Cambion

The sharing economy is undeniably on the rise and will become an important part of the economy. With the project Cambion VIL has investigated if the principle of car sharing is applicable in the logistics sector, as so called ‘fleet sharing’. Are companies able and willing to share their vehicles when they are not being used, to reduce costs and generate extra turnover? This project has focussed on own transport as well as subcontract transport.

status: Closed | theme: Green Supply Chains | type: Regional

This project started from a specific logistic problem: the standstill of vehicles. To meet their customer demands, transport companies and shippers with their own fleet adjust their capacity of vehicles based on peak periods. Every day, week and season had its own peak periods. These peak periods can be different for each company. During off peak periods vehicles stand still.

The sharing economy mostly uses B2C and peer-to-peer platforms. The latter connects consumers directly through a supporting IT platform or an app, which doesn’t own the shared products or services. Initiatives in terms of B2B are rising, but still not on the same scale as in the consumer market, and certainly not in the logistics sector.

Opportunities

With this project VIL wants to examine if it is possible to share vehicles and thereby reduce costs or generate extra turnover by renting out free capacity of vehicles or carrying out extra orders. A broader utilization of materials and shared costs can make shorter depreciation periods possible, and therefore make way for the newest, most sustainable materials (EURO standards).

Specific activities

To map out the current situation, impediments (e.g. liability, permits, insurance, logos on vehicles, …) and other practical conditions
Providing insight into the potential, distinguishing different types of vehicles
Searching for the ideal cooperation model, including legal requirements
To develop a simulation model to identify matches between companies
To implement the concept at the participating companies (business case and proof of concept)

Practical details

Start: December 2017
Total lead time: 27 months

Participating companies

Ten companies: Deny Logistics, Eutraco, Exsan (Sany Group), Gilbert De Clercq, Hamann Logistics, Remitrans, Snel Logistics, Transport Lux, Transport Vanschoonbeek – Matterne, en Vincent Logistics.

Press (in Dutch)

20/02/2020 – VIL persbericht – Transportsector staat niet open voor deeleconomie

21/08/2018 – VIL persbericht – VIL onderzoekt of deeleconomie stilstand bedrijfsvoertuigen kan tegengaan

News

21/02/2020 – Transport Media – Transportsector weigerachtig tegenover de deeleconomie?
21/02/2020 – Inshore & Yachting – Cambion: niet het gehoopte resultaat
21/02/2020 – TTM.nl – Sharing is caring slaat niet aan in de transportsector
20/02/2020 – Flows – Concept deelplatform voor vrachtwagens kent nog geen bijval
20/02/2020 – Inshore & Yachting – Transport delen nog niet voor vandaag
20/02/2020 – Value Chain – Deeleconomie vindt geen bijval bij transporteurs
20/02/2020 – Transport Online – Transportsector staat niet open voor de deeleconomie
29/04/2019 – Made in Kempen – Edegemse Suivo wordt IT-partner voor autodelen in logistieke sector
16/04/2019 – Transport Media – VIL kiest Suivo ans IT-partner voor onderzoeksproject ‘Cambion’
16/04/2019 – Suivo – VIL kiest Suivo als IT-partner voor hun onderzoeksproject ‘Cambion’
30/08/2018 – TTM – Fleetsharing moet efficiency enorme boost geven
27/08/2018 – trans.INFO – Belgian carriers will test the cooperation model that reduces costs. They will share fleets
27/08/2018 – Logistiek Profs – VIL onderzoekt mogelijkheden fleetsharing in de logistiek
27/08/2018 – Carfix – VIL onderzoekt of deeleconomie stilstand van bedrijfsvoertuigen kan tegengaan
27/08/2018 – Logistiek.nl – VIL onderzoekt Airbnb voor bedrijfsvoertuigen
23/08/2018 – Nieuwsblad Transport – VIL onderzoekt fleetsharing voor vrachtwagens
23/08/2018 – Logistiek.be – Bedrijfswagens als deeleconomie?
22/08/2018 – Engineeringnet – Kan deeleconomie stilstand bedrijfsvoertuigen tegengaan?
22/08/2018 – Flows – Acht transporteurs bestuderen ‘truckdelen’ tegen stilstand
22/08/2018 – Transport Online – Belgische VIL onderzoekt of deeleconomie stilstand bedrijfsvoertuigen kan tegengaan
22/08/2018 – Inshore & Yachting – VIL onderzoekt of deeleconomie stilstand bedrijfsvoertuigen kan tegengaan
22/08/2018 – Gazet van Antwerpen – VIL onderzoekt delen van bedrijfsvoertuigen
21/08/2018 – Transport Media – VIL onderzoekt potentieel van het delen van vrachtwagens
29/01/2018 – Flows – VIL neemt het delen van trucks en bestelwagens onder de loep
29/01/2018 – Logistiek.be – Fleet sharing? VIL onderzoekt het met Cambion

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