Global trade has increased nearly 100-fold since 1950, according to the World Trade Organization. Today, major changes in trade are occurring with the advent of mega-ships that can transport thousands more containers than cargo ships now in use. Because global trade is expected to increase dramatically, the railroad industry-in the U.S. alone-has invested more than $5 billion a year over the pa...

Transportation for any country is a vital aspect of its social and economic life; it enhances trade needs whereby the country’s manufacturing, industrial tourism and distribution needs are served. Therefore, a vibrant, responsive, effective and efficient transport system will enhance Nigeria’s economic, developmental and strategic roles in the global system/economy. It is for this reason that T...

In the United States there is an emerging trend to ship goods by rail directly from ports to inland intermodal traffic terminals. However, for this trend to succeed shippers must have “visibility” into rail shipments. In this research we seek to provide visibility into shipments through optimal placement of sensor and communication technology. We formally define the notion of visibility and the...

Tianjin Port has 3 container sea-rail combined transport channels leading to inland ports, and it is one of the intermodal transportation nodes my country’s “One Belt One Road” key construction. This paper introduces development status Port’s transport, uses SWOT analyze strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats proposes optimization strategies on this basis.

Intermodal terminals are important facilities in the container transport network, providing an exchange of containers between road and rail transport. Numerous factors can affect throughput in such highly integrated systems. These include numbers and types of equipment, physical layout, storage capacity and operating strategies. This study aims to improve operating strategies by developing an a...

Intermodal goods transport is characterized by a main transport by rail, barge or seaborne vessel, preceded and followed by short in time but expensive road transport. Many times trucks pick-up or deliver a single container which leads to a full truckload vehicle routing problem in terms of economically efficient transport services. Time windows induced by the customer or due to external situat...

Title of Document: IMPROVING RESILIENCE OF RAIL-BASED INTERMODAL FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS Xiaodong Zhang, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013 Directed By: Professor Elise Miller-Hooks, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering With the increasing natural and human-made disasters, the risk of an event with potential to cause major disruption to our transportation systems and their components ...