Inland Container Logistics and Interports. Goals and Features of an Ongoing Applied Research

Iannone, Fedele; Thore, Sten; Forte, Ennio

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“…Our own work zeroes in on the problem of evaluating a proposed new inland transportation and customs examination hub in a generalized multi-modal importation network. It builds upon earlier research on the inward flow of containers through Campania, Italy as reported in Iannone (2006aIannone ( , 2006b, Iannone, Thore, and Forte (2007). For complete background, see the doctoral dissertation of Iannone (2008) and the paper by Iannone and Thore (2010) that deal with the network of containers imported through Campania in toto, and the characteristics of the optimal solution under a range of alternative assumptions (including sensitivity analysis).…”

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The Interport

Thore

Iannone

2012

International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management

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In a container transportation and logistics network, an interport is a common user facility located in the hinterland of one or several seaports where services are available to carriers and shippers such as transshipping, customs clearance and inspection, temporary storage, tagging, and sorting. Interports pose opportunities and challenges for operators involved in freight transport and trade. Mathematically, the authors identify the “interport model” as an extension of the conventional transshipment problem in a hub-and-spokes configuration with the interport treated as a novel kind of hub. The model highlights the advantages that shippers may enjoy in routing their containers from the seaports to their final hinterland destinations via one or several interports. They also discuss an empirical application portraying the intermodal transportation network in the Campania region, Italy. The major seaports of the region are Naples and Salerno; the recently constructed terminal, warehousing and processing facilities at Nola and Marcianise are recognized as interports. A linear programming model minimizes the sum of all container-related logistic costs throughout the entire network, including customs inspection, handling, and storage costs. The solution demonstrates the critical role of adequate customs facilities at the interports, and adequate railway connections between the seaports and the interports.

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The Interport

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Iannone

2012

International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management

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“…One of the main principles of customs should be equal and simple rules that are understandable for each participant in customs relations arising from the movement of material objects across the customs border [5,6]. Therefore, in order to modernize and improve the state of the State Customs Service of Ukraine (hereinafter -SCSU), it is necessary to take into account international trends in the development of customs infrastructure and its European integration.…”

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Study of efficiency of simplication of customs formalities on the digitalization basis

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Anufriyeva²,

Savenko³

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The object of research is the processes of data exchange between subjects of foreign economic activity when performing customs procedures, namely, the introduction of a new computerized transit system NCTS within the framework of improving and harmonizing customs procedures. One of the most problematic areas is the lack of knowledge and awareness in the implementation of reforms on trade facilitation measures, and therefore there is a need to be able to reduce costs at the border, and costs associated with foreign trade transactions. The perspective is considered and the assessment of the state of modern customs policy is carried out on the example of Ukraine, the mechanisms of application of customs instruments for regulating foreign trade during the digitalization of customs are determined. The dynamics of export-import operations of Ukraine with other countries is analyzed. In 2020, exporting companies estimate the work of customs significantly better by 15 % compared to 2019. Among enterprises of various sizes, micro-enterprises often report problems at customs, and the greatest problems are considered to be overstatement of customs value of goods and outdated equipment of customs control zones. It is shown that one of the ways to improve the efficiency of customs procedures is to minimize personal contacts between the customs officer and the client, transfer most of the transactions online, use electronic services and mobile applications. Also, in the near future, a large-scale reconstruction of checkpoints is planned to reduce queues. It is found that the customs clearance procedures are not sufficiently automated, and the customs authorities are entrusted with many obligations. Thus, the customs authorities of Ukraine are forced to control goods during customs clearance more carefully than in the EU countries. The average duration of customs clearance of imported goods by the customs authorities of Ukraine is from 1 to 4 hours, depending on the region, while in developed countries such clearance takes only a few minutes. The conducted research is interesting for the participants of the international transport market. Since for business enterprises the use of one transit declaration for the delivery of goods from one country to another (from the customs office of departure to the customs office of destination), according to the general transit procedure, reduces the cost of customs procedures and the time required for their passage. Consequently, it reduces queues at the border, which means a faster flow of goods.

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“…The intermodal nodes in the hinterland network of seaports are described differently in different countries, such as for example 'inland ports' or 'inland terminals' in the United States and Canada, 'strategic rail freight interchanges' in the United Kingdom, 'dry ports' in Sweden and other European countries, and 'interports' in Italy as an abbreviation of 'interior ports' (Cullinane and Wilmsmeier, 2011;Harrison, 2007;Hayuth, 1980;Iannone et al, 2007;Iannone and Thore, 2010;Jaržemskis and Vasiliauskas, 2007;Kirkland, 2007;Leitner and Harrison, 2001; Leveque and Roso, 2002;Rodrigue and Notteboom, 2009;Rodrigue et al, 2010;Roso, 2008;Roso and Lumsden, 2010;Thore, 2007;UNCTAD, 1982UNCTAD, , 1991. In some cases, these facilities all have the same functions: multimodal interchange, temporary storage and distribution of intermodal loading units, customs clearance and inspection services, semi-manufacturing and other value added supply chain logistics services, and even wholesale and retail trade.…”

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The Extended Gateway Concept in Port Hinterland Container Logistics: A Theoretical Network Programming Formulation

Iannone¹

2011

SSRN Journal

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This paper presents a theoretical network programming formulation of the extended gateway concept in port hinterland container logistics. The model represents a novel extension of the inward interport model developed by Iannone and Thore (2010), as it simultaneously incorporates economic, environmental and social parameters into a single objective framework. A methodological overview on the relations between primal and dual models in linear programming is firstly provided. Based on the configuration of a hypothetical port hinterland network over which typical container distribution operations are performed, a detailed analytical formulation of the primal and dual programs of the interport model is then presented. Possible research developments aimed at applying and improving the model are finally introduced.

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Inland Container Logistics and Interports. Goals and Features of an Ongoing Applied Research

Cited by 13 publications

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