# Presentation: 069622

## GLOBAL OVERVIEW 

**GLOBAL OVERVIEW **
**OF THE STATUS OF GPS USE**
**IN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR**
**IN THE NETHERLANDS**
**ANNO 2001**
**                                       ****by Hans van der Wal**

**CGSIC  meeting   Salt Lake City  2001**

## THE NETHERLANDS

**THE NETHERLANDS**

**TRANSPORTATION**

- 12.000 firms

- public services

- ports and waterways

- 6 millions

- regular

- chartered

- 11.000 busses

- 5.000 km
- waterways

- heavy rail 2800 km

## NETHERLANDS - STATUS GPS USE 

**NETHERLANDS - STATUS GPS USE **

- Argiculture and fishing
- Survey and mapping
- Civil engineering
- Network management
- Safety and security
- Science and industry
- Emergency  services
**TRANSPORTATION**
- others

**domains**

- modality

- goods

- persons

##       INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT SECTOR 

-       INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT SECTOR

**Looking at transport in terms of markets  and activities**

- road

- waterborn

- rail

- air

## INTEGRATION GPS /TRANSPORTATION /ROAD /GOODS

**TRANSPORT SERVICES**

**distribution services**

**couriers & express services**

**argiculture transport**

**cattle transport**

**cartload transport**

**construction material/tools**

**exceptional transport**

**conditioned transport**

**international transport**

**silo and bulk transport**

**auto transport**

**container transport**

**tankcar  transport**

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ ROAD / GOODS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ **ROAD / GOODS**

- Collecting,loading,transport,storage,groupage,deloading of clean goodsgenerally packet on pallets or in rolling containers.

- 2000 service providers, majority small ones.

- Operation efficiency

- Cost savings

- reduction time loss

-  fuel consumption

-  Client service             	internet info service

**Status**

**Drivers**

- 50 firms have operating systems using GPS

- 10% of trucks use vehicle navigation systems

**Aspects**

- New trucks includes GPS based services

**Distrubution transport Services**

- Small size services consitute a barrier

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ ROAD /GOODS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ **ROAD /GOODS**

**Couriers & Express services**
- Urgent transport on a agreed time of delivery

- About 1000 firms based in the Netherlands ,the majority
- small in size (10 to 20 vehicles)

**Drivers**

- productivity             improved navigation
- management            delivery and pickup
- security                    remote acces

**Status**

- 20% vehicles have navigation system
- 20 firms use GPS remotely for management

**Aspects**

- remote use conditionned by digital comm.
- poor traffic info reduces benefits

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT / ROAD / GOODS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT / **ROAD / GOODS**

**Agricultural transport**
- Transport of argriculture products to/from distrib. centers,
- auctions,harbours, airports located in Netherland/Europe

- About 50 firms are active in this type of transport

**drivers **

- cost saving              improved navigation

- Some firms use navigation systems
- No evidence of remote use of GPS

**status**

**aspects**

- Apparently little value added of the use
- of GPS in this type of transport.

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ ROAD / GOODS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ **ROAD / GOODS**

**waste transport**

- pickup and transport of domestic,industrial,green,construction
- demolition,chemical and other types of waste to intermodal
- transfer points or to plants for recycling or incineration.

- 8oo firms specialized inthis type of transport

**drivers **

- More efficient pickup of containers
- Use of available transport capacity
- Container identification

**status**

- small number of firms use GPS for management
- a regional service use GPS for glass collection

**aspects**

- the integration of GPS requires innovation of
- the transport service and  management

## Cartload transport

**Cartload transport**

- wide range of products transported by trucks with trailer or not having loadig and deloading facilities from producers to dealers and factories

- Some hundreds of compagnies provide this type of service

**drivers **

- requirements client to be timely informed
- enhancement of capacity use on return trips

**status**

- use limited to some firms
- exploration of potential benefits by another firm

**aspects**

- little value added from the integration of GPS
- for the transport provider.

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT / **ROAD / GOODS**

## INTEGRATION GPS  / TRANSPORT / ROAD / GOODS

- INTEGRATION GPS  / TRANSPORT / **ROAD / GOODS**

**transport construction materials/tools**
- steel,concrete elements,stones,cranes,.. by dedicated vehicles
- from production area to construction area directly or indirect
- Some transport requires special authorization (object size)

- About 1000 firms active in this type of transport

**drivers**

- easy finding of a delivery adress
- reduction of driver pressure due to congestion

**status**

- some firms have GPS based car-navigation.
- no evidence direct use of GPS for management
- or information services.

**aspects**

- coordination of this type of transport in large
- construction area’s becomes a necessity.

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ ROAD / GOODS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ **ROAD / GOODS**

**exceptional transport**
- Goods of a size or weight requiring special authorization of
- road authorities to become transported.

- About 100 firms specialized in this type of transport
- the majority dealing with regular exceptional transport

**drivers**

- improved operation management

**status**

- two leading firms use GPS within the framework
- of digital communication between the operation
- management center and the truck driver

**aspects**

- complex legislation and regulations
- involvement of many authorities

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT / ROAD / GOODS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT / **ROAD / GOODS**

**conditionned transport**
- Transport under close temperature conditions in NL & Europe
- Temperature loadspace automatically monitored
- froozen food, meat,flowers,computers

**drivers**

- to provide proof of having fullfilled required
- temperature conditions.
- to improve incident management

**status**

- a small number of firms use GPS
- 10% use navigation systems

**aspects**

- GPS being one of  the sensors providing input to an onboardcomputer system which may take care of the datacommunication with the office.

- About 100 firms specialised in this type of transport service

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ ROAD / GOODS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ **ROAD / GOODS**

**International transport** (long range hauling)
- EU,CEMT licence and trip allowance
- wide range of goods , different types of services (regular,....)

- close to 10.000 transport firms ( 80%) have an EU licence

- productivity and management improvement
- customers information service

- a limited number of compagnies active
- within the EU use GPS combined with GSM

- GPS integration conditionned by the GSM
- availabilty and limited by the widespread
- use of Euteltracs location services.

**drivers**

**status**

**aspects**

- GSM communication costs being a barrier

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT / ROAD / GOODS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT / **ROAD / GOODS**

**Silo and Bulk transport**
- products in liquid or granulous form producer or dealer to
- industry, argiculture and construction.

- 70 firms specialized in this type of transport

- information requirements client
- more efficient  finding delivery adresses.

**drivers**

**status**

- Some firms use GPS for information purposes

- About 10% use incar navigation systems

**aspects**

- The majority of firms have boardcomputers
- installed on the transport vehicles which may
- facilitate futher integration of GPS in particular for administrative and analyse purposes

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT / ROAD / GOODS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT / **ROAD / GOODS**

**Cattle transport**
- Living animals to/from markets and to abattoirs
- national and international, conditionned or not

- 300 transport firms , majority small ones

- activity monitoring/ administration
- (futur) regulations ? (animal care & disease)

- One or two firms are using probably GPS
- for analyse and administrative purposes

- EU regulations ( traveltime, official stops)
- increasing pressure to improve enforcement

**drivers**

**status**

**aspects**

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT / ROAD / GOODS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT / **ROAD / GOODS**

**autotransport**
- transport new and used cars to and between dealers,
- using dedicated vehicles.Transport accidented vehicles

- About 100 firms are specialised in this type of transport

- Minimising navigation time
- Operation Management
- Information Client

- A major compagny has equipped her fleet
- with GPS for management support.
- Some other firms use or explore GPS based carnavigation systems

**drivers**

**status**

**aspects**

- Enhancement of  highway accident management
- may result in position information requirements

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ ROAD / GOODS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ **ROAD / GOODS**

**container transport**
- Transport of a container by a truck from or to a container
- terminal being part of the intermodal transport chain.

- transport information service
- efficiency transport management

- at least one  major firm use GPS
- no use on containers

- integration GPS handicaped by the little
- use of digitally communication.

**drivers**

- 600 firms active in this type of transport

**status**

**aspects**

- other systems used for container tracking

## tankcar transport

**tankcar transport**
- transport of liquid material, hazardous using dedicated
- vehicles.Hazardous transport being subject to regulations.

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ **ROAD / GOODS**

- about 50 firms are specialised in this type of transport,
- including some major ones having a large vehicle fleet

** ****drivers**

- efficiency fleetmanagement ?

**status **

- no evidences of direct GPS use
- limited use of navigation systems

**aspects**

- mainly driven by integration of
- digital communication

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORTATION/ ROAD /PERSONS

**public Transport**

**touringcar transport**

**taxi transport**

**autonomous automobile transport**

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ ROAD / PERSONS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ **ROAD / PERSONS**

**Public bus transport**
- Public service provided within a local or regional area on
- a scheduled basis

- Five compagnies provides local an regional services
- Some cities provide a local urban service

- service requirements/ performance
- provision of  info. services to passengers
- innovation busstation management

- a major compagny integrates GPS on all busses
- another is developing plans for GPS integration
- GPS used at two locations for busstation manag.
- In two cities GPS is used by the local busservice.

- increased competition /privatisation
- contract

**drivers**

**status**

**aspects**

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ ROAD / PERSONS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ **ROAD / PERSONS**

**taxi transport**
- transport of persons on request by a so-called taxi service
- No service licence required anymore.

- About 1600 firms provide taxi services,the majority being
- specialised in this type of service

- service management / service innovation
- contract requirements/ safety drivers

- Several firms in particular the major ones
- have equipped their taxi fleet with GPS
- A major contractor for hospital transport
- requires taxi’s with a GPS based system

- GPS enables management/ service innovation

- Various products/services facilitates GPS int.

**drivers**

**status**

**aspects**

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT /ROAD / PERSONS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT /**ROAD / PERSONS**

**touringcar transport**
- transport of groups of persons for a wide range of
- purposes by busses

- enhancent information about pick-up time

- support drivers not familiar with area.
- automatisation of sight seeing information

**drivers**
**(potential)**

**status**

**aspects**

- about 200 firms active in this field, partly also providing other types of person services, like public bustransport

- no evidence found of use of GPS

- firms hesitate to be the first to integrate
- new technology

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ ROAD/ PERSONS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ **ROAD/ PERSONS**

**Autonomous automobile transport**
- Travel with a passsenger car, leased or not,professional or not.

-  efficient finding destination location

- alternative route in case of traffic jam
- navigation support in unknown areas

- Between 1 and 2 % of passenger cars are
- equipped with an incar navigation system

- New cars : Nav.System being an option
- Number of users carnav. increases rapidly

**drivers**

**status**

**aspects**

- About 6 millions of passenger cars in use

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ ROAD / SERVICES

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ **ROAD / SERVICES**

**Traffic management / Roadpricing/ Speed control**
**Breakdown services**

**drivers **

- obtain info from users, spatial pricing
- safety in urban areas ,service performance

- The traffic on the main roadnetwork is managed by RWS
- Speed limits on all parts of the roadnetwork
- ANWB provides a country wide breakdown service

- Trials conducted with floating car data
- Trials conducted with automatic speed adaption
- ANWB service fleet equipped with GPS

**status**

**aspects**

- roadpricing in design phase

## RAIL TRANSPORT

**RAIL TRANSPORT**

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT / RAIL / PERSONS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT / **RAIL / PERSONS**

**Person transport **
- Regular train services on the basis of contracts between
- authorities and the compagnies providing this type of service
- The main railway infrastructure (service) remaining in the
- public domain

- NS Travellers providing the service on the main infras-
- structure by means of 2000 trains . Yearly 300 million trips

- service performance requirements
- train management improvement

- all trains are equipped with GPS/GSM
- to improve first the logistic management

- urgent need to improve the current
- service performance

**drivers**

**status**

**aspects**

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ RAIL / GOODS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ **RAIL / GOODS**

**Goods transport**
- regular,chatered and express services aiming at the transport of goods by heavy rail using special and general purpose wagons.

- Several firms provide this type of service, Railion Benelux
- being a major one , recently resulting from a fusion of dutch
- german and danisch national railway entitities.

**drivers**

- improved wagon management within
- regular services only

**status**

- Three pilots are carried out by Railion
- with GPS/GSM systems on the wagons

**aspects**

- succes of pilots being  a condition for
- integration of GPS.

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ RAIL / TRAFFIC

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ **RAIL / TRAFFIC**

**Public rail infrastructure service**
- Takes care of the trafficcontrol and management on the main
- railway infrastructure.

- dense network of railways and stations/terminals

- application of ECTS / level 3, high speed
- trains ( train location system)

- Infrastructure for TGV operational in 2005,
- included GPS based train location system

- part of European TGV Network

**driver**

**status**

**aspects**

## WATERBORN TRANSPORT

**WATERBORN TRANSPORT**

**maritime shipping**

**inland shipping**

**services**

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT /WATERBORN / GOODS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT /**WATERBORN / GOODS**

**Maritime shipping**
- Coastal and deepsea transport between harbours/ Ferries
- 750 ships navigating under dutch flag
- 4 million containers transported to/from the Netherlands

- Revised chapter SOLAS convention

- Tracing & Tracking service
- Fleetmanagement

- All ships have GPS mainly for navigation.
- some transport firms are using the position information for management purposes.
- High speed ferries have modern GPS based navig.

- about 200 shipping firms active in type of transport

- non navigation use of  ship’s position information
- related to the requirements of information services

**drivers**

**status**

**aspects**

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ WATERWAYS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ **WATERWAYS**

**Maritime shipping / infrastructure services**
- Pilot services, provided the dutch pilot organisation
- Automatic Identification system (AIS)

- Pilot services provided in the waterways to/from major harbours
- AIS provides a set of information for the VTS.

- to support the pilot with navigation info.
- to improve the vessel traffic management

- Pilots use a mobile GPS based system (HANAS)
- Integration AIS starts next year.

- AIS becomes mandatory in 2008 for ships >300T
- Pilot organisation private entity

**drivers**

**status**

**aspects**

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT / WATERBORN / GOODS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT / **WATERBORN / GOODS**

**Inlandshipping**
- All types of transport over inland waterways, wide varity of ships
- Dutch ships transport yearly about 300 miljon tons (30 % inland).

- 4500 dutch inland ships.  200 new ones under construction
- Transport firms have their own fleet or use ships owned by invidual entrepreneurs, having one ship only
- 70% transportshare on the river Rhine

- support to navigation at night and limited visiblity
- fleet &operation management / info. services

- River nav.systems are used by about 10% of ships
- A limited number uses integrated nav. systems
- Most new (types of) ships are equipped with GPS

- Coverage of DGPS service requires enhancement
- Emerging River Information system requires GPS

**drivers**

**status**

**aspects**

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ WATERWAYS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ **WATERWAYS**

**Inland Waterway infrastructure services**
- Waterway authorities aim at an efficient and safe use existing
- infrastructure.

- Dutch Department of Transportation active in the development on
- new systems/services within a European framework (COMPRIS)

- planning of  lock use, bridge openings
- traffic monitoring, statistical data, regulations
- management incidents/accidents
- safety of navigation

- Current focus on standardisation of digital map information ( River ECDIS) for use with DGPS

- COMPRIS based on INDRIS ( beacon on ship, position info from GPS) planned FOC 2006

**drivers**

**status**

**aspects**

## AIR TRANSPORT

**AIR TRANSPORT**

**Civil aviation**

**General navigation**

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT /AIR / PERSONS/GOODS

- INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT /AIR / **PERSONS/GOODS**

**Civil Aviation**
- Regular or chartered transport of persons or goods

- Four dutch compagnies provide this type of services :
- KLM , Martinair,Transavia and AirHolland (only two planes)

- Requirements future use of the European airspace

- Synchronisation of onboard clocks

- Navigation support en-route navigation

- New planes (737,747,767 ) have GPS installed
- KLM 747-300 fleet is equipped with GPS
- Transavia  uses GPS on board of the 737-800’s

- Use GPS authorized only for en-route IFR flights
- NLR has conducted non precision approach tests
- and trials  to demonstrate the validity of EGNOS

**drivers**

**status**

**aspects**

##  INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ AIR/ PERSONS/GOODS

-  INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORT/ AIR/ **PERSONS/GOODS**

**General Aviation**
- Small sized planes, helicopters transporting persons and/or cargo
- on a scheduled or chartered service basis.

- Several firms provide transport services (Schreiner helicopter
- services,Special Air Services Teuge,Trans Travel Airlines,Quick
- Airways, Fly You, and others).
- KLM Helicopters taken over by Schreiner

- Schreiner uses GPS almost eight years

- operation/ logistic support
- (pilot training)

- Special Air Services use GPS

- Dutch Flight Academy ( pilot training) uses
- 3 planes equipped with GPS

**drivers**

**status**

**aspects**

## INTEGRATION GPS / TRANSPORTATION

**END OF PRESENTATION REMARK**

- Knowledge  about the use of GPS in Transportation
- is essential to adress **questions** about the importance
- of the  GPS for the transport sector and to develop
**policy actions** supporting the integration of GPS
- technology.
- Policy actions in the domain of **Intelligent Transport**
**Systems** may facilitates the integration of GPS by enabling
- the creation of new systems and services which are beneficial
- for the sector and the society and which contribute at the
- same time to realise the objectives of the transport policy.
- (**win-win situation)**

## RIJKSWATERSTAAT

**RIJKSWATERSTAAT**

**Survey Department **

**Thanks for your attention**

**QUESTIONS ?**

- E-mail : j.h.m.vdwal@mdi.rws.minvenw.nl