Intermodal Freight Transport and Logistics
1st Edition
Published on 5. June 2017
Book
Hardback
298 pages
978-1-4987-8512-9 (ISBN)
Description
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, containers, handling operations, logistics management and optimisation. All chapters are written by field specialists, and the volume includes additional chapters on economics, law and the environment to put the practical topics into context.
It presents a balanced textbook for postgraduate students and also a reference text for those in industry or the public sector involved in the planning of intermodal freight transport.
This practical textbook on the operations of intermodal transport and logistics focuses on the practical concerns and the basics of operations, such as vehicles, containers, handling operations, logistics management and optimisation. All chapters are written by field specialists, and the volume includes additional chapters on economics, law and the environment to put the practical topics into context.
It presents a balanced textbook for postgraduate students and also a reference text for those in industry or the public sector involved in the planning of intermodal freight transport.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bosa Roca
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Professional Reference
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
56 s/w Zeichnungen, 34 s/w Tabellen, 51 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
34 Tables, black and white; 56 Line drawings, black and white; 51 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
574 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4987-8512-9 (9781498785129)
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Jason Monios | Rickard Bergqvist
Intermodal Freight Transport and Logistics
Book
12/2019
1st Edition
CRC Press
€74.60
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Jason Monios | Rickard Bergqvist
Intermodal Freight Transport and Logistics
E-Book
06/2017
1st Edition
CRC Press
€55.49
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Jason Monios | Rickard Bergqvist
Intermodal Freight Transport and Logistics
E-Book
06/2017
CRC Press
€55.49
Available for download
Persons
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.
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.
Content
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.