Intermodal freight terminals: an analysis of the terminal market

SERlE RESEARCH MEMORANDA Intermodal Freight Terminals: Terminal Business Planning

Title: Modelling Intermodal Freight Terminal Operations

Intermodal terminals are critical elements in the total freight transportation chain. They provide the interface not only between modes, but also between shippers and carriers. Therefore, the performance of those terminals needs to be closely monitored and their operations optimised with respect to the two key performance areas, namely: customer service and operational efficiency. This paper de...

Intermodal Freight Terminals: Marketing Channels and Transport Networks:

The goal of this paper is to combine the current theory about marketing channels with combined transport and logistics in order to develop a customer-based and broadly applicable approach to the study of combined freight transport in Europe. Furthermore, this paper seeks to provide an analytical framework as a starting point for the analysis of the performance-in terms of quality-of intermodal ...

Modeling Regional Freight Flow Assignment Through Intermodal Terminals

An analytical model is developed to assign regional freight across a multimodal highway and railway network using geographic information systems. As part of the regional planning process, the model is an iterative procedure that assigns multimodal freight traffic to the network to achieve overall network optimum. The procedure integrates optimization programming with traffic assignment, conside...

Multi-Objective Evaluation of Intermodal Freight Terminal Location Decisions

In the movement of freight across the supply chain, terminals play an important role as points of transfer between different modes. The location of terminals is one of the most crucial success factors bearing directly and indirectly on the main stakeholders involved including policy makers, investors, terminal operators, freight operators, and the local community affected. There have been sever...