Intermodal freight transport and logistics

Applying sophisticated management techniques to freight transport offers the potential for significant cost savings as well as greater efficiency. Yet the inherent complexity of intermodal transport presents many challenges. This practical textbook on the operations of intermodal transport and logis...

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Main Authors: Monios, Jason (Author), Bergqvist, Rickard (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business 2017
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Call Number :TA 1215
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Intermodal transport equipment
  • Rail operations
  • Inland waterway operations
  • Road distribution from the intermodal perspective
  • Intermodal terminal design and operations
  • The port interface
  • Intermodal system management and economics
  • Intermodal logistics
  • Legal aspects of multimodal transport
  • Modelling of intermodal systems
  • Operations research and intermodal transport
  • Environmental aspects of intermodal transport.