Investigating the impact of greening harbor trucking initiative on port sustainability performance

可持续的海运供应链对于促进现代企业增长和确保健康的市场环境至关重要。港口作为全球供应链中的主要参与者，在该地区做出了至关重要的贡献。在这个项目中，我们正在调查蒙特利尔港务局最近实施的绿色港口卡车运输倡议，该倡议旨在改善蒙特利尔港口拖运司机的周转时间。该倡议涉及在港口码头为卡车和不同出入境点部署无线电频率识别标签等通信技术，以及收集交通数据并通过在线门户向拖拉机司机传达交通状况，以帮助他们更好地安排行程。减少周转时间不仅可以提高生产率，还可以最大限度地减少蒙特利尔港与卡车运输相关的温室气体排放。本项目的主要目标是a)。评估绿化港口卡车运输举措对蒙特利尔港可持续业绩的影响，b)。将其绩效与在世界各地港口实施的其他可比举措和c)进行基准比较。找出成功的障碍和推动因素，并提出建议。港口可持续发展绩效评估的有效方法和绿色港口卡车运输计划的基准将有助于蒙特利尔港口的决策者规划实现港口整体可持续发展绩效的计划，从而为加拿大社区带来更大的经济(通过最大限度地减少周转时间和提高生产率)、社会(通过减少拥堵和驾驶员压力)和环境效益(通过最大限度地减少空转卡车排放的温室气体)。该项目还将在可持续海运供应链规划的背景下，在可持续绩效评估、模拟、标杆和数据挖掘领域培训三名高素质人员，以建立加拿大在该领域的技术实力。

Sustainable maritime supply chains are essential to promote modern business growth and ensure healthy market environments. Ports being a major player in global supply chains contribute vitally in the area. In this project, we are investigating the greening harbor trucking initiative recently implemented by the Montreal Port Authority to improve the turnaround times for drayage drivers at Port of Montreal. The initiative involves deployment of communication technologies such as Radio Frequency Identification Tags for trucks and various points of entry and exit at port terminals, and traffic data collection and communication of traffic conditions to drayage drivers by means of an online portal to help them better organize their trips. Reduction in turnaround times will not only result in increased productivity but also minimization of trucking related green house gas emissions at the Port of Montreal. The key objectives of this project are to a). assess the impact of the greening harbor trucking initiative on sustainability performance of the port of Montreal, b). benchmark its performance with other comparable initiatives implemented at ports worldwide and c). identify the barriers and enablers in making it a success and generate recommendations. Efficient methods for sustainability performance evaluation of ports and benchmarking of the greening harbor trucking initiative will assist decision makers at the Port of Montreal in planning initiatives for achieving overall port sustainability performance, thereby bringing larger economic (by minimizing turnaround times and increased productivity), social (by reducing congestion and driver stress), and environmental benefits (by minimizing green house gas emissions from idling trucks) to the Canadian community. The project will also train three Highly Qualified Personnel in the areas of sustainability performance evaluation, simulation, benchmarking, and data mining in the context of sustainable maritime supply chain planning to build the technical strength of Canada in this domain.