TU Eindhoven · PhD candidate

Casper Bazelmans

I work on optimization algorithms to make logistics cheaper and greener.

Portrait of Casper Bazelmans

Research & projects

Van der Wal long-combination vehicle: a truck pulling two curtain-side trailers

Environmental Impact of Long-Combination Vehicles in Full-Truckload Transport Planning

SSRN

How the use of long-combination vehicles affects the environmental impact of full-truckload transport planning.

−13.04%emissions compared to current operations
+25.73%emissions if LCVs were disallowed, as under old legislation
  • Long-combination vehicles
  • Full-truckload transport
  • Emissions
  • Transport planning
C.H. Bazelmans, A.H. Schrotenboer, G. Laporte, T. Van Woensel
Two electric DB Schenker delivery trucks in front of a distribution center in Tilburg

The Vehicle Routing Problem with Pickups, Deliveries, and Scheduled Linehauls

European Journal of Operational Research, 330(3), 995–1008

Coordinating multi-depot pickup-and-delivery routes with scheduled linehauls to consolidate freight, cutting costs and emissions.

~17.4%cost savings in an industry case study (24 days)
  • Vehicle routing
  • Pickup and delivery
  • Scheduled linehauls
  • Multi-depot
  • Price-and-branch
  • Adaptive large neighborhood search
  • Freight consolidation
C.H. Bazelmans, S.L. ter Braake, A. Schrotenboer, R. van Lieshout, T. Van Woensel