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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. Presents a step-by-step approach that introduces key topics for understanding efficient intermodal transportation Focuses on the concept of fitness between the modes of transport profiles Contains numerous, real-world case studies throughout Examines performance metrics

Intermodal Freight Transportation

• Cover image


• Title page


• Table of Contents


• Copyright


• Dedication


• About the authors


• Preface


• Chapter 1: Forces shaping the freight transport sector


• Abstract


• 1.1 Positioning the freight transport sector


• 1.2 Drivers and trends in logistics and supply chain management


• Chapter 2: Understanding the freight transport sector


• Abstract


• 2.1 Transport agents


• 2.2 Demand for freight transport services


• 2.3 Supply of freight transport services


• 2.4 Characterization of the main products carried


• Chapter 3: Introduction to freight transport chains


• Abstract


• 3.1 Various concepts of freight transport chains


• 3.2 Call for intermodal transport


• 3.3 Conceptual representation of intermodal freight transport


• Chapter 4: Intermodal transport process


• Abstract


• 4.1 Definition of process


• 4.2 Processes in intermodal transport


• 4.3 Intermodal freight transport as set of flows


• 4.4 Depicting the performance of an intermodal freight transport service


• 4.5 Conceptual formulation for integration in intermodal transport


• 4.6 Cost of modal integration


• 4.7 Barriers and challenges to the production of intermodal transport


• Chapter 5: Freight transport modeling and simulation


• Abstract


• 5.1?? Fundamentals of modeling


• 5.2? Agent and ABM?s roots


• 5.3?? What is ABM?


• 5.4?? Basic description of ABM components


• 5.5?? ABM models and development toolkits


• 5.6?? ABM in transport


• 5.7?? The choice of ABM for simulating freight transport chains


• Chapter 6: Building intermodal freight transport services


• Abstract


• 6.1 Assumptions for the model


• 6.2 Model