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The global Cold Chain Logistics (CCL) industry has grown in size with significant positive impact on the GDP of many economies. It however stills suffers from poorly managed service level agreements, inadequate cold chain visibility and cargo losses. Such losses are mainly caused by lack of real time information about the current status of cargo as well as lacking insight into the possible impact...
The transport and logistics industry has to confront many challenges to achieve the objective of efficient distributed operations, such as vehicle and cargo traceability and security. Research has identified effective fuel management, including fuel theft, as a major concern within the road freight logistics industry, as fuel expenditure constitutes a significant portion of the running costs of transport...
Overload control is an important aspect of freight corridors in developing countries that largely depend on road transport to move goods between ports and areas of production and consumption. As the frequent weighing of trucks slows down the supply chain and add to operational costs, effective overload control must find a balance between the potentially conflicting goals of protection of infrastructure...
The sub-Sahara African economy is suffering from the inefficient management of trade corridors. Long delays experienced at weigh bridges and border posts are a big contributor towards the slow average movement of freight. Weigh bridge and cross-border operations are complicated by the conflicting law-enforcement objectives of authorities versus efficiency objectives of transport operators. It furthermore...
The automated detection of vehicles forms an important part of Intelligent Transportation Systems. The vehicle number plate is the primary token used for the identification of the vehicle; the number plates industry is however plagued by counterfeit or duplicate plates used to evade the law. ANPR can partly fulfill the requirement for automated vehicle identification but cannot differentiate between...
Inefficiency of road freight transport is one of the primary factors that hamper the economy of sub-Saharan Africa. Long delays experienced at border posts are the single biggest contributor towards the slow average movement of freight. Cross-border operations are complicated by the conflicting security objectives of customs authorities versus efficiency objectives of transport operators. It furthermore...
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