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Intermodal Freight Transport and Logistics Intermodal Freight Transport and Logistics Edited by Jason Monios and Rickard Bergqvist CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 © 2017 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business No claim to original U.S. Government works Printed on acid-free paper International Standard Book Number-13: 978-1-4987-8512-9 (Hardback) This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or the consequences of their use. The authors and publishers have attempted to trace the copyright holders of all mate- rial reproduced in this publication and apologize to copyright holders if permission to publish in this form has not been obtained. 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Visit the Taylor & Francis Web site at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com and the CRC Press Web site at http://www.crcpress.com Contents Figures xi Tables xv Preface xvii Editors xix Contributors xxi Part 1 Introduction 1 1 Introduction 3 JASON MONIOS AND RICKARD BERGQVIST Introduction 3 The origins of intermodal transport 3 Spatial concepts in intermodal transport 6 Policy and planning for intermodal transport 8 Structure of the book and author contributions 13 References 14 Part 1I Operations 17 2 Intermodal transport equipment 19 RICKARD BERGQVIST AND JASON MONIOS Introduction 19 Loading units 19 Handling equipment 33 Trains 38 Container vessels 47 vi Contents Conclusion 52 References 52 3 Rail operations 55 ALLAN WOODBURN Introduction 55 Intermodal rail freight markets 56 Rail network design for intermodal operations 59 Rail network infrastructure and train operating characteristics for intermodal freight 62 Equipment for intermodal rail freight operations 64 Economics of intermodal rail freight 67 Accompanied intermodal rail freight 70 Future direction: Opportunities to improve intermodal rail freight operations 71 Conclusion 72 References 72 4 Inland waterway operations 75 BART WIEGMANS AND RON VAN DUIN Introduction 75 Inland waterway infrastructure operations 75 Inland waterway transport and terminal operations 80 Inland waterway management operations 86 Inland waterway challenges influencing operations 89 Conclusion 92 References 93 5 Road distribution from the intermodal perspective 95 RICKARD BERGQVIST, JASON MONIOS AND SÖ NKE BEHRENDS Introduction 95 Pre- and post-haulage 96 Urban distribution and intermodal transport 98 Inbound logistics and the last mile 101 High capacity transport 104 Conclusion 106 References 106 Contents vii 6 Intermodal terminal design and operations 109 RICKARD BERGQVIST Introduction 109 Intermodal terminal development 109 Intermodal terminal design 112 Terminal concession 116 Terminal operations and governance 118 Intermodal terminals from a life cycle perspective 121 Conclusion 124 References 124 7 The port interface 127 JÜ RGEN WILHELM BÖ SE Introduction 127 Terminal structure and operational aspects 128 Terminal types 135 Container flows and resulting logistics requirements 142 Conclusion 147 References 149 Part 1II Frameworks 151 8 Intermodal system management and economics 153 JASON MONIOS AND JOHAN WOXENIUS Introduction 153 Design of intermodal transport networks 153 Intermodal transport business models 157 Economics of intermodal transport 159 Intermodal service management 162 Conclusion 166 References 167 9 Intermodal logistics 169 JASON MONIOS AND RICKARD BERGQVIST Introduction 169 Challenges to the adoption of intermodal transport 169 Modifying the supply chain to suit intermodal transport 170 viii Contents Case study of UK retailers 176 Case study of shipper-forwarder integration by Jula and Schenker 184 Conclusion 190 References 191 10 Legal aspects of multimodal transport 195 ABHINAYAN BASU BAL Introduction 195 Evolution of multimodal transport law 196 Multimodal transport contract and multimodal transport operator 197 Documentation in multimodal transport 201 Multimodal provisions in various transport conventions 202 Liability regimes in multimodal transport 205 Conclusion 207 References 208 Appendix 209 Part 1V analysis 211 11 Modelling of intermodal systems 213 JONAS FLODÉ N, DRIES MEERS AND CATHY MACHARIS Complexity of designing intermodal systems 213 Modelling of intermodal systems 214 Four-step model 223 Agent-based models 226 LAMBIT modelling system 228 Conclusion 236 References 236 12 Operations research and intermodal transport 239 TEODOR GABRIEL CRAINIC AND MIKE HEWITT Intermodal freight transportation 239 Primer on operations research 241 Prescriptive models 243 Predictive models 248 Perspectives and conclusions 251 References 252 Contents ix 13 Environmental aspects of intermodal transport 255 ERIK FRIDELL Introduction 255 Impact on the environment 256 Specifics for different modes of transport 258 Summary of emissions per tonne-km 261 Nodes 263 Examples 263 Policy instruments 265 Conclusion 266 References 267 Index 269
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