Potential Economic Impact of High Productivity Vehicles for Woodchip Transport in the Green Triangle Region of Australia

Mark W Brown; Damian Walsh

Conference paper

Potential Economic Impact of High Productivity Vehicles for Woodchip Transport in the Green Triangle Region of Australia

Mark W Brown and Damian Walsh

Proceedings of the 12th Institute of Road Transport Engineers of New Zealand (IRTENZ) International Conference: Transport Technology & Productivity 2010, pp.1-8

Institute of Road Transport Engineers of New Zealand (IRTENZ) International Conference: Transport Technology & Productivity, 12th (Rotorua, New Zealand, 27-Jul-2010–29-Jul-2010)

Institute of Road Transport Engineers of New Zealand

2010

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Abstract

Forestry Sciences

Transportation and Freight Services

performance based standards

forestry

high productivity

transport efficiency

Transport is one of the major costs for forest operations in Australia so industry is eager to explore options to improve the efficiency of their freight task. Through looking at their current payload efficiency using weigh bridge data it was noted that different configurations offer over double potential payload as compared to the basic semi-trailer but suffer from limited access. With the availability of Performance Based Standards to introduce new high productivity configurations the industry is now exploring three new configurations that have the potential to reduce cost by as much as 22% and fuel use and thus greenhouse gas emissions by up to 26%.

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Title: Potential Economic Impact of High Productivity Vehicles for Woodchip Transport in the Green Triangle Region of Australia
Authors: Mark W Brown (Author) - University of Melbourne
Damian Walsh (Author) - University of Tasmania
Publication details: Proceedings of the 12th Institute of Road Transport Engineers of New Zealand (IRTENZ) International Conference: Transport Technology & Productivity 2010, pp.1-8
Conference details: Institute of Road Transport Engineers of New Zealand (IRTENZ) International Conference: Transport Technology & Productivity, 12th (Rotorua, New Zealand, 27-Jul-2010–29-Jul-2010)
Publisher: Institute of Road Transport Engineers of New Zealand
Date published: 2010
Organisation Unit: Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Industries Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450209402621
Output Type: Conference paper

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