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Title:Overview of global long-distance road Transportation of industrial roundwood
Authors:ID Kalle, Kärhä (Author)
ID Seuri, Milla (Author)
ID Mac Donagh, Patricio Miguel (Author)
ID Acuna, Mauricio (Author)
ID Kanzian, Christian (Author)
ID Petković, Vladimir (Author)
ID Gonçalves, Robert Renato Cesar (Author)
ID Suppi, Costa Luis Henrique (Author)
ID Coelho, da Cruz Rodrigo (Author)
ID Krumov, Tihomir (Author)
ID Triplat, Matevž (Author)
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Language:English
Typology:1.02 - Review Article
Organization:Logo SciVie - Slovenian Forestry Institute
Abstract:The aim of the study was to provide a comprehensive overview of global long-distance road transportation of industrial roundwood. The study focused on the maximum gross vehicle weight (GVW) limits allowed with different timber truck configurations, typical payloads in timber trucking, the road transportation share of the total industrial roundwood longdistance transportation volume, and the average long-distance transportation distances and costs of industrial roundwood. The study was carried out as a questionnaire survey. The questionnaire was sent to timber transportation logistics experts and research scientists in the 30 countries with the largest industrial roundwood removals in Europe, as well as selected major forestry countries in the world (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, Türkiye, the United States of America and Uruguay) in February 2022, and closed in May 2022. A total of 31 countries took part in the survey. The survey illustrated that timber trucking was the main long-distance transportation method of industrial roundwood in almost every country surveyed. Road transportation averaged 89% of the total industrial roundwood long-distance transportation volume. Timber truck configurations of 4 to 9 axles with GVW limits of around 30 tonnes to over 70 tonnes were most commonly used. The results indicated that higher GVW limits allowed significantly higher payloads in timber trucking, with the lowest payloads at less than 25 tonnes, and the highest payloads more than 45 tonnes. The average road transportation distance with industrial roundwood was 128 km, and the average long-distance transportation cost in timber trucking was €11.1 per tonne of timber transported. In the entire survey material, there was a direct relationship between transportation distance and transportation costs and an inverse relationship between maximum GVW limits and transportation costs. Consequently, in order to reduce transportation costs, it is essential to maximise payloads (within legal limits) and minimise haul distances. Several measures to increase cost- and energy-efficiency, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in road transportation logistics, are discussed in the paper. On the basis of the survey, it is recommended that upto-date statistical data and novel research studies on the long-distance transportation of industrial roundwood be conducted in some countries in the future.
Keywords:timber logistics, timber hauling, timber trucking, gross vehicle weight, payload, transportation distance, transportation cost, cost efficiency, limit payload
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Year of publishing:2024
Number of pages:str. 217-236
Numbering:Vol. 45, iss. 1
PID:20.500.12556/DiRROS-18287 New window
UDC:630*3
ISSN on article:1848-9672
DOI:10.5552/crojfe.2024.2286 New window
COBISS.SI-ID:187092739 New window
Note:Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 28. 2. 2024; Skupno št. avtorjev: 42; Avtorji iz Slovenije: Triplat Matevž;
Publication date in DiRROS:28.02.2024
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Title:Croatian journal of forest engineering
Shortened title:Croat. j. for. eng.
Publisher:Forestry Faculty of Zagreb University, Croatian Forests, Croatian Chamber of Forestry and Wood Technology Engineers, FORMEC
ISSN:1848-9672
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Language:Slovenian
Keywords:logistika lesa, prevoz lesa, avtoprevoz lesa, skupna teža vozila, omejitev tovora, razdalja prevoza, stroški prevoza, stroškovna učinkovitost


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