This paper takes up a recently published model for collaborative vehicle routing, where shared customers expect shipments from more than one carrier. It is the purpose of the model to decide whether the demands of such a customer are served through individual visits of the involved carriers or...

Handling increasing volumes of parcel shipments in urban areas is one of the major challenges in city logistics. As the currently used conventional delivery by diesel vans is increasingly regarded critically by the public, alternative delivery concepts with cargo bikes, drones and robots have...