Centre for Logistics and Traffic (ZLV)

About us

The Centre for Logistics and Traffic (ZLV) dedicates itself to the interdisciplinary conception, management and transfer of scientific work in the areas of logistics, mobility and traffic. The ZLV is thereby geared towards long-term sustainable, economically beneficial, socially acceptable and ecologically reliable innovations.

07.10.2019 - 14:02:10

Ani Melkonyan takes over the management of the ZLV Coordination Office

Ani Melkonyan has been Executive Director of the Center for Logistics and Transport since the beginning of October. Melkonyan …

Ani Melkonyan has been Executive Director of the Center for Logistics and Transport since the beginning of October. Melkonyan coordinated i.a. the BMBF project "Innovative Logistics for Sustainable Lifestyles" at the ZLV and since 2017 held membership in the ZLV Board.

The Centre for Logistics and Traffic (ZLV) has a new management since October 1st. PD Dr. habil. Ani Melkonyan takes over the management of the ZLV coordination office and replaces Klaus Krumme, who now heads the Joint Centre Urban Systems (JUS) of UDE's Main Research Area ‘Urban Systems’ at the Essen campus. Melkonyan holds a doctorate (2011) and habilitation (2015) from the Faculty of Biology at the Department of Applied Climatology and Landscape Ecology of the UDE. Since 2015 she has been working as a private lecturer and project coordinator at ZLV. From 2017 until now, Melkonyan was also a board member at ZLV. Together with project manager Klaus Krumme melkonyan achieved a special milestone in her career with the successful completion of the project "Innovative Logistics for Sustainable Lifestyles", in short ILoNa, which was honored by the KlimaExpo in the category "Conserve Resources" as a pioneering project of sustainable business. Moreover, Melkonyan together with Klaus Krumme is editor of the anthology "Innovative Logistics Services and Sustainable Lifestlyes", which was published in early 2019 by Springer Verlag.

In the role of Executive Director, Ani Melkonyan wishes to continue the successful inter- and intradisciplinary cooperation of the ZLV office together with the Board, the members and the broad ZLV-network:

"My passion is to develop innovative and integrated concepts in logistics, transport and supply chain management, based on digital technologies, new business models, changing value systems and concrete political environmental goals. I am going to work with great confidence in order to actively participate in their implementation - nationally and internationally - within my role as Managing Director of the Centre for Logistics and Traffic."
02.10.2019 - 16:09:10

Modal shift towards IWT in container transport on the way

The second milestone event of the research project “Innovative concepts for a decentralized waterborne container transport” …

The second milestone event of the research project “Innovative concepts for a decentralized waterborne container transport” (DeConTrans) took place in Duisburg on September 4th, 2019.

The project partners, DST – Development Center for Ship Technology and Transport Systems from Duisburg and RIF Institute for Research and Transfer from Dortmund, presented on a second milestoneevent of the Project DeConTrans on September 4th, 2019 interim results from the work streams of logistics, ship technology, port and handling technologies, information and communication technologies and discrete-event simulation.
The DeConTrans project pursues the goal of developing innovative vessel and handling concepts for a decentralized container transport which are to be integrated into existing information flows and transport chains. For that purpose, untapped potential and spare capacities are to be made accessible and exploited and, thus, an efficient integration into today’s transport and supply networks achievable.

In the anniversary edition of the DOCK.Hafenmagazin - the magazine of the port of Dortmund - published on the occasion of its 120th anniversary an interesting article about the DeConTrans project:
https://www.dortmunder-hafen.de/fileadmin/medien/dokumente/Prospekte_und_Infomaterial/DOCK_Sonderheft_2019.pdf (p. 31).

Image: https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/images/zlv/decontrans_meilenstein_-_gruppenfoto.jpg
Researchers of DST and RIF at the DeConTrans milestone project meeting

Contact: Cyril Alias, Phone: 0203 / 99 369 52, E-Mail: alias@dst-org.de
01.10.2019 - 16:05:10

DST presents its research and engineering portfolio

In September, this year's “Shipping Technics Logistics 2019” trade fair took place in Kalkar. Germany. The DST presented …

In September, this year's “Shipping Technics Logistics 2019” trade fair took place in Kalkar. Germany. The DST presented the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of the city of Duisburg and other partners its service portfolio and research activities.

On the 24th and 25th of September the DST - Development Center for Ship Technology and Transport Systems exhibited at the fair Shipping Technics Logistics 2019 in Kalkar Germany. The associated institute of the UDE presented its portfolio of engineering services and research activities at a joint booth - i.a. represented by Chamber of Industry and Commerce of the city of Duisburg, the Short Sea Shipping Inland Waterway Promotion Center Germany, the Federal Association of German Inland Navigation e.V., the Federal Association of Public Inland Ports e.V., the German Shipbuilding and Marine Technology Association. V. and the Association for European Inland Navigation and Waterways e.V.
In addition, DST contributed to the exhibition program with two speeches: On the first day, Joachim Zöllner, board member of DST, talked about efficient inland waterway vessels. On the subsequent day, Dr.-Ing. Rupert Henn, managing director of DST, delivered a speech about “Autonomous driving in inland waterway transportation – dream and reality” on the 9th International Forum on Inland Waterway Transportation, which took place at the same venue.
The trade fair Shipping Technics Logistics 2019 is the only specialist trade fair on inland waterway transportation in Germany and attracts the most important stakeholders of the industry to Kalkar, Germany, every year.

Image: https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/images/zlv/dst_stl_-_vortrag.jpg
Joachim Zöllner, DST board member, gives a talk about efficient inland waterway vessels

For further information, please contact: Cyril Alias, phone: + 49 (0)203 / 99 369 52, e-mail: alias@dst-org.de
25.04.2019 - 18:15:04

DST hosts “JRF on Site” Event about “Logistics in Transition”

On April 10, 2019, the Johannes Rau Research Foundation (JRF) organized together with the DST – Development Center for …

On April 10, 2019, the Johannes Rau Research Foundation (JRF) organized together with the DST – Development Center for Ship Technology and Transport Systems an event of its event-series "JRF on Site" at the DST in Duisburg discussing the topic "Logistics in transition: Modern concepts and technologies for interurban supply of North Rhine-Westphalia". The DST presented its research project "DeConTrans".

With its "JRF on Site" event-series, the Johannes Rau Research Community openes together with its research partners the very different think tanks in the region for trade visitors, in order to learn more about their working worlds and at the same time promote scientific exchange on various topics. On April 10, 2019, the affiliated institute of the UDE "DST - Development Center for Ship Technology and Transport Systems" in Duisburg opened its doors on the topic "Logistics in Transition".

Various scientists and industry representatives presented results and insights from their respective research work, outlining a picture of change in the logistics industry. The presentations made it clear that digitization and the use of new technologies are the main drivers for the logistics industry in transition in particular, as well as new organizational approaches that are prerequisites for technological innovation.

Images:
• Representatives of industry and academia presented various logistics innovations
https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/images/zlv/jrf_vor_ort_bei_dst_-_gruppenfoto_-_20190410.jpg

• Break-out sessions about dedicated DeConTrans development tracks:
https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/images/zlv/jrf_vor_ort_bei_dst_-_workshop_-_20190410.jpg

ZLV member Cyril Alias (DST) presented the research project 'DeConTrans' and first results from it. The project pursues the development of innovative vessel and transhipment concepts for a decentralized container transport by using spare capacities and untapped potential on the waterways of the Rhine and the adjacent West German canal systems.

The event ended with a snack and a tour of the experimental facilities of the DST and offered the guests the opportunity for personal exchange.

• Further information on the DeConTrans research project: https://www.dst-org.de/decontrans/
• Further information about the Johannes Rau Research Foundation: https://www.jrf.nrw/
• Contact: Cyril Alias, 0203 / 99 369 52, alias@dst-org.de
06.03.2019 - 19:07:03

ZLV scientists design "Next Generation Port Cities Community Systems" in Argentina

In November 2018, a workshop involving ZLV scientists took place in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires. The meeting, organised …

In November 2018, a workshop involving ZLV scientists took place in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires. The meeting, organised under the project SPeCTra - Smart Port Cities through Transversal Traffic Management Systems, aims to strengthen future cooperation between port cities in Europe and South America as well as to develop a research proposal for Horizon 2020.
As part of the SPeCTra (Smart Port Cities through Transversal Traffic Management Systems) project, a meeting was held in November 2018 in the Argentinian capital, Buenos Aires, with port experts from around the world. In the workshop sponsored by the BMBF, the participants from science and practice in the field of port logistics developed a common vision for a sustainable development of ports - including its organizational structure and information systems. In addition to Duisburg and Buenos Aires, Colón in Panama, Guayaquil in Ecuador, Valencia in Spain and Gdynia in Poland took part in the workshop. Each project partner presented the status quo and current problems as well as challenges from the respective port city. On these findings the international team in a next step developed a common vision of the so-called "Next Generation Port Cities Community Systems". Melissa Szymiczek, scientific staff at the UDE-Chair of Transport Systems and Logistics (TUL), organized the event. In addition, Prof. Bernd Noche, Chairman of Transport Systems and Logistics (TUL) and Board Chairman of the Centre for Logistics and Traffic (ZLV) attended the workshop as well was Andreas Hoene, representing the ZLV and the Science Support Center (SSC) of the University of Duisburg-Essen, and Cyril Alias, who also represented the DST Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems in addition to TUL. Moreover, representatives of the Puerto de Buenos Aires and the Universidad Nacional de San Martín (Argentina) as well as the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador) took part in the workshop, while representatives of the Fundació Valenciaport and the Università Politècnica de València (Spain), the Port of Gdynia Authority and Uniwersytet Morski w Gdyni (Poland) and the Autoridad Maritíma de Panamá, the Panamá metro and the port of Duisburg virtually participated in the workshop. The agenda was complemented by an intensive exchange with representatives of local business and administrative stakeholders, as well as various on-site visits, such as the Port of Buenos Aires, the Universidad Nacional de San Martín and the Traffic Control Center of Buenos Aires (Centro de Monitoreo y Gestión de la Movilidad Urbana). Based on the results of the workshop, the consortium plans to develop a joint research project under Horizon 2020.
Photos:

The hosts present the opportunities and challenges of the port of Buenos Aires to the workshop participants:
https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/images/zlv/spectra18_workshop.jpg

Prof. Bernd Noche learns about the challenges of accessing the port of Buenos Aires:
https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/images/zlv/spectra18_hafen_buenos_aires.jpg

Workshop participants from the science and practice of the port industry:
https://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/images/zlv/spectra18_teilnehmerinnen.jpg

Contact:

Melissa Szymiczek, 0203/379 7711, melissa.szymiczek@uni-due.de
Andreas Hoene, 0203/379 1096, andreas.hoene@uni-due.de
Cyril Alias, 0203/99 369 52, alias@dst-org.de