Reference : The sensitivity of optimal rail‐road terminal locations to intermodal freight costs vari...

	Document type :	Scientific congresses and symposiums : Unpublished conference
	Discipline(s) :	Business & economic sciences : Quantitative methods in economics & management
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/130258

Title :	The sensitivity of optimal rail‐road terminal locations to intermodal freight costs variations
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Carreira, Joana [University of Coimbra > Department of Civil Engineering > > >]
	Santos, Bruno [University of Coimbra > Department of Civil Engineering > > >]
	Limbourg, Sabine [Université de Liège - ULg > HEC-Ecole de gestion de l'ULg : UER > UER Opérations : Logistique >]
Publication date :	5-Sep-2012
On invitation :	No
Audience :	International
Event name :	1st European Symposium on Quantitative Methods in Transportation Systems
Event date :	September 4-7, 2012
Event organizer :	EPFL
Event place (city) :	Lausanne
Event country :	Suisse
Keywords :	[en] hinterland ; intermodal ; freight transportation ; containers ; rail-road ; network design
Abstract :	[en] In the last decades, the market of goods became globalized, increasing international trade relations and the demand for long distance transportation. As a consequence of the larger distances traveled and of the containerization of goods, maritime transportation became more efficient and reliable. In the hinterland, intermodal (rail-road) freight transportation emerged as a competitive alternative to truck-only transportation. In one of its possible meanings, intermodal freight transportation is the multimodal chain of container-transportation services [1] that, e.g., brings containers from (or to) the seaport by barge or rail to (or from) an intermodal terminal in the hinterland from where they are shipped by truck to their final destination (or origin). This study focus on inland intermodal freight transport, in particular, on the rail–truck transport of cargo containers in Belgium. This European country has a long rail system and in the last years has readapted this system in order to handle with containerized cargo. Since 2004, some rail-road terminals have been built and new intermodal services between the seaports of Belgium have been established. In addition, with the aim of promoting the modal share of intermodal rail-road transport, the federal government of Belgium started subsidizing part of the rail transport cost and of the transshipments costs at the rail-road terminals. With these investments the intermodal freight flows in Belgium have increased.
Research units :	QuantOM
Target :	Researchers
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/130258

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