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Resilient routing · concept

One mode goes down. Many ways forward.

The barge can't sail. So the optimiser weighs every alternative side by side — rail, road, combined, or hold — and picks the best one that still hits the deadline.

Optimal plan: barge-led
Multimodal route from Port of Rotterdam to customer with alternative legs A left-to-right node graph: the Port of Rotterdam connects to an inland terminal via four candidate legs — barge, rail, road, or rail-plus-road — then by truck to the customer. The chosen leg is highlighted in teal; unavailable legs are shown in red and candidates in magenta. BARGE RAIL ROAD RAIL + ROAD PORT Rotterdam Inland terminal Cross-dock transhipment TRUCK → Customer Barge unavailable · low water
Picked
RailOption A
Cost€1,290
CO₂74 kg
Lead33 h
On time Best fit
Rail + roadOption C
Cost€1,420
CO₂95 kg
Lead30 h
On time Balanced
RoadOption B
Cost€1,690
CO₂148 kg
Lead27 h
On time Fastest · costly
Misses window
Hold & waitOption D
Cost€1,120
CO₂58 kg
Lead+19 h
Late Cheapest · greenest
Cost
€1,180
best price
CO₂
62 kg
low-emission
Lead time
34 h
planned
On-time
On time
deadline kept
Optimal multimodal route selected — barge-led.Lowest cost and emissions, comfortably on time.
Resilient routing

One mode goes down. Many ways forward.

When the barge can't sail, the optimiser scores every alternative and picks the best route that still hits the deadline.

Phase 2 · Evaluate alternatives

Four routes, scored side by side

Barge is out (low water). The system instantly evaluates every remaining option on cost, CO₂, lead time and — above all — whether it still hits the delivery window.

  • Rail€1,290 · 74 kg · 33 hOn time
  • Rail + road€1,420 · 95 kg · 30 hOn time
  • Road€1,690 · 148 kg · 27 hOn time
  • Hold & wait€1,120 · 58 kg · +19 hLate
Phase 3 · Pick best

Rail-led wins

Rail is the best route that still hits the deadline: modest extra cost, low CO₂, on time. Road would be faster but pricier and far higher-CO₂; holding for the next barge is cheapest and greenest — but it would miss the window.

Port of Rotterdam → rail → inland terminal → truck → customer
Cost €1,290 CO₂ 74 kg Lead 33 h On time

When one mode is gone, the optimiser weighs all the alternatives and picks the best one that still hits the deadline. KPI figures above are illustrative placeholders.

Honest by design: every alternative to the lost barge leg is a little pricier and/or higher-CO₂ — that is the cost of resilience. The win is choosing the best option that still arrives on time, instead of holding for the next barge and missing the window. KPI figures are illustrative placeholders.