Modelling performances of the supply chain(s) Served by the mega freight transport vehicles

Abstract

This paper deals with modelling of performances of the supply chain(s) served by different including the mega freight transport vehicles.The chain(s) consists of the spoke and hub supplier(s) and the hub and spoke consumer(s) of goods/freight shipments.The considered chain's performances are infrastructural, technical/technological, operational, economic, environmental, and social.The infrastructural performances relate to the characteristics of production, storing, and consumption plants of goods/freight shipments, and transport infrastructure spreading between them.The technical/technological performances reflect characteristics of the facilities and equipment for loading/unloading and storing goods/freight shipments including forms of their consolidation, and the freight vehicles transporting them between the hub supplier(s) and the hub consumer(s).The operational performances include the transport service frequency of goods/freight shipments, , size of deployed transport vehicle fleet, and its productivity.The economic performances embrace the inventory, handling, and transport cost.The environmental performances relate to the energy (fuel) consumption and the consequent emissions of GHG (Green House Gases).The social performances include noise, congestion, and safety (i.e., risk of incidents/accidents).The analytical models for estimating the above-mentioned performances of the generic configuration of supply chain operating according to the specified scenario(s) under given conditions are developed.The models are applied to the intercontinental supply chain exclusively served by the conventional and mega mega container ships aiming at investigating their effects/impacts on the chain's particular performances.

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