openbaar te verdedigen op donderdag 23 oktober 2012 om 12.30 uur door Jan Hendrik Roelfinus Van Duin Doctorandus in de (bedrijfs) econometrie geboren te Rotterdam, Nederland Dit proefschrift is goedgekeurd door de promotoren: Prof. dr. ir. R.E.C.M. van der Heijden en Prof. dr. ir. L.A. Tavasszy Samenstelling promotiecommissie: Rector Magnificus voorzitter Prof. dr. ir. R.E.C.M. van der Heijden Technische Universiteit Delft, Promotor Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen Prof. dr. ir. L.A. Tavasszy Technische Universiteit Delft, Promotor Prof. dr. ir. A. Verbraeck Technische Universiteit Delft Prof. ir. J. Rijsenbrij Technische Universiteit Delft Prof. dr. H. Geerlings Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Prof. dr. C. Macharis Vrije Universiteit Brussel Prof. dr. F. Witlox Universiteit Gent Prof. dr. G.P. van Wee Technische Universiteit Delft, reservelid TRAIL Thesis Series T2012/6, the Netherlands TRAIL Research School TRAIL Research School PO Box 5017 2600 GA Delft The Netherlands T: +31 (0) 15 278 6046 F: +31 (0) 15 278 4333 E: [email protected] ISBN: 978-90-5584-156-1 Copyright © 2012 by J.H.R. van Duin All rights reserved. No part of the material protect by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the author. Printed in The Netherlands (Nederland) Preface Wat we willen What we want Momenten Moments Van helderheid of brightness Of beter nog: van grote Or even better of great Klaarheid Clarity Schaars zijn die momenten Scarce are these moments En ook nog goed verborgen And well hidden Zoeken heeft dus Searching makes Nauwelijks zin, maar little sense,although Vinden wel Finding does (Martin Bril†) The poem reflects well the romantic longing of writing a PhD. Obviously the author Martin Bril did not have ‘writing a PhD’ in his mind when he wrote this poem, but nevertheless for me it reflects well the internal motivation of a PhD-student. Once you have decided to start a PhD the research issue has to be chosen. For me, as a boy born and raised in Rotterdam, it is almost in my genes that it has something to do with logistics. Inspired by the (un)loading of the large vessels in the Rotterdam harbour I must confess I still feel proud to be a ‘Rotterdammer’ when I watch the logistics activities in ‘our’ harbour. Mark Twain said once ‘chance is the main inventor’. I was lucky to work for a period with Mark van Twist as my roommate. ‘Myriapod’ Mark met ‘Myriapod’ Pieter Bots and they had interesting stories about multi-actor-analysis. Inspired by their conversations I became aware of the power relations, strategic behaviours, the power of metaphors, and hidden agendas. This was an interesting new world for a simple econometrist as me, whose research world relied mostly on self-made models. It was even more interesting for me when Pieter Bots chose to formalise the actor analysis. After several sessions and discussions the DANA (Dynamic Actor Network Analysis) –tool was developed and this inspired my interest in i ii Logistics Concept Development in Multi-Actor Environments multi-actor situations. Therefore I thank Mark and Pieter for their inspiration and the good discussions we had. As master thesis supervisor I was able to coach students on a couple of projects which were helpful to work out some of my ideas. Therefore I want to thank especially my students Johan Kneyber, Dennis Kuiper, Jouke Dessens, Mels van der Voet, Bin Wang and Alexander Kloppers. It was nice working together and I noticed the same enthusiasm for research. For their critical reading and thinking I must thank my co-authors (and many times became close friends) Eiichi Taniguchi, Hans Quak, Jesús Muñuzuri, Harry Geerlings, Lori Tavasszy and Bert van Wee. The writing-process with you provided a good synergetic quality for the articles. Of course, many more colleagues should be credited as they have contributed to a pleasant and inspiring working atmosphere, not forgetting the laughs. Some of these inspiring colleagues are Maarten Kroesen, Nilesh Anand, JanAnne Annema, Caspar Chorus, Marcel Ludema, Eric Molin, Vincent Marchau, John Baggen, Jan-Willem van der Pas, Bart Wiegmans, Ekki Kreutzberger, and Marisa de Brito. Special thanks go to Akos Wetters, Bert van Wee, Lori Tavasszy, and our Dean Theo Toonen for their effort to support me by organising a lecturinging-free period in which I was able to concentrate fully on finishing my dissertation despite the severe budget cuts at our faculty. To Rachel Heap who corrected my summary and chapters 1, 7 and 8 into proper English. To Conchita van der Stelt who supported me with the book format. To Lori, my promoter, you were able to structure my thoughts and smoothly streamline my writing. Symbolically you were Polonius in Shakespeare’s Hamlet ‘there is a method in the madness’. To Rob, my promoter, I must confess that I should have been listening more to Nietzsche: ‘One repays a teacher badly if one always remains but a pupil’. A long time ago I started with the idea of writing a dissertation. I thank you for your unending patience and the confidence you showed in my ability to finish it. Most of all I thank you for understanding that there are sometimes incidents in a personal life which are much more important than writing a PhD. Therefore I end this preface with by thanking the most important people in my life. My children Lara, Rik, Luuk and Tim for claiming the computer and being socially abandoned at moments when they wanted to chat with their friends or to play games with their friends. My parents Co and Ali, my sister Corinne and many close friends to whom I have had to explain many times why the progress of my dissertation was lagging behind or had stalled completely. Last but not least my wife Marjolein, who always gave me wise advice to focus on one goal instead of being tempted by other challenges, to remain more selfish and just to focus on finishing my dissertation. As the Dalai Lama says: ‘Devotion is the essence of the path’. Finally, I dedicate this thesis to two important people in my life who passed away far too young: Nelleke Huijsdens, the mother of my children, who was the first one who supported me in beginning with a PhD and Gerard Kuypers, a close college friend who introduced me into the scientific philosophical world and gave me scientific inspiration during long nights which lasted until the sun rose. Ron van Duin Millingen a/d Rijn, June 2012 Contents Preface i Contents iii 1 Logistics on the move 1 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 1 1.2 The evolution of logistics systems thinking: public & private concerns ....... 4 1.3 Towards a multi-stakeholders oriented concept design .............................. 12 1.4 Research questions .................................................................................... 16 1.5 Research approach .................................................................................... 18 1.6 Research outline ........................................................................................ 21 1.7 Research contents ...................................................................................... 24 References .......................................................................................................... 26 2 Real time simulation of auctioning and re-scheduling processes in hybrid freight markets 33 2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................... 34 2.2 The freight contract system ....................................................................... 35 2.3 Experimental setting to evaluate the matching system ............................... 39 2.3.1 Performance indicators ..................................................................... 43 2.3.2 Behaviour scenarios in the simulations ............................................. 44 2.4 Results of the experiments ......................................................................... 45 2.4.1 Carriers ............................................................................................ 45 2.4.2 Shippers ........................................................................................... 50 2.4.3 Society ............................................................................................. 50 2.5 Conclusions ............................................................................................... 50 References .......................................................................................................... 51 3 Estimating CO2-Footprints of container terminal port-operations 55 3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................... 56 3.2 Literature overview

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