Containerised urban last-mile delivery

Instead of vans picking up parcels at a sorting terminal outside the city, driving to the city centre and spending the day delivering parcels, containerisation introduces standardised and modular load units, such as specific trolley-containers for the last-mile. Multiple parcels can be placed inside these containers at the sorting terminal, then transported to city hubs, where the containers are transferred to last-mile delivery vehicles.

ULaaDS will trial containerised urban last-mile delivery in its pilots by grouping together parcels heading towards the same city area. These will be sorted according to the delivery zone already at the warehouse. Then, containers heading to neighbouring areas will be delivered at city hubs by small vans and e-vans and collected by cargo bikes for the final stretch.