A Multi-Layer Framework for Modelling Resilience in Waterway-Dependent Supply Chains Using Reliability Theory
A Case Study of the West German Canal System
Innovationen für die Maritime Logistik / Innovations for maritime logistics, Band 11
Johannes Milan Gast
Hrsg.: Carlos Jahn; Fraunhofer CML, Hamburg
2026, 163 S., num., mostly col. illus. and tab, Softcover
Sprache: Englisch
Hamburg, TU, Diss., 2026
Fraunhofer Verlag
ISBN 978-3-8396-2207-0

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Inhalt
Disruptions to waterway infrastructure like lock closures impose substantial economic costs. Their effect on supply chain resilience, however, remains limited.

This dissertation develops a multi-layer, multi-state resilience model for waterway-dependent supply chains grounded in reliability theory, linking the infrastructure, transportation, supply chain and industry layers. Using the West German canal system as a case study, the model quantifies the system-wide cost of infrastructure disruption (about seven million euros per day) and evaluates mitigation strategies such as modal shift and warning time. Furthermore, this dissertation identifies the novel "shuttling effect", a cyclical phenomenon that is distinct from the ripple effect. The effect arises from repeated short-term capacity constraints in shared, capacitated infrastructure.

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