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Logistics policy analysis and network model simulation for cross-border transport in the Trans-Caspian transport corridor : global intermodal logistics network simulation (GLINS) m...
Watanabe, Daisuke; Shibasaki, Ryuichi; Arai, Hirofumi - 2021
Corridor (TCTC) will play an important role in facilitating cross-border logistics in CA, particularly with land transport. To … effectiveness of logistics policy and infrastructure development for cross-border transport along the TCTC using a simulation … analysis based on a network equilibrium assignment model. The global logistics intermodal network simulation (GLINS) model …
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The emissions reduction potential for freight transport on a high-speed rail line along the "European Silk Road"
Arsenev, Aleksandr; Angers, Erica; Holzner, Mario - 2023
This report estimates the CO2 emissions of freight transport on a hypothetical high-speed rail (HSR) line along the northern route, from Lyon to Warsaw, of a 'European Silk Road' (ESR). Using a methodology consisting of predictions regarding the freight-carrying capacity of the future HSR, and...
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The Effort of the Quality of Seaports on Freight Routing
Kaukin, Andrey - 2015
An analysis of the freight costs of Russian foreign trade cargos shows that the quality characteristics of Russia's seaports have a strong bearing on the sea freight routing – seaports with low-quality infrastructure are apt to lose the competition. Not only Russia's economic policy in the...
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The effectiveness of EC policies to move freight from road to rail : evidence from CEE grain markets
Pittman, Russell W.; Jandová, Monika; Król, Marcin; … - 2019
The European Commission years ago adopted a policy of encouraging the substitution of motor carrier haulage of freight with rail and water carrier haulage, as part of its "green" agenda of reducing fuel consumption, emission of pollutants, carbon intensity, and road congestion. Regarding railway...
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Using Road Freight Movements Survey Data to Estimate Road Freight Transport Quotients and Regional Road Freight Flows in Australia
Naude, Clifford - 2020
Australia comprises states of varying climates, natural resource endowments, geographic area and population size. This has resulted in a diversity of regional or state economies, regional road freight flows and road networks to serve these needs. In this paper, the concept of location quotients...
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The importance of timing in energy shipping : a case from Cyprus
Kandinskaia, Olga; Dobrinov, Sergey; Filippopoulos, Ioannis - In: Central European review of economics and management : CEREM 8 (2024) 1, pp. 77-130
Aim: Investment decisions in shipping are notoriously difficult. The key reason is that freight rates are highly volatile and often unpredictable. The energy shipping sector is most challenging. The paper formulates an investment decision rationale in energy shipping and provides insights as to...
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The Effect of Freight Transport Time Changes on the Performance of Manufacturing Companies
Sambracos, Evangelos - 2013
logistics processes and secondly as a key factor of customer satisfaction. Yet, there is a lot of controversy between …
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On Transport Service Selection in Intermodal Rail/Road Distribution Networks
Bierwirth, Christian; Kirschstein, Thomas; Meisel, Frank - 2012
Intermodal rail/road freight transport constitutes an alternative to long-haul road transport for the distribution of large volumes of goods. The paper introduces the intermodal transportation problem for the tactical planning of mode and service selection. In rail mode, shippers either book...
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Cargo Revenue Management : Bid-Prices for a 0-1 Multi Knapsack Problem
Pak, Kevin; Dekker, Rommert - 2010
Revenue management is the practice of selecting those customers that generate the maximum revenue from a fixed and perishable capacity. Cargo revenue management differs from the well-known passenger revenue management problem by the fact that its capacity constraint is 2-dimensional, i.e. weight...
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Intranational home bias in the presence of wholesalers, hub-spoke structures and multimodal transport deliveries
Gallego, Nuria; Llano Verduras, Carlos; Mata, Tamara de la - In: Spatial economic analysis : the journal of the Regional … 10 (2015) 3, pp. 369-399
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