Intermodal Freight Transport and Logistics

Jason Monios

ISBN 10: 1498785123 / ISBN 13: 9781498785129

Published by CRC Press Jun 2017, 2017

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Neuware - 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Intermodal Freight Transport and Logistics
• Publisher: CRC Press Jun 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498785123
• ISBN 13: 9781498785129
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 242W x 161H x 22D millimeters 242 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 574 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.