The First Logistics Zone in Palestine - A Gateway to the World}
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Date
2021
Authors
Abdelfattah Ala'a Al-Din Dallal
Areen Ahmad Bsharat
Elias Nabegh Braik
Laith Hisham Abu Beih
Nagham Mohammad Zaid
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Abstract
logistics zone is a planned area that contains a grouping of activities related to
freight distribution. There is a wide array of benefits derived from the
accessibility besides the availability of land logistics zones confer, such as
reducing the burden on the economic sector, increasing export and import
operations, enhancing employment opportunities. This project is about
designing a logistics zone, which is intended to be set up on the third phase of
Jericho Agro-Industrial Park (JAIP) on 500 dunums of land. It will be connected with Al Karama Bridge via an exclusive trucks highway. The project covers the distribution and
analysis of the internal roads, also the design of pavement, besides the concept of the
interchange that collect the West Bank trucks, and the determination and design of the number
of parking lots needed, and the number of trucks that could be processed. Also, it includes the
determination of the number of channels required to serve export and import trucks, and the
queue on each of them; to ensure large-scale operations that favor future traffic expectations,
besides the management of the traffic movement in terms of the way the trucks will enter and
exit the gateways and how the goods will be moved and stored considering the delay due to
inspection operations. Furthermore, it includes the selection of an alternative for a proposed
layout for the exclusive trucks highway (Al-Salam Highway) to the west of Highway 90, acting
as the artery that will connect Palestine with Jordan. A conceptual master plan for the facilities,
transportation, and land use was made to guide future growth and development. The importance
of this project is that this is the first logistics zone in Palestine, and its presence will stimulate
business and commercial traffic, contributing to the recovery of the Palestinian economy. Data
was obtained from official agencies in Palestine, in addition to, previous studies about logistics
in the region. These include master plans, aerial photographs, the volume of freight traffic that
enters and exits the country, and the types of vehicles used to transport the cargo. The amount
and volume of goods handled as well as the administrative, procedural, and legal information
for the transport operation and how long it takes to end were gathered and analyzed. The design
is based on international standards and guidelines such as the AASHTO specifications. Traffic
growth analysis is done by using SPSS software, and Queuing Theory for the gateways analysis
and design. The maps and aerial photographs were analyzed using GIS software.
This project is channeled towards an integrated design that serves the future number of
truckloads, besides alternatives for the exclusive highway layout commensurate with the terrain
nature of the area