Reducing food losses and carbon emission by using autonomous control – A simulation study of the intelligent container

Rasmus Haass, Patrick Dittmer, Marius Veigt and Michael Lütjen

International Journal of Production Economics, 2015, vol. 164, issue C, 400-408

Abstract: During the past decades bananas were imported to Europe in reefer vessels. Often, these vessels returned to Central America empty. This resulted in high carbon emissions and high costs. Therefore, importers switched to reefer containers which are shipped to Europe by liner cargo services. However, the amount of spoiled bananas increased with that change. Now a research project has developed the so called “Intelligent Container”. This Intelligent Container is able to calculate the green life of its cargo and this leads to the feasibility of quality driven distribution. Thus, the losses of bananas should be decreased and both transport costs and carbon emissions be reduced even further.

Keywords: Perishable goods; Food waste; Intelligent Container; Quality driven distribution; Simulation; Rescheduling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2014.12.013

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