Environmental and transport effects of warehouse relocationing: evidence from Norway

Figures & data

Figure 1. Locations of ‘newly’ established warehouses in the Oslo region.

Figure 2. Locations of ‘newly’ established warehouses in the Trondheim region.

Figure 3. Relocations analyzed in the Oslo region (left) and the Trondheim region (right).

Note: Blue points indicate locations before moving, red points indicate locations after moving, dimensioned by number of firms.

Figure 4. Norway divided by counties.

Note: For counties in green, transport to/from Oslo is predominantly by road; for counties in red, transport to/from Trondheim is predominantly by road. Striped coloring indicates an overlap: transport to/from both Oslo and Trondheim is most likely by road.

Table 1. Comparison of transport performance before and after warehouse relocation (Oslo), divided by model used and county subsets (in 1000 ton-km per year).

	Domestic						Foreign	Total
	Short distance/likely mode = road		Long-haul/other modes also likely		All counties		Foreign trade	Total domestic (CFS) + foreign trade
	NFM	CDM	NFM	CDM	NFM	CDM	NFM	NFM
Before relocation	54,074	53,733	257,036	250,064	311,110	303,797	58,612	369,722
After relocation	55,290	56,283	261,013	254,531	316,303	310,814	56,728	373,031
Change	1216	2550	3977	4467	5193	7071	−1884	3309
%-change	2.25%	4.75%	1.55%	1.79%	1.67%	2.31%	−3.21%	0.89%

Table 2. Comparison of transport performance before and after warehouse relocation (Trondheim), divided by model used and county subsets (in 1,000 ton-km per year).

	Domestic						Foreign	Total
	Short distance/likely mode = road		Long-haul/other modes also likely		All counties		Foreign trade	Total domestic (CFS) + foreign trade
	NFM	CDM	NFM	CDM	NFM	CDM	NFM	NFM
Before relocation	2546	3207	36,656	35,903	39,202	39,111	26,103	65,305
After relocation	2522	3195	36,643	35,850	39,165	39,045	26,345	65,510
Change	−24	−13	−13	−53	−37	−66	242	205
%-change	−0.94%	−0.40%	−0.04%	−0.15%	−0.09%	−0.17%	0.93%	0.31%

Table 3. Comparison of CO2-emissions before and after warehouse relocation (Oslo), divided by model used and county subsets (in ton CO2 per year).

	Domestic						Foreign	Total
	Short distance/likely mode = road		Long-haul/other modes also likely		All counties		Foreign trade	Total domestic (CFS) + foreign trade
	NFM	CDM	NFM	CDM	NFM	CDM	NFM	NFM
Before relocation	6702	6999	28,186	25,337	34,888	32,336	1757	36,644
After relocation	6875	7445	28,830	25,790	35,705	33,235	1922	37,627
Change	173	445	644	453	817	899	165	983
%-change	2.58%	6.36%	2.29%	1.79%	2.34%	2.78%	9.41%	2.68%

Table 4. Comparison of CO2-emissions before and after warehouse relocation (Trondheim), divided by model used and county subsets (in ton CO2 per year).

	Domestic						Foreign	Total
	Short distance/likely mode = road		Long-haul/other modes also likely		All counties		Foreign trade	Total domestic (CFS) + foreign trade
	NFM	CDM	NFM	CDM	NFM	CDM	NFM	NFM
Before relocation	285	357	3055	3172	3340	3529	543	3882
After relocation	282	356	3066	3168	3348	3524	553	3902
Change	−2	−1	11	−4	9	−5	11	19
%-change	−0.84%	−0.10%	0.36%	−0.14%	0.26%	−0.13%	1.95%	0.49%