(SEP 2010) LIVESTOCK TRANSPORT is among the more complex types of transport. When planning the transport of livestock, not only transport costs but also animal welfare and meat quality must be taken into account.

From 2008 to 1 September 2010, Transvision has participated in a project called Q-Trans. The project was an operations research innovation project supported by the Research Council of Norway. The other project participants were Nortura (Norway's leading supplier of meat and eggs), Animalia (Meat and Poultry Research Centre) and Høgskolen i Molde (Molde University College). Transvision’s role in the project was to act as a sounding board for the research and to incorporate innovations into the transport planning system Transvision Livestock Planner.

The project was a continuation of the project "Transport of livestock – lower transport costs, animal welfare and prime meat quality ", in which solution methods for scheduling problems within livestock transport were developed. In connection with this project, it was found that a high-end, automated scheduling system would enable a mileage reduction of 10-20 %. The aim of Q-Trans was to develop these solution methods further and put them into use at Nortura, the project owner.

New functionality was developed in Transvision Livestock Planner in order to handle issues relating to e.g. stalling capacity, complex Norwegian rules regarding the loading of livestock onto vehicles, and the maximum 8-hour transport rule.

Results achieved in the Q-Trans project:

Transvision was pleased to be selected as an expert of livestock transport optimisation in this interesting project, and the company has enjoyed being able to help achieve the expected results.


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