Inaccuracy in traffic forecasts: lying or strategizing? A contextualist analy…

The purpose of this paper is to look into the fate of a troubled initiative in Hong Kong that was developed in the midst of discussions between Beijing and London leading towards the 1997 handover. It sets out to shred new light on the “forecasting gap”: the gap between the anticipated level of traffic and the real volume of traffic in the years following the opening of a new infrastructure

THE ROLE OF TRANSPORTATION IN LOGISTICS CHAIN

The operation of transportation determines the efficiency of moving products. The progress in techniques and management principles improves the moving load, delivery speed, service quality, operation costs, the usage of facilities and energy saving. Transportation takes a crucial part in the manipulation of logistic. Reviewing the current condition, a strong system needs a clear frame of logist…

The modelling of factors determining the goods and traffic flows movement in …

The purpose of this atticle is to model the factors determining the goods traffic along the logistical channels located in various geopolitical regions on the basis of the transport network. The attention is focused on theoretical presumption of logistical channels formation in a logistical system. In this modeling the factors which determine the formation of the goods flow along the subsystems…

The Automatic Generation of Transhipment Plans for a Train–Train Terminal: …

The enormous potential of combined transport (rail-road) makes rail the main alternative to the transport of freight by road in the Europe. Unfortunately, the European railway network is strongly fragmented, having different bottleneck points. This paper presents research that centers on the transhipment tasks in the Port Bou terminal. This terminal is a bottleneck point because of the differen…

Scheduling operations of a rail crane and container deliveries between rail a…

This article addresses the problem of scheduling container transfer operations in rail terminals. The overall problem can be divided into three smaller problems: constructing a dual-cycle delivery task by matching inbound and outbound containers; determining parking positions for trucks; and sequencing the delivery tasks for transfer by the rail crane. This article provides a mathematical model…

Optimal pricing and terminal location for a rail–truck intermodal service �…

To be competitive with other modes of transport, railways need to be cost-effective. In order to become more competitive in the logistics sector, Indian Railways has taken new initiatives to improve their operations in recent years. A rail–truck intermodal transportation service for Indian Railways is described in this paper. The main focus of the research presented in this paper is on the jo…

Optimal collaborative transportation service trading in B2B e-commerce logistics

This paper investigates a less-than-truckload carrier collaboration decision-making problem in the e-commerce logistics network. E-commerce less-than-truckload carrier collaboration problem considers multiple logistics service providers (LSPs) forming a collaborative alliance in an e-commerce logistics network. They share their transportation requests and vehicle capabilities to maximise the to…

Opportunities for increased profit and reduced cost and emissions by service …

This paper investigates opportunities for increased profit and reduced emissions and cost by service differentiation within container shipping. Traditionally the strategy among the container lines has been profit maximization by utilizing economies of scale through the building of larger and faster vessels. In 2008, the financial crisis in combination with higher fuel prices put an end to this …

Lean and green in the transport and logistics sector – a case study of simu…

The transport and logistics sector is of vital importance for the stimulation of trade and hence the economic development of nations. However, over the last few years, this sector has taken central stage in the green agenda due to the negative environmental effects derived from its operations. Several disciplines including operations research and sub-areas of supply chain management such as gre…

Integrating intermodal transport with logistics: a case study of the UK retai…

Retail traffic is one of the main drivers for the growth of intermodal transport services in the UK. This paper examines the key factors underpinning this modal shift in order to learn lessons for other market and geographical contexts. Since successful retail intermodal logistics involves many actors, this paper is based on semi-structured interviews with major UK retailers, third-party logist…

Impact of scale increase of container ships on the generalised chain cost

In recent years, an increase in the size of the container ships could be observed. The question is how these larger ships will influence the total generalised costs from a port of loading to a destination in the European hinterland. The second question is whether a scale increase of the container ships on other loops, such as a loop from the United States to Europe, has the same impact on the g…

GREEN LOGISTICS STRATEGY FOR SOUTH EAST EUROPE: TO IMPROVE INTERMODALITY AND …

This article describes the trend towards European green initiatives in the transport sector. The introduction of green logistics management and green policy in Europe has been analysed to understand better the positive impact of green policy on environment, society and economy. With the most recent EU initiatives in the field of green logistics, intermodality has become the platform for green l…

Freight Transport Deceleration: Its Possible Contribution to the Decarbonisat…

The paper challenges the conventional view that the movement of goods through supply chains must continue to accelerate. The compression of freight transit times has been one of the most enduring logistics trends but may not be compatible with governmental climate change policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 60–80% by 2050. Opportunities for cutting CO2 emissions by ‘despeeding’ are…

Economical evaluation of logistics centres establishment

This paper presents a method for assessing the financial viability of a new Freight village financed by private and public investments. The financial evaluation model constitutes four distinct phases, namely (a) site selection and traffic forecasts, (b) definition of services offered and corresponding dimensions, (c) estimation of investment and operation costs and (d) evaluation of investments…

Determination and evaluation of the factors of outsourcing logistics

This paper focusess on the determination and evaluation of the factors of logistic outsourching. Many authors usually talk about logistic service outsourcing and it reason and benefit as well, but if some functions of the service are not outsourced, we can not really entitle “outsourcing” as the whole service providing. If logistic actifity if one or several functions are outsourced it is n…

Deriving decision rules to locate export containers in container yards

A methodology is proposed to determine the storage location of an arriving export container considering its weight. We consider the con®guration of the container stack and the weight distribution of containers in the yard-bay. A dynamic programming model is formulated to determine the storage location to minimize the number of relocation movements expected for the loading operation. We also de…

Co-operation and competition in international container transport: strategies…

This paper focuses on the response of port authorities to the changing market environment in which they operate. It documents the changes taking place in the relationships between port authorities and terminal management companies and considers the strategic issues faced by these groups and other port interests. In particular, it investigates the potential con¯ icts of interest for a port auth…

CONTAINER TERMINALS AND UTILISATION OF FACILITIES

The central subject of this paper is the efficiency of container terminals. Based on a database of European maritime, rail, and barge container terminals a technical efficien- cy analysis has been made. The analysis in this paper demonstrates that large differences in terminal efficiency can be found in Europe among maritime container terminals. Terminals that specialise in containers only perf…

Collaborative solutions for inter terminal transport

Major ports contain multiple container terminals, sea terminals, train, truck and barge terminal, and empty container depots, operated by different companies. Port authorities try to streamline inter terminal container transport (ITT) within congested port areas by offering expensive common road and rail infrastructure. Alternatively, individual stakeholders can set up private or collaborative …

Cities and Transport Networks in Shipping and Logistics Research

While shipping and logistics studies often describe the flows and networks on the level of firms and terminals rather than cities, urban studies pay limited attention to transport infrastructure and material flows. The renewal of network analysis based on complex systems will be discussed in this paper as a potential bridge between those two approaches. It particularly focuses on how transport …

Carbon management in the logistics and transportation sector: an overview and…

While many studies have addressed the issue of environmental sustainability within the supply chain as a whole, so far no attempt has been made to specifically investigate the current status of carbon management issues in the logistics and freight transportation sector. This paper aims to fill this gap by providing a systematic literature review of publications in the area of carbon management …

Automated shunting of rail container wagons in ports and terminal areas

The development of intermodal container transport is hampered in part by the cost associated with the shunting of trains in marshalling yards, inland and port railway terminals. Many new technologies have been developed in the past decade, but have still not been applied because of high capital investment costs, lack of sufficient market demand and uncertain rates of return. The key for increas…

An outsourcing decision model for airlines' MRO activities

This paper aims to evaluate the main business models used for airlines’ maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) activities and determine the activities to which these relate

An ordinal logistic regression model for analysing airport passenger satisfac…

This paper aims to provide a tool for measuring air passenger satisfaction and for identifying the critical service aspects available in the terminal in order to offer services characterised by a high level of quality.

An evaluation methodology for city logistics

This paper presents a methodology for evaluating city logistics initiatives using a dynamic tra c simulation with optimal routing and scheduling. This methodology was applied to a test road network. The performance of three city logistics initiatives, advanced routing and scheduling systems, cooperative freight transport systems and load factor controls were assessed in terms of total costs a…

An approach to determine storage locations of containers at seaport terminals

This paper models the seaport system with the objective of determining the optimal storage strategy for various container-handling schedules. A container location model (CLM) is developed, with an objective function designed to minimise the turn around time of container ships, and solved using genetic algorithm (GA). The results section presents an analyses of di!erent resource levels and a com…

Container transportation service demand simulation model for United States co…

Assessing the potential demand for container ports and related multimodal transportation is critical for several purposes, including financial feasibility analysis and the evaluation of net economic benefits and their distribution. When developed in conjunction with a geographical information system, portrelated demand analysis also provides needed input for assessment of selected environmental…

A note on a dynamic space-allocation method for outbound containers

Storage space is a critical resource in port container terminals. This paper discusses how to allocate storage space for outbound containers that will arrive at a storage yard. The main objectives of space allocation are to utilize space efficiently and make loading operations more efficient. Objective functions and constraints of both the direct and the indirect transfer systems are described …

The Relationship between Economic Activity and Freight Transport

In his book of 1979, Marvin Manheim put the interrelationship between the transportation system of a region and the socioeconomic system at the heart of transportation systems analysis: ‘The transportation system of a region is tightly interrelated with the socioeconomic system. y This interrelationship is fundamental to our view of transportation systems analysis’ (Manheim, 1979, p. 12). T…

Seaport Terminal Management

Specialization in shipping has been the most significant development in sea transport in recent times, driven by spectacular growth in international trade. Very large dry and liquid bulk carriers have appeared, and there has been a remarkable transition from conventional to what are termed unitized means of carriage in the general cargo trades. This has involved palletization, packaged timber…

Factors influencing implementation of a dry port

A close dry port with direct rail connection to a seaport is a potential solution for seaport terminal congestion as well as for better seaport inland access. The purpose of this paper is to investigate and define impediments to a close advanced intermodal terminal – dry port implementation.

Economies of Speed in Sea Transportation

Investing in large ships has been the traditional way of increasing the capacity of cargo transportation and raising the profitability of shipping through higher freight income. The economies of scale have been achieved, however, at higher fixed costs and higher operational risks because of fluctuating demand for transportation services. A more flexible way to increase the cargo carrying capaci…

Iindonesia Freight Transort Report Includes 5-Year Forecasts to 2019

BMI View: In 2016 the air freight mode will see the most significant growth in Indonesia, as trade in Asia is set to rebalance after stalling in 2015 and key sectors such as the pharmaceutical market will see a boost in growth. In our medium-term forecast to 2019, BMI believes the rail and air freight modes will see higher growth than road freight transport, as a result of state and external in…

Supply chain integration, landside operations and port accessibility in metro…

Seaports have traditionally been the focus of maritime logistics supply chains. Changing production patterns demanding greater end to end visibility by customers and accessibility to key inland population centers assume greater importance in the organization and design of transport resources and cargo flows.While synchronization of all aspects of the supply chain has become an operational neces…

Regional integration and maritime connectivity across the Maghreb seaport system

Models and empirical studies of port system evolution dominantly focus on land-based dynamics. Hence, it is traditionally recognized that such dynamics condition the evolution of ports and their relations as well as wider regional integration processes. The Maghreb region (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia), which is currently responsible for no less than one-third of all African port throughputs, …

Sea–river shipping competitiveness and its geographical market area for the…

The concept of sea–river shipping is simple: a single vessel sails both coastal and inland waters. Thus, seaport transhipment is avoided resulting in lower transport costs. However, this concept is limited to certain transport waterways. On the Rhoˆne–Saoˆne corridor, sea– river shipping can directly connect inland ports with Mediterranean seaports. The absence of transhipment raises th…

PORTSIM 5: Modeling from a Seaport Level

This paper describes PORTSIM 5, a discrete-event seaport simulation model. Specifically, we discuss the developmental efforts and existing system limitations that have led up to the current efforts being undertaken by the Military Traffic Management Command Transportation Engineering Agency and Argonne National Laboratory. PORTSIM 5 builds on the knowledge and expertise gained from two precedin…

Optimising Container Transfers at Multimodal Terminals

The use of containers have greatly reduced handling operations at ports and at all other transfer points, thus increasing the efficiency and speed of transportation. This was done in an attempt to cut down the cost of maritime transport, mainly by reducing cargo handling and costs, and ships’ time in port by speeding up handling operations. This paper discusses the major factors influencing …

Optimal shipping routes and vessel size for intermodal barge transport with e…

Despite the growing role of barge transportation in the hinterland access of major seaports in Northwestern Europe, service network design for intermodal barge transportation has received little research attention. In this paper, a decision support model for service network design in intermodal barge transportation is presented. The model determines optimal shipping routes for roundtrip service…

Evaluation methodologies of transportation projects in Japan

This paper examines the system and manuals for transportation project evaluation, which are recently introduced for all transportation modes, road, railway, airport and seaport projects in Japan. The manuals aim to evaluate the social signi®cance of projects from the viewpoint of ef®ciency and equity, by applying a sort of multi-criterion analysis, although adopting the cost bene®t analysis …

Development of Advanced Technologies (AT) in Green Transport Corridors

The paper presents tendency analysis for advanced technologies. Advanced technologies – is an area having different acceptability and local adaptation levels in different countries, thus it is particularly important to be acquainted with its application possibilities and techniques. Contributing to a more efficient use of existing transport infrastructure, AT becomes a powerful tool in improv…

Defining a convergence network platform framework for smart grid and intellig…

The challenges faced by electricity grids suggest smart grids will have to coordinate its operation with other important initiatives in areas such as transportation. The smart grid relies on the use of network platforms where meter readings and data can be transmitted. On the other hand, concerning transportation systems the need to achieve a reduction of road congestion and traffic accidents …

Border-crossing constraints, railways and transit transports in Estonia

North-East Europe has served as a general cargo transit area for Russia and other emerging economies of the East for decades. Typically, this activity was initiated with road transport, but after some years of operation, bordercrossings became problematic and in some cases even impossible to conduct. Volume of transit transport was therefore severely constrained. As one remedy to sustain transi…

Analyzing the spatial–temporal evolution of a gateway’s hinterland: A cas…

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13 p.

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Ecological modernization and the multi-scaled governance of sustainability in…

Ecological modernization (EM) is often presented as a suitable way to make societies, and the key industries on which they are dependent, environmentally and economically sustainable. This article focuses on the underlying factors that contribute to EM in the shipping industry. The theoretical perspective used stems from critical EM and corporate social responsibility research. The analysis a…

Handbook of ocean container transport logistics: making global supply chains …

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2214-7934

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xvii, 552 p.

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Supply chain management and transport logistics

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978–0–203–80586–2

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Freight forwarding and multimodal transport contracts

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978–1–84214–595–1

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Seaports in international law

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978-3-319-60396-4

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Elements of danufacturing, distribution and logistics: quantitative methods f…

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978-3-319-26862-0

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