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Table 8 Average change in cost savings due to the variation of influence parameters

From: A comparison of the application potential of waterborne platooning for the Danube and the Rhine corridors

Influence factors

Water depth (m)

Days of navigation suspension

Lock passage

Rhine income (%)

VT route length (km)

Departure intervals (h)

Variations

 − 1.5

22

60

2

8

60%

30%

520

812

12

20

Change in savings

 − 2.3%

 − 1.1%

 − 3.1%

 − 6.2%

 − 24.7%

 − 48%

 − 84%

51%

56%

 − 8.8%

 − 19%