In order to keep up with the increasing number of construction projects in Amsterdam, the City of Amsterdam, Port of Amsterdam, Waternet and TNO (the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) have launched a partnership project in Amsterdam focusing on building logistics.
As part of the project, the partners will create a multimodal building hub in the Port of Amsterdam. This will be used to redirect a maximum amount of construction traffic from the road to the water from a single point located on the water.
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An initial information session for businesses was held at Prodock in Amsterdam on 19 April, which shared ideas on the possibilities and opportunities of the multimodal building hub. One of the key outcomes of the session was a keen interest among local businesses in a pilot project to be launched later this year. The pilot aims to make construction companies to start operating this building hub and optimise construction flows.
The pilot project will start in April 2018, with an initial evaluation scheduled for November 2018. If successful, the project will be expanded across other construction projects in Amsterdam’s city centre.
However, urban logistics are associated with negative effects such as pollution. The European Commission has set a binding target of eliminating harmful emissions such as particulate matter and carbon dioxide from city centres across Europe by 2030. In the Netherlands, the Green Deal for Zero-Emission Urban Logistics aims to achieve emission-free urban logistics by 2025. This requires a variety of measures in a number of different areas, including not only studies into new technologies, but also numerous practical tests.
