Call for papers: 13th City Logistics Conference 2025,11-13 June 2025, Penang, Malaysia.

Please find the call for papers of the 13th International Conference on City Logistics  on 11-13 June 2025 in Penang, Malaysia.

https://citylogistics.org/Call_for_papers_Penang.pdf

Introduction

The 13th International Conference on City Logistics will be held on 11?? June ? 13?? June 2025 in Penang, Malaysia, following previous International Conferences on City Logistics that took place in: July 1999 in Cairns, Australia, June 2001 in Okinawa, Japan, June 2003 in Madeira, Portugal, July 2005 in Langkawi, Malaysia, July 2007 in Crete, Greece, June 2009 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, June 2011 in Mallorca, Spain, June 2013 in Bali, Indonesia, June 2015 in Tenerife, Spain, June 2017 in Phuket, Thailand, June 2019 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 2023 in Bordeaux, France. Urban freight transport has become an important issue in urban planning. There are many challenges and problems relating  to  increasing  levels  of  traffic  congestion, environmental impacts and energy conservation. In addition, freight carriers are expected to provide higher levels of service with lower costs. To address these complicated and difficult problems, numerous city logistics schemes have been proposed and implemented in several cities, including: cooperative freight transport systems, urban consolidation centre, advanced information systems, public freight terminals, the regulation of load factors, and off-hour delivery. City logistics schemes are relatively new concepts that are aimed at increasing the efficiency of urban freight transport systems as well as reducing traffic congestion and impacts on the environment. However, new visions, technologies, and policy measures need to be developed and studied before city logistics schemes can be effectively deployed. Moreover, any risks due to natural and manmade disasters should be incorporated in city logistics schemes.

Objectives

This conference aims to provide an opportunity to exchange knowledge, experience and perspectives on city logistics and urban freight transport. Recent developments in creating visions, technologies and policy measures that facilitate the deployment of various city logistics schemes will be discussed. Since city logistics schemes have already been implemented in several cities, a review of the performance of these schemes will also be presented. An overview of the development and application of several mathematical models and effects of e-commerce on urban freight transport will be given.

The conference provides an opportunity to discuss future initiatives of the Institute for City Logistics that are aimed at promoting international  research  collaboration  and information exchange.

Topics

Topics relating to any area of city logistics and urban freight transport

Visions for urban distribution systems

Cooperative freight transport systems

Application of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and Internet of Things (IoT)

Public freight terminals

Social and economic impacts

Environmental impacts

Regulation of urban freight transport

Modelling

Routing and scheduling

Policy making         Case studies

Evaluation techniques

Benchmarking and performance indicators

Innovative freight technology

Public/private partnerships

Effects of e-commerce

Environmental management systems

Planning distribution systems

Intermodal interface

Network pricing/ Road pricing/ Value pricing

Home delivery

Monitoring technology

Performance based standards   Security

Construction logistics

Logistics for special events

Non-road modes for urban freight transport

Urban delivery vehicle innovations

Passenger and freight transport interrelations

Supply Chain Management   Waste logistics

Hazardous material transport

Humanitarian logistics in case of disasters

Physical Internet