Summary of the course Multimodal Freight Transport and Port Management (Y00678), given by Prof. Chris Coeck. This is a course from Master Handelswetenschappen and the Master in Business Administration at KU Leuven campus Carolus Antwerpen. This course can be taken in any master educations of these ...
Contents
MULTIMODAL FREIGHT TRANSPORT AND PORT MANAGEMENT ......................................................... 1
Session 1. Introduction and aspects of intermodal freight transport .............................................................. 6
1. Success of transport ............................................................................................................................. 6
2. Transport .............................................................................................................................................. 8
3. Division of transport according to criteria............................................................................................... 9
4. Specific characteristics of transport ....................................................................................................... 9
5. Intermodal freight transport ................................................................................................................. 10
6. Intermodal freight transport: Importance for the economy ................................................................... 12
7. Choice of mode of transport ................................................................................................................ 13
8. Transportsystems................................................................................................................................ 14
9. Transport technical division ................................................................................................................. 16
10. Measuring of transport ...................................................................................................................... 17
11. Modal split ......................................................................................................................................... 17
12. Modal split of Antwerp ....................................................................................................................... 17
13. Recap of chapter 1 ............................................................................................................................ 18
Session 2. Trends in container shipping ..................................................................................................... 19
1. Growing maritimisation of world economy ........................................................................................... 19
2. Growing maritimisation of world economy: Drastic changes and trends .............................................. 21
3. Growing maritimisation of world economy: Trends in shipping ............................................................ 22
4. Growing maritimisation of world economy: Scale increase of container shipping ................................ 24
5. Growing maritimisation of world economy: Effects on ports................................................................. 26
6. Intermodal transport equipment........................................................................................................... 27
7. Types of containers ............................................................................................................................. 27
8. Container identification ........................................................................................................................ 29
9. Increased competition ......................................................................................................................... 30
10. Recap of chapter 2 ............................................................................................................................ 30
Session 3. Handling equipment .................................................................................................................. 31
1. RTG – Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes ................................................................................................... 31
2. RMG – Rail Mounted Gantry cranes ................................................................................................... 32
3. Forklifts with different types of ‘forks’ ................................................................................................... 32
4. Reach stackers ................................................................................................................................... 33
5. Empty container handler ..................................................................................................................... 33
5. Straddle carrier ................................................................................................................................... 33
6. Automatic Stacking Cranes ................................................................................................................. 34
7. Automated guided vehicles (AGV) ...................................................................................................... 34
8. Landside operations ............................................................................................................................ 34
9. Comparisons ....................................................................................................................................... 35
10. Summary chapter 3 ........................................................................................................................... 36
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Session 4. Types of vessels and intermodal equipment.............................................................................. 36
1. Intermodal transport equipment........................................................................................................... 36
2. Shipbuilding: Freeboard ...................................................................................................................... 37
3. Different types of vessels .................................................................................................................... 38
3.1 General cargo ships....................................................................................................................... 39
3.2 Container vessel ............................................................................................................................ 40
3.3 Roro-vessels ................................................................................................................................. 41
3.4 Dry bulk vessels ............................................................................................................................ 42
3.5 Tankers ......................................................................................................................................... 42
3.6 Heavy lift or heavy load ................................................................................................................. 44
3.7 Cruise vessels ............................................................................................................................... 44
3.8 Fishing vessels .............................................................................................................................. 44
4. Inland navigation ................................................................................................................................. 44
5. Type of vessels ................................................................................................................................... 45
5. Locomotives ........................................................................................................................................ 46
6. Wagons............................................................................................................................................... 46
7. Road transport .................................................................................................................................... 47
8. Discussion: Future of shipping ............................................................................................................ 47
Session 8. Shipbuilding .............................................................................................................................. 48
1. Major layout of a vessel ...................................................................................................................... 48
2. Major characteristics of a vessel ......................................................................................................... 49
3. Ship tonnage ....................................................................................................................................... 50
4. Freeboard ........................................................................................................................................... 51
4.1 Plimsoll mark ................................................................................................................................. 52
5. Classification of vessels ...................................................................................................................... 52
6. Repairs of vessels ............................................................................................................................... 53
7. Kind of propulsion ............................................................................................................................... 53
8. Standard vessels ................................................................................................................................ 54
9. Delivered vessels: Evolutions .............................................................................................................. 54
10. Discussion: Future of shipping .......................................................................................................... 55
Chapter 8. Intermodal system design ......................................................................................................... 55
1. Design of intermodal transport networks ............................................................................................. 55
2. Intermodal transport business models ................................................................................................. 58
3. Economics of intermodal transport ...................................................................................................... 60
4. Intermodal service management ......................................................................................................... 61
5. Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................... 62
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Chapter 9. Intermodal logistics ................................................................................................................... 62
1. Challenges to the adoption of intermodal transport ............................................................................. 62
2. Modifying the supply chain to suit intermodal transport ....................................................................... 62
3. Case study of UK retailers................................................................................................................... 64
4. Case study of shipper-forwarder integration by Julia and Schenker .................................................... 64
5. Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................... 64
Session 5. Rail Operations ......................................................................................................................... 64
1. Port-Hinterland versus continental/domestic ....................................................................................... 65
2. Rail network design ............................................................................................................................. 66
3. Train operations .................................................................................................................................. 67
4. Equipment for intermodal rail freight .................................................................................................... 68
5. Economics of intermodal rail freight .................................................................................................... 68
6. Opportunities to improve ..................................................................................................................... 69
7. Application to the port of Antwerp........................................................................................................ 69
Session 6. Inland Waterways Operations ................................................................................................... 72
1. Inland waterway transport and terminal operations ............................................................................. 73
2. Transhipment operations – Terminals ................................................................................................. 75
3. Inland waterways logistics – Management operations ......................................................................... 75
4. Inland waterways – Challenges ........................................................................................................... 76
5. Application to the port of Antwerp........................................................................................................ 77
6. Port of Antwerp – Building of forces .................................................................................................... 78
Session 7. Intermodal Road distribution ..................................................................................................... 80
1. Pre- and post-haulage......................................................................................................................... 80
2. Urban distribution and intermodal transport ......................................................................................... 81
3. Inbound logistics and last mile ............................................................................................................ 81
4. High capacity transport ....................................................................................................................... 82
5. Long heavy vehicles............................................................................................................................ 82
6. Maximising existing hinterland connections ......................................................................................... 84
7. Evolutions in port ................................................................................................................................ 85
Chapter 6. Intermodal terminal design and operations ................................................................................ 86
1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 86
2. Intermodal terminal development ........................................................................................................ 86
3. Intermodal terminal design .................................................................................................................. 88
4. Terminal concession ........................................................................................................................... 90
5. Terminal operations and governance .................................................................................................. 91
6. Intermodal terminals from a life cycle perspective ............................................................................... 92
7. Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................... 93
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Chapter 11. Modelling of intermodal systems ............................................................................................. 94
1. Complexity of designing intermodal systems ....................................................................................... 94
2. Modelling of intermodal systems ......................................................................................................... 95
2.1 Strategic, tactical and operational models...................................................................................... 95
2.2 Focus the model ............................................................................................................................ 97
2.3 View of the world ........................................................................................................................... 97
3.4 Input data ...................................................................................................................................... 97
3.5 Simplifications................................................................................................................................ 97
3.6 Verification and validation .............................................................................................................. 97
3.7 Using the results ............................................................................................................................ 97
4. Four-step model .................................................................................................................................. 97
4.1 Production and attraction ............................................................................................................... 97
4.2 Trip distribution .............................................................................................................................. 97
4.3 Modal split ..................................................................................................................................... 98
4.4 Assignment.................................................................................................................................... 98
5. Agent-based models ........................................................................................................................... 99
6. LAMBIT modelling system................................................................................................................... 99
6.1 GIS-based analysis methodology ................................................................................................ 100
6.2 Scenario analyses ....................................................................................................................... 100
7. Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................ 100
Chapter 12. Operations research and intermodal transport ...................................................................... 102
1. Intermodal freight transportation........................................................................................................ 102
2. Primer on operations research .......................................................................................................... 103
3. Prescriptive models ........................................................................................................................... 104
4. Predictive models .............................................................................................................................. 104
5. Perspectives and conclusions ........................................................................................................... 104
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