Classification of Damages of Palletized Loads in Road Transport and Its Impact on Environmental Protection

Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska 2022, vol. 24, pp. 457-471

Sławomir Tkaczyk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

	Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
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	https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.032

Cargo damage in drastic situations may threaten the safety of people participating in the further stages of the transport task in the distribution chain. Regardless of this, the damage also affects the unplanned extension of the delivery time or even prevents its further execution. The final and inevitable consequence is unplanned additional costs that will be charged to the shipper preparing the cargo for shipment.  Additional costs will be incurred, both direct (materials for repackaging and load securing, fuel, tolls, insurance) and indirect costs (carbon footprint of the materials produced and fuel used by vehicles, increased traffic congestion, safety of road users). Their consequence will be an unnecessary increase in the pollution of the human natural environment. The article presents the classification of damage to palletized loads. The correctness of the proposed classification was to be carried out by analyzing the results of surveys and broadly understood consultations with business entities dealing with the phenomenon of damage to palletized loads on a daily basis. The small number of completed questionnaires indicates the need to develop a new, less detailed questionnaire and a possible simplification of the proposed classification of damage to palletized loads. Based on the numerous discussions and meetings held during the consultations regarding the quantity and quality of cargo damage, it can be concluded that this is a very complex sensitive topic. This can also be confirmed by studies of the literature review, available industry studies and published statistical data. It is practically difficult to determine the size of damage to palletized loads in road transport. The proposed classification of damage to palletized loads allows for the definition of dangers, difficulties and, consequently, direct and indirect costs of transport, which can be remedied, and certainly significantly reduced. Minimizing damaged and destroyed loads results in both a reduction of the direct costs of damaged products and a secondary reduction in the consumption of natural resources of the environment, necessary to re-manufacture damaged or destroyed products. It also contributes to reducing the carbon footprint, an issue that is so important especially nowadays.

cargo, cargo damage, classification of damage, carbon footprint, environmental protection

AMA Style
Tkaczyk S. Classification of Damages of Palletized Loads in Road Transport and Its Impact on Environmental Protection. Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska. 2022; 24. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.032

ACM Style
Tkaczyk, S. 2022. Classification of Damages of Palletized Loads in Road Transport and Its Impact on Environmental Protection. Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska. 24. DOI:https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.032

ACS Style
Tkaczyk, S. Classification of Damages of Palletized Loads in Road Transport and Its Impact on Environmental Protection Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska 2022, 24, 457-471. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.032

APA Style
Tkaczyk, S. (2022). Classification of Damages of Palletized Loads in Road Transport and Its Impact on Environmental Protection. Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska, 24, 457-471. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.032

ABNT Style
TKACZYK, S. Classification of Damages of Palletized Loads in Road Transport and Its Impact on Environmental Protection. Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska, v. 24, p. 457-471, 2022. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.032

Chicago Style
Tkaczyk, Sławomir. 2022. "Classification of Damages of Palletized Loads in Road Transport and Its Impact on Environmental Protection". Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska 24, 457-471. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.032

Harvard Style
Tkaczyk, S. (2022) "Classification of Damages of Palletized Loads in Road Transport and Its Impact on Environmental Protection", Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska, 24, pp. 457-471. doi:https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.032

IEEE Style
S. Tkaczyk, "Classification of Damages of Palletized Loads in Road Transport and Its Impact on Environmental Protection", RoczOchrSrod, vol 24, pp. 457-471. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.032