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The aim of this study is to assess the CO2eq impact due to the shift of the container transport from road (trucks) to rail (electric trains). This specific case study involves the Port of Naples, in the South of Italy. In particular, different scenarios were identified in which mixed solutions for road and rail freight transport could replace the current scenario (freight transport by road only). The results show that, for the same amount of TEU handled, rail transport allows a 50% reduction in global CO2eq emissions (Well-To-Wheels) compared to road transport.
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Research in this paper has been funded by the Italian program PON AIM – Attraction and International Mobility, Linea 1 (AIM1877579–3-CUPD44I18000220006) and the funding have been provided by the Italian Ministry of the Education, University and Research (MIUR), Italy. Additionally, authors wish to thank University of Salerno for financial support under local grants 2019 - ORSA192341 and 2020 - ORSA205224.
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de Luca, S., Fiori, C., Cistenas, L.J., Argento, P. (2021). Greening the Last Mile in Port Cities: Environmental Benefits of Switching from Road to Railway for the Port of Naples. In: Gervasi, O., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2021. ICCSA 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12958. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87016-4_16
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