The promise of intermodal and multimodal transportation systems swutc9560017712493 center for transportation research university of texas at austin 3208 red river, suite 200 austin, texas 787052650. To contribute to more efficient transport, the interdisciplinary tellisys consortium cf. Europa promote innovative intermodal freight transport. Lhvadza, niezgoda tadeusz a, 6wdqnlhzlf 0lfkdaa amilitary university of technology, gen. Innovative design, management, and use of intermodal transportation systems can provide competitive advantage to businesses. These categories no longer cover all types of service e. Implementing a european intermodal transport system requires coordinated development of transport policy on european, national and regional level four key strategies will proyide the necessary impetus to the development of intermodal transport in the overall context of the common transport policy see table 1. Toward improved intermodal freight transport between europe and the united states. What is intermodal transportation and when is it the best choice. A brief overview of intermodal transportation cirrelt200703 2 transportation refers to the transportation of people or freight from their origin to their destination by a sequence of at least two transportation modes. Figure 1 develops an innovative intermodal transport system, consisting of a family of volume optimized megaswapboxes, a suitable trailer chassis, a super lowdeck truck and purposebuilt tyres. The intermodal process usually begins with a container being moved by a truck to a rail, then back to a truck to complete the process.
Recommendations and guidelines give advice to the relevant actors in intermodal transport to develop successful strategies and to realize the potential for modal shift. Special standardized containers are used for intermodal transport of cargo on trucks, freight trains, and ships. What is intermodal transportation and when is it the best. Ict in multimodal transport and technological trends. Promit is a coordination action for intermodal freight transport aiming to facilitate a faster improvement and implementation of intermodal transport technologies and procedures and to help promoting intermodal transport and mode shift by creating awareness on innovations, best practices and intermodal transport opportunities for potential users. Intermodal transportation is the use of two or more modes, or carriers, to transport goods freight from shipper to consignee. Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation rail, ship, and truck, without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes. Insurance carriers from insurance history of innovative intermodal. Business models for intermodal transport maritime transport knows two types of processing the movement of the container depending on who controls the inland haulage.
The intelligent transport system for innovative intermodal freight transport tellisys will actively promote the eus objective of optimizing the performance of intermodal logistic chains and will provide smooth and cooperative interactions between different modes of transport. The method reduces cargo handling, and so improves security, reduces damage and loss, and allows freight to be. Hence, we proposed the concept of sustainable innerurban intermodal transport siuit for the future urban freight transport as depicted in figure 8. There was consensus that the discussion of this issue could be improved by developing reliable information on the current use of 45foot containers in terms of. A brief overview of intermodal transportation cirrelt200703 3 ii. The book covers transport modes, agents, supply and demand patterns, key drivers, trends influencing the. The transport of goods and commodities from manufacturers to customers is no small undertaking, and requires a high degree of organization and coordination between the different modes.
The intermodal freight transport advisory group is examining key topics focusing on critical aspects of the role of governments in promoting intermodal transport including. Innovative, efficient and reliable global transport solutions. The main strategic objective of promit was to contribute to a faster improvement and implementation of intermodal freight transport technologies and procedures, and to help to promote innovative intermodal freight transport and modal shift by creating awareness of innovations, best practices and intermodal transport opportunities for potential users, as well. There are about 25 million containers moved via intermodal shipping each year. But there are subtle differences between those terms. Prototype railway wagon with rotatable loading platform and. A prototype version of the wagon with a rotatable load platform is presented shortly in the paper.
Comparative evaluation of existing and innovative rail. Benchmarking intermodal freight transport performance. In view of the current dominant role of road transport and the increasing difficulties in coping with a growing number of vehicles in an efficient and sustainable way, intermodal freight transport could be considered a viable alternative. An intermodal transport system based on an innovative concept of the railway wagon, which will use the national railway infrastructure, was developed. Innovative new business models are developing fast to cater user needs lowcost travel, uber, call a bike, automated autonomous vehicles, maas, etc.
Dash point transportation company intermodal services. Committee on intermodal freight transport chairman. These containers are large rectangular boxes, capable of being secured to special trailers. It delivers goods across europe fast, efficiently, flexibly and cheaply. Since intermodal transport is more dataintensive than conventional transport, the information. The project intelligent transport system for innovative intermodal freight transport tellisys aims to optimize the performance of intermodal logistic chains. February 2017 today clients are forced to ship via flatbed longhaul as theres noway for them to load their heavy andor long cargo into the rear doors of a container or intermodal trailer. Intermodal is the use of two modes of freight, such as truck and rail, to transport goods from shipper to consignee. Innovative project of prototype railway wagon and intermodal. The process of loading and unloading the trailers can be performed considering a whole train or individual wagons from any part of the train no cranes needed. The idea of an intermodal system based on the innovative railway wagons and the constructional solutions used for it is presented in the paper as well. Innovative approaches to improved intermodal transportation. Reaching these goals should be supported by financial, fiscal and pricing incentives. Strategy and recommendations due date of deliverable.
This book explores the great challenge of increasing the scope of intermodal freight transport. May 30, 2008 this book explores the great challenge of increasing the scope of intermodal freight transport. Railrunner announces resignation of dean wise from board of directors. The future of intermodal freight transport operations. New norway continent route via shetland and rosyth, and elaboration of the mos concept annex 2.
One innovation thats altered the global freight movement landscape is the intermodal container. Ojectives of innovative intermodal terminals development of rail terminals lessons learnt from sea terminals innovative intermodal concept layout proposal variety of different layout applications of the gpt cranes and the terminal systems concepts asc crane movie conclusions. Railrunner news railrunner north america innovating. The main strategic objective of promit was to contribute to a faster improvement and implementation of intermodal freight transport technologies and procedures, and to help to promote innovative intermodal freight transport and modal shift by creating awareness of innovations, best practices and intermodal transport opportunities for potential users, as well as politicians and research community. Intermodal freight transportation conceptualizes intermodal transport as a set of physical, logical, financial and contractual flows, examining the barriers that impact intermodal freight services and the resulting performance variables.
Transfers from one mode to the other are performed at intermodal terminals, which may be a sea port or an inland terminal, e. The trbs intermodal freight transportation committee at045 is soliciting research papers for the 2019 trb annual meeting that focus on intermodal freight transportation, multimodal freight transportation, and. Intelligent transport system for innovative intermodal freight transport experience from the tellisys project and current its projects 60 th working party on intermodal transport and logistics geneva, switzerland, 23 november 2017. Innovative approaches to improved intermodal transportation infrastructure funding and financing through publicprivate partnerships. The book covers transport modes, agents, supply and demand patterns, key drivers, trends influencing the freight transportation sector. Innovative transport solutions usa, 325b west lake street, elmhurst, il60126, usa 6303502402.
The classic transport from a to b can rarely satisfy the. Intelligent transport system for innovative intermodal. Toward improved intermodal freight transport between. In the case of merchant haulage a shipper merchant takes control of the doortodoor transport and negotiates the terms. Promoting innovative intermodal freight transport coordination action priority 1. Goetz, principal investigator department of geography and intermodal transportation institute, university of denver 2050 e iliff ave, denver, co 80208. Palletflow development of an intelligent and innovative intermodal transport system based on palletized and unit load cargo in europe aschauer, gerald j flotzinger, christian w starkl, friedrich 12th wctr, july 1115, 2010 lisbon, portugal 3 services are needed aberle, 2005. Road transport is part of the lifeblood of the european economy and single market.
Transport research institute innovative intermodal transport solutions. The concept of siuit is defined as the combined use of various emerging transport modes e. Merchant marine academy intermodal freight transportation william dewitt, university of maryland jennifer clinger, louis berger group, inc. If intermodal transport were measured as it has been more broadly defined in this paper, as all multiplemode singlebill shipments rather than the historical narrow measure of containerized freight, the tremendous significance of intermodal movements in the logistics and supply chain structure would be more apparent. Intermodal roadrail transport in the european union. This chapter focuses on intermodal freight transportation, broadly defined as the transportation of a load from its origin to its destination by a sequence of at least two transportation modes.
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