Cooperation among freight forwarders: Mode choice and intermodal freight transport

Saeed, Naima

doi:10.1016/j.retrec.2012.11.005

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“…Many scholars have conducted research from different perspectives of managing transportation activities, such as organizational management, business activities, and the impact of external risk on support transportation decisions. From the perspective of organizational management, scholars use effective cooperation of internal freight forwarders to coordinate transportation processes [35] or use external customer needs as a breakthrough Sustainability 2020, 12, 1487 5 of 26 point to establish reasonable transportation routes and methods [31] to achieve logistical coordination and minimize costs. At the same time, the service quality evaluation work is also a very reasonable direction.…”

Section: Container Multimodal Transportmentioning

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Synergy Degree Evaluation of Container Multimodal Transport System

Fang

Zhi-ya

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Sustainability

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Logistics activities are an important source of energy consumption and environmental issues. Research conclusions and practical experience show that promoting the development of container multimodal transport is an effective way to reduce the level of carbon footprint. The key to influencing the development of container multimodal transport lies in the cooperation of all participants and links (modes of transport, transport businesses). Evaluating the synergy degree is a key step in this development process. This paper takes the whole process of container multimodal transportation as the research perspective, analyzes the operation process, and treats the process as a production system composed of four subsystems: facilities and equipment, organizational management, business operations, and information interactions. Through in-depth interviews and an analysis of the academic literature and policy documents, we establish a synergy degree evaluation index system and measurement model of container multimodal transport based on synergy theory and case studies. The research results are consistent with the actual situation. From 2015 to 2018, the synergy of container multimodal transport system of China's G port developed slowly, but generally moved in a more orderly direction.Sustainability 2020, 12, 1487 2 of 26 of cargo transportation; by 2020, the volume of port railway collection and distribution and container multimodal transport will increase significantly. Multimodal container operation is an important economic activity and plays a vital role in transportation and low-carbon development.In actual operation, logistics companies tend to choose a single mode of transport when conditions permit. The reason is that the participants and links (modes of transport, transport businesses) are not coordinated, due to the following: (1) There is a lack of effective connection between infrastructures. For example, many ports have no dedicated railway lines, which greatly increases transportation costs.(2) There is no uniform standard for equipment. The size standards of road trucks are different from the standards of railway loading units, and the conversion is very troublesome, requiring loading and unloading, resulting in increased costs. (3) The devices are not completely intelligent. The development of special railway wagons, railway dual-use trailers, and river-sea combined carriers is lagging, and the connection efficiency is low. (4) There is a lack of multimodal transport integration service providers. Due to the lack of a large logistics network platform and effective deployment, small transportation companies are blind, and there is often repeated transportation and wasting of resources. (5) Information docking and sharing are difficult. There is no uniform information exchange standard and format between enterprises, and each enterprise is an information island. In addition, there is a lack of effective connection between multiple modes of transport, and the costs of short barges, reloading, loading and unloading...

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Section: Container Multimodal Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Synergy Degree Evaluation of Container Multimodal Transport System

Fang

Zhi-ya

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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“…The establishment of effective cooperative measures is likely to improve many aspects of urban distribution (Saeed 2013). Along this line, the importance of a framework to facilitate the interaction between stakeholders has been highlighted in the literature (Österle et al 2015), stressing the need for local authorities to play a major role (Lindholm, Browne 2013).…”

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Under Which Conditions Is Carrier Cooperation Possible? A Case Study in a Seville Marketplace

2018

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The high volume of traffic originates two well-known problems in many cities: congestion and pollution. In recent years, a social phenomenon is emerging cooperation. This work is aimed at evaluating the circumstances under which transport cooperation is possible between different stakeholders operating in the same geographical area. To this end, a double survey process was conducted in a marketplace situated in the Seville City (Spain) centre. The first survey was designed to know the characteristics of the retailers and their preferences with respect to cooperation and regulations. A relational analysis between retailer features and their willingness to cooperate was carried out. After analysing the motivations for non-cooperation, a mixed proposal was designed and surveyed. Although the research was limited to a marketplace, the relevant data gathered from this double survey process highlights some implications: (a) the importance of personal relations in retailer cooperation; (b) a high volume of freight and the use of vans as on-street warehouses appear as significant motivations for non-cooperation; (c) forcing changes in the statu quo encourages cooperation.

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“…Böylece şirkette çevre dostu dağıtım proseslerinin oluşturulması da başarıyla desteklenmiştir. Saeed (2013) iki farklı ulaşım aracı ile üç farklı taşıyıcı arasındaki yatay ve dikey işbirliklerini analiz etmiştir. Önerilen analizde, iki-aşamalı oyun teorisi yaklaşımı kullanılmıştır.…”

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A literature review on intermodal transportation

Aldemir¹,

Beldek²

2017

Pressacademia

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As an important part of global trade, freight transport has grown rapidly over the past two decades. Designing cost effective and highly efficient transport networks is extremely important in freight transport. The main modes of transport are air, rail, road and sea. Although road transport still constitutes a significant part of freight transport, intermodal transport is a preferred alternative for establishing a sustainable transport system. Intermodal transport can be defined as the transport of goods in the same transport (loading) unit using two or more modes of transport together, and the handling of the goods rather than the goods themselves. The use and development of intermodal transport have numerous economic, social and environmental advantages. In this study, a detailed literature search is presented by various classifications on intermodal freight transport problems; suggestions for future work have been made. Keywords:Intermodal transport, freight transport planning, literature review, sustainable transportation, transportation network design JEL Codes: L91, L92, L93 İNTERMODAL TAŞIMACILIK ÜZERİNE DETAYLI BİR LİTERATÜR TARAMASI ÖZETKüresel ticaretin önemli bir parçası olarak yük taşımacılığı son yirmi yılda hızlı bir büyüme göstermiştir. Maliyet etkin ve yüksek düzeyde verimli taşıma ağları tasarlamak yük taşımada son derece önemlidir. Ana taşıma modları havayolu, demiryolu, karayolu ve deniz yoludur. Karayolu taşımacılığı halen yük taşımacılığının önemli bir bölümünü oluşturmasına rağmen, intermodal taşımacılık sürdürülebilir taşıma sistemi oluşturmak için tercih edilebilir bir alternatiftir. İntermodal taşımacılık iki veya daha fazla taşıma modunun birlikte kullanılarak ürünlerin aynı taşıma (yükleme) birimi içinde taşıma modu değişikliği yaparken malların kendisinin değil taşıma biriminin elleçlenerek taşınması olarak tanımlanabilir. İntermodal taşımacılık koridorlarının kullanımı ve geliştirilmesinin ekonomik, sosyal ve çevresel çok sayıda avantajı vardır. Bu çalışmada intermodal yük taşımacılığı problemleri üzerine çeşitli sınıflandırmalar yapılarak detaylı bir literatür araştırması sunulmuştur; gelecek çalışmalar için öneri yapılmıştır.Anahtar Kelimeler: İntermodal taşımacılık, yük taşımacılığı planlaması, literatür araştırması, sürdürülebilir taşımacılık, taşımacılık ağ tasarımı. JEL Kodları: L91, L92, L93

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Cooperation among freight forwarders: Mode choice and intermodal freight transport

Cited by 42 publications

References 12 publications

Synergy Degree Evaluation of Container Multimodal Transport System

Synergy Degree Evaluation of Container Multimodal Transport System

Under Which Conditions Is Carrier Cooperation Possible? A Case Study in a Seville Marketplace

A literature review on intermodal transportation

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