Introduction
The purpose of this paper is to present a cost model of multimodal transport,
which was originally proposed by Boerne (1990) and developed by Beresford
and Dubey (1990). The model is stand-alone and flexible enough to be applied
to any operational circumstances and to a supply chain of any length. The
validity of this model is tested against a real case in international supply chain
movement, namely the export of garments from Lao People’s Democratic
Republic (PDR) to the port of Rotterdam in The Netherlands, one of the main
European entry points.