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a decision support framework for intermodal transport policy
A final dissemination from the DSSITP project is with a new journal publication.
Abstract
Purpose
In recent years intermodal transport has received an increased attention due to problems of road congestion, environmental concerns and traffic safety. A growing recognition of the external effects of transport urges to go towards more sustainable transport modes. As a consequence, research and policy interest in intermodal freight transportation problems is growing.Methods
In this paper the strengths of Operations Research (OR) modelling techniques applicable to decisions related to intermodal transport are used to develop a particular framework that is able to assess the performance of current and potential policy measures which affects the intermodal transport industry. The assessment framework includes three core models necessary to evaluate all relevant transport modes and aggregation levels.Results
In the last section of the paper, the assessment framework is applied to a case study related to the location of a new intermodal barge terminal for which the optimal location is searched, the market area is analysed and the impact on the performance of the network is discussed.Keywords Intermodal transport – Decision support system – Terminal location – Inland navigation
You may access the full-text version of the paper here.
inland links
Sustainability, accessibility and transparency are the keywords when it comes to stimulating the modes of transport rail and inland shipping. Rotterdam does all it can to provide services and products which make use of these modes of transport a more than logical choice.
InlandLinks was developed on the initiative of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, in collaboration with the Association of Inland Terminal Operators. Certification for the InlandLinks quality mark is performed by an independent agency, Lloyds Register. The assessment criteria were tested in the market by shippers, carriers, deepsea and inland terminals. The InlandLinks website is the platform on which Inland Terminals jointly present themselves to the market.
Learn more about InlandLinks here: http://www.inlandlinks.eu/
B2B LOCO conference
“Transport and logistics ICT solutions – from EU projects to business practice”
EVENT: Final B2B LOCO Conference
DATE: 27th of May, 2011
VENUE: Grand Hotel Metropol, Portoroz, Slovenia
B2B LOCO project is inviting you to participate in the second project’s conference dedicated to “Transport and logistics ICT solutions – from EU projects to business practice” to be held together with the “International Conference on Transport Science – ICTS 2011” organized by Slovenian Society for Transport Science.
The participants of the B2B LOCO conference will have the opportunity to:
- familiarize with best practice solutions developed from EU projects in logistics and transport
- learn how enterprises may benefit from European Projects
- gain first-hand experiences on participation in EU projects and in Seventh Framework Programme
hinterport
In the general infrastructure framework of any country, which should ensure the fluidity of the economic system by moving goods in import and export, ports and hinterland nodes are the “sensitive points” whose functional operation affects the efficiency of some key links in the supply chain.
In the whirlwind of globalization, the borders are reduced and the competitiveness of logistics is increasingly becoming a wider issue that requires strong policies of cooperation and integration that truly promote an approach to operate on a system and corridor logic.
The convenience to activate economies of scale and thus facilitate inevitable processes of concentration of markets has stimulated new processes of penetration into the hinterland calling attention to infrastructure such as freight villages, which can play a decisive role in accepting the goods flows and optimizing their restart to other markets.
The existence of an adequate rail network that branches off from the sea for the hinterland, the use of appropriate technological systems and tuning of all actors involved in logistics chains, become essential conditions without which it would be compromised the process of infrastructure integration.
Business conference
The Hinterport project brings together different types of players representing, on a high level, all components of the supply chain. You will have the chance to meet them in order to assess together business opportunities and mutual exchange of services. The match day could be for you the occasion to promote cooperation projects, to create new or strengthen existing commercial and operative dialogues.
If you are interested in this event, please complete the ON-LINE REGISTRATION FORM before next 26th February 2011.
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