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Intermodal Freight Transport and Logistics book cover

1st Edition

Intermodal Freight Transport and Logistics

Edited By Jason Monios, Rickard Bergqvist Copyright 2017
280 Pages
by CRC Press

298 Pages
by CRC Press

298 Pages
by CRC Press
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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 logistics focuses on the practical concerns and the basics of operations, such as vehicles,... Read more

Introduction to intermodal freight transport and logistics. Operations. Intermodal transport equipment. Rail operations. Barge operations. Road distribution from the intermodal perspective. Intermodal terminal design and operations. The port interface. Frameworks. Intermodal system management and economics. Intermodal logistics. Intermodal transport law. Analysis. Design and modelling of intermodal systems. Operations research and intermodal transport. Environmental aspects of intermodal transport.

Biography

Jason Monios is Associate Professor in Transport Planning and Geography and Head of the Freight Transport and Logistics group at the Transport Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University, UK. He has co-authored technical reports with UNCTAD and UN-ECLAC and in 2015 he was the expert adviser to the Scottish parliament on their freight transport consultation.

Rickard Bergqvist is Professor in Logistics and Transport Economics and Head of the Graduate School at the School of Business, Economics and Law, Gothenburg University, Sweden.

Their co-authored book, Intermodal Freight Terminals: A Life Cycle Governance Framework, will be published by Routledge in 2016.

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