Title: CO2%20Reduction%20Measures%20in%20Freight%20Sector%20in%20Japan
1CO2 Reduction Measures in Freight Sector in Japan
- by
- Shinji NAKAGAWA
- Ministry of Transport
- Japan
2Trends outlooks of CO2 emissions (unit Mt-C)
3Measures in transport sector
4CO2 emissions from individual modes of transport
in Japan (FY1995)
5Mode share in freight sector(in ton-km base)
6Mode share in freight sector(in energy
consumption base)
7CO2 emission units(g-C/ton-km)
8Characteristics of freight transport in Japan
- Large share of coastal shipping
- Concentration of international container freight
at 3 area (Tokyo, Ise and Osaka Bays) - Large number of private trucks ( 87 of 1
million units) - shorter transport distance, lower load factor
- Large number of small-sized trucking company
(70 of 50,000 )
9Basic concept in CO2 reduction from freight
transport
- modal shift from trucks to rail and shipping
- improvement of energy intensity in each mode of
freight transport - improvement in technical efficiency
- reduction of inland transport distance of
international container freight - improvement of loading factor of each truck
- increase the use of trailer and larger trucks
10Promotion of modal shift
- Increase the share of rail and shipping freight
for medium-to-ling distance (longer than 500 km)
general cargo transport from 40 to 50 - support to upgrade facilities for major rail
trunk lines - support to construct coastal container ships and
roll-on/roll-off ships - construction of domestic trade terminal with
sufficient freight yard and parking spaces for
complex integral transport and access roads
11Reduction of inland transport distance of int.
container freight
- Only 10 of container freight produced and
consumed in regional districts ( 40 of national
total) is handled nearby ports long-distance
transport by trucks from 3 major ports in Tokyo,
Ise and Osaka - construction of 8
- subsidiary gate-way ports
- with high-standard
- container terminals
12Increase in truck load factor
- Improvement of truck load factor from current 47
to 50 - switching to trucking company vehicles
- privately owned trucks have low load factor,
empty load in their return trip - joint delivery and joint transport
- truck terminals
- joint delivery centers
- utilization of Intelligent
- Transport System (ITS)
13Increase the use of trailer and larger trucks
- Increase loading of each truck
- deregulation of gross vehicle weight
- heavy duty trucks 20t ? 25t
- semi-trailers 20t ? 28t
- ISO-standard 40-ft or
- 20-ft trailers
- construction of chassis pools
- upgrading of bridges and roads
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14Future actions
- development of methods to monitor and quantify
the progress of each measure - support for the improvement of infrastructure,
especially to facilitate the use of
state-of-the-art information system - consideration of other optional measures to
achieve the current and future, possibly
stricter, reduction targets