Digital Twin-Based Simulation for Predictive Decision-Making in Waterway Logistics

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.13492v1
• Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:41:35 GMT
• Title: Digital Twin-Based Simulation for Predictive Decision-Making in Waterway Logistics
• Abstract summary: This paper investigates the potential of a Digital Twin for freight routing across inland waterway networks under uncertain water-level conditions.<n>Existing approaches insufficiently account for increasing climate-induced volatility in water levels.
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• Abstract: This paper investigates the potential of a Digital Twin (DT) for freight routing across inland waterway networks under uncertain water-level conditions. Existing approaches insufficiently account for increasing climate-induced volatility in water levels, which often result in higher operational costs and emissions due to the need for more expensive transport alternatives, such as road transport. These existing methods often rely on reactive countermeasures to remain resilient. To address these limitations, six interviews with experts in domains related to inland shipping were conducted to identify three common contingency scenarios and appropriate operational responses. These scenarios were subsequently incorporated into a time-sliced simulation environment in which predictive decision-making, enabled by a DT environment, was compared against reactive approaches. The results demonstrate that predictive modeling substantially reduces operational costs and modal shifts at prediction accuracies between 70% and 100%, despite extreme conditions. In addition, the predictive model achieves an average 28.3% reduction in fuel-related costs by reducing the total distance ships travel. The simulation outcomes were evaluated together with domain experts to assess the practical relevance and applicability of the proposed DT-enabled approach.

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