The future of intermodal freight transport : operations, design and policy /

• Konings, J. W.
• Priemus, Hugo
• Nijkamp, Peter

• Containerization

• Edward Elgar,

• Transport economics, management and policy

• 1845422384 (hbk.) :
• 9781845422387 (hbk.) :
• 1848441398 (e-book)
• 9781848441392 (e-book)

• £55.00

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Contents:Preface1. Increasing the Scope of Intermodal Freight Transport: An OverviewRob Konings, Hugo Priemus and Peter NijkampPART I: INTERMODAL TRANSPORT OPERATIONS2. Intermodal Road-Rail Transport in the European UnionJohan Woxenius and Fredrik Barthel3. Intermodal Freight Transport in the United StatesLate Chatterjee and T.R. Lakshmanan4. Intermodal Freight Transport in Urban Areas in JapanEiichi Taniguchi and Toshinori Nemoto5. Bundling of Freight Flows and Hinterland Network DevelopmentsTheo Notteboom6. Container Terminal Handling QualityBart Wiegmans, Peter Nijkamp and Piet RietveldPART II: DESIGN AND MODELLING7. Container Handling in Mainports: A Dilemma About Future ScalesJoan Rijsenbrij8. A Technical Approach to the Agile Port SystemKlaus-Peter Franke9. The Impacts of Innovative Technical Concepts for Load UnitExchange on the Design of Intermodal Freight NetworkEkki Kreutzberger10. Designing Intermodal Transport Systems: A Conceptual and Methodological FrameworkArne Jensen11. Intermodal Freight Network ModellingFlorian SchwarzPART III: IMPLEMENTATION AND POLICY12. Critical Success Factors: Interconnectivity and InteroperabilityBryan Stone13. Interorganisational Co-ordination: The Role of Information TechnologyMarielle den Hengst14. Development Strategies for Intermodal TransportDimitrios Tsamboulas15. The Role of Government in Fostering Intermodal TransportInnovations: Lessons and Obstacles in the United StatesJose Holguin Veras, Robert Paaswell and Anthony PerlIndex

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