Colombia
Loske, Dominic
2020-07-09T14:30:16Z
2020-07-09T14:30:16Z
2020
2590-1982
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2020.100165
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/10361
Governmental restrictions aspiring to slow down the spread of epidemic and pandemic outbreaks lead to impairments
for economic operations, which impact transportation networks comprising the maritime, rail, air, and trucking industries. Witnessing a substantial increase in the number of infections in Germany, the authorities have imposed drastic
restrictions on everyday life. Resulting panic buying and increasing home consumption had versatile impacts on transport volume and freight capacity dynamics in German food retail logistics. Due to the lack of prior research on the effects of COVID-19 on transport volume in retail logistics, as well as resulting implications, this article aspires to shed
light on the phenomenon of changing volume and capacity dynamics in road haulage. After analyzing the transport
volume of n = 15,715 routes in the timeframe of 23.03.2020 to 30.04.2020, a transport volume growth rate expressing the difference of real and expected transport volume was calculated. This ratio was then examined concerning the
number of COVID-19 infections per day. The results of this study prove that the increasing freight volume for dry products in retail logistics does not depend on the duration of the COVID-19 epidemy but on the strength quantified
through the total number of new infections per day. This causes a conflict of interest between transportation companies and food retail logistics for non-cooled transport capacity. The contributions of this paper are highly relevant to
assess the impact of a possibly occurring second COVID-19 virus infection wave.
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Bogotá : Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, 2020
COVID-19
Pandemic disease
Retail logistics
Transport volume
Freight capacity
The impact of COVID-19 on transport volume and freight capacity dynamics: An empirical analysis in German food retail logistics
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COVID-19 (Enfermedad) -- Investigaciones
Epidemias -- Aspectos sociales
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