Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Vasco Reis (Research Fellow and Lecturer, Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal) ,
Rosario Macario
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Weight: 0.410kg
ISBN: 9780128144640
ISBN 10: 0128144645
Pages: 254
Publication Date: 16 August 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Author Information
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.
