With its 1.9 million inhabitants, Hamburg represents in DECARBOMILE the Northern European context. Hamburg City legislated an ambitious climate protection law accompanied by a climate protection plan and a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) in 2020, which sets ambitious goals for the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions until 2030 (-55%) and 2050 (-95%) compared to 1990 levels.
In 2021, Hamburg also announced its strategy for decarbonisation in the urban logistics sector, which sets forth measures aimed at increasing sustainability and lowering emissions on the logistic last mile by 40% until 2030 in comparison to 2017 levels. This includes the establishment of a narrow network of urban consolidation centres, from which parcels and other goods are delivered using cargo bikes, and regulatory measures, which will incentivize logistics companies to use more sustainable modes of transportation.
Use case(s) description
Hamburg’s inland waterways offer a valuable opportunity to shift urban freight from road to river. By integrating electric barges with cargo-bike delivery, the city explores a low-carbon, multimodal logistics approach that reduces emissions and congestion while making use of existing infrastructure.
Use case(s) Infographics
In the Hamburg Living Lab, we want to utilise the exiting inland waterway in the city for urban logistics. For this, we have our consortium partner DPDHL who has agreed to test this new method of delivery for parcels to be delivered in the city centre. Thus, departing from a DPDHL centre in the outskirt, some parcels will be taken to a nearby quay and loaded on an electrical barge, constructed by one of our consortium partners once again (OHB). The barge will then sail 10 km to moor in the city centre where cargo-bikes will be waiting to be loaded. Finally, the cargo-bikes will make the last mile deliveries, showcasing a perfect example of multimodal logistic chain. This new process will in the end reduce the number of DPDHL trucks on the roads, as the barge constructed has a loading capacity of 40T.
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