Intermodal Freight Transportation
Published on 16. August 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
254 pages
978-0-12-814464-0 (ISBN)
Description
Intermodal Freight Transportation conceptualizes intermodal transport as a set of physical, logical, financial and contractual flows, examining the barriers that impact intermodal freight services and the resulting performance variables. The book covers transport modes, agents, supply and demand patterns, key drivers, trends influencing the freight transportation sector, the evolution of supply and logistics chains, and the impacts of technological advancements, such as autonomous vehicles and e-commerce. In addition, the book covers transport agents, such as shippers, freight forwarders, integrators, and customs, as well as the demand for freight transport services and the key properties of goods.
Readers will find a variety of new tools for analyzing and building effective transport chains that addresses component technology, information, responsibility, and financing dimension, along with sections on key organizational, regulatory, infrastructure and technological barriers. The book concludes with a look into the future of the freight transport sector.
Readers will find a variety of new tools for analyzing and building effective transport chains that addresses component technology, information, responsibility, and financing dimension, along with sections on key organizational, regulatory, infrastructure and technological barriers. The book concludes with a look into the future of the freight transport sector.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Freight transportation researchers; graduate students; practitioners; consultants; planners; and engineers
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
410 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-814464-0 (9780128144640)
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Vasco Reis | Rosario Macario
Intermodal Freight Transportation
E-Book
09/2019
Elsevier
€109.00
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Persons
Vasco Reis is Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Instituto Superior Tecnico of the University of Lisbon. He teaches Freight Transport and Logistics as well as Transport Planning and Operations. He is member of the Freight and Logistics Committee of the European Transport Conference, as well as member of Transport Research Board's Intermodal Transfer Facilities Committee and Intermodal Freight Transport Committee. He is an Editorial Board Member of Elsevier's Case Studies on Transport Policy and a reviewer for several Elsevier journals, including Transportation Research: Part A and Transportation Research: Part E. Rosario Macario is Professor and Researcher of Transportation at the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georresources at Instituto Superior Tecnico Universidade de Lisboa, and Professor of Transport and Regional Economics at University of Antwerp. Her transport research covers all transport modes and focuses on business and systems development, mobility planning and management, regulation, policy development, and financing. She is the author and editor of several books and Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier's journal "Case studies for Transport Policy.?
Author
Research Fellow and Lecturer, Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Professor of Transportation, Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources, Instituto Superior Tecnico Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal; Professor of Transport and Regional Economics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Content
1. Forces Shaping the Freight Transport Sector2. Understanding the Freight Transport Sector3. Freight Transport Chains4. Barriers and Challenges to Freight Transport Chains5. Building Successful Freight Transport Chains6. Ways Forward