The Chemicals Working Group, under Japan's METI and MLIT, tackled logistics challenges with a September–December 2024 trial.
Supported by major firms and subsidies, it used a logistics data platform for joint transport trials between regions like Yokkaichi and Ichihara.
Results showed a 20-point rise in truck fill rate and a 28 per cent CO2 emissions cut, highlighting efficiency gains.
The Physical Internet Realization Council led by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) is having its Chemicals Working Group tackle issues emblematic of the “2024 problem” in logistics, such as shortages of transport and storage capacity – these being difficult for individual companies to solve themselves. These efforts involve both Working Group members and the chemical industry as a whole.For the Chemicals Working Group’s latest endeavor, several member companies – the Mitsubishi Chemical Group, Mitsui Chemicals, Tosoh, Toray and Prime Polymer – made use of subsidies from METI and MLIT to carry out a demonstration test over September–December 2024. This demonstration test employed a logistics data platform and logistics information standards promoted by the government via the Physical Internet Realization Council.
In addition to an on-site trial involving real freight and real vehicles between chemical complexes spanning Yokkaichi to Ichihara, the demonstration test incorporated a simulation of joint logistics between Nagoya and the Hokuriku region, as well as an analysis of transport efficiency between Ichihara and the Tohoku region, to demonstrate the effects of joint transport and the usefulness of a joint logistics platform. The on-site trial in particular found striking results, including a 20 percentage point improvement in truck fill rate and a 28 percent reduction in CO2 emissions.
The Chemicals Working Group, under Japan's METI and MLIT, tackled logistics challenges with a September–December 2024 trial.
Supported by major firms and subsidies, it used a logistics data platform for joint transport trials between regions like Yokkaichi and Ichihara.
Results showed a 20-point rise in truck fill rate and a 28 per cent CO2 emissions cut, highlighting efficiency gains.#
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