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penultimate mile, delivery
Steinwerder for building the freight village. A tube un- der the Elbe is to link it with the city hubs planned in Central Hamburg and Altona. SCL sees this as the most effective solution, given the short distance to the city centre and the hinterland infrastructure.
In practice, the goods are to be pre-picked. Shipment by pal- let will be charged in the same way as customers now pay for stowage space on a truck. “Like this, 5,000 pallets could be despatched daily, and up to 1,000 truck tours saved,” says Kühnhold. To move a step nearer to- wards these goals, the challenge now is to digitalize and optimize control of goods movements. Slot booking is planned, which will guarantee for- warders a degree of flexibility. SCL sees this as ena- bling more dependable organization of goods flow in- to the city centre, with SCL featuring as the service
provider for the ‘penultimate mile’.
The system is so constructed that the tube offers two lanes for pallets. That means that goods can not only be transported into the city, but also sent out. In- bound, the system would supply services and crafts- men and transport all kinds of merchandise, while re-
From the City Hub, the goods go into last-mile delivery
turns, empties and recyclables would be brought directly back out of the city.
Along with concrete discussions with potential inves- tors, technical preliminaries have already com- menced. With assistance from BWI, SCL is searching for suitable sites in the city centre for the first City Hub.
The Smart City Loop is to be completed by 2024. That would make Hamburg the first city with an al- ternative transport system of this type, a pioneer in transforming mobility. BWI’s willingness to pro- mote sustainable schemes of this type also demon- strates how vital climate change is for the Hanseat- ic City. ■
collection of recyclables
Lea Mentzel
Infobox
• Alternativegreentransportforinner-citygoods traffic
• Palletizedgoodsbroughtintothecitybyanunder- ground, unmanned transport system
• Two-laneoperationofferssolutionforsupplyand waste disposal issues
• Slot-bookingprocessfacilitatesflexibilityand reliability
• Feasibilitystudyprovescommercialviabilityforthe city and forwarders
• AnnualCO2savingof10,000tonspossible
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