3. Applying the mining operation
model to a sea–land logistics chain
Although specific transit corridor operations would require
a business process mapped and designed in detail for a
tailored implementation of the transit belt model, successful
operations would include the following key features:
• Frequency of availability of service – This
should be adapted first to known existing and
potential volumes and types of cargo, origins
and destinations. The design should then be
validated with pre- and post-carriage players,
including cargo handling and terminal operators,
government agencies such as customs and other
intervening public agencies, at both ends, in the
transit port and the inland dry port. Depending on
estimated needs, the belt service could start on
the basis of several rounds per week;
• Choice in modes of transport – Wherever rail
transport would be available, it would be used
as the primary mode to develop the system.
Examples already exist in other parts of the world of established regular connections between
seaports and inland terminals, such as that of the
Interporto in Bologna, Italy, where up to 15 trains
a day, consisting of container-carrying flat wagons,
link this freight village to different seaports in Italy
and northern Europe. These regular services also
operate as a conveyor belt. Cargoes would be
dispatched from the dry port to final destinations
by road or carried to the transit port in the case
of outbound traffic. Wherever road transport
remains the main or only choice, a system should
be designed to allow free access to cargoes by
qualified trucking companies eligible to function as
trusted transit operators according to quality and
reliability criteria;
• Uninterrupted transit flows along the transit belt –
In order for transport of transit cargoes to be fully
efficient, they should benefit from an uninterrupted
transit status based on a trusted transit operator
scheme (see box 6.2). This issue is discussed in
recent UNCTAD research (2013) in which a threepronged
approach is proposed, including transit
coordination by means of a corridor management
arrangement, secure transit operators by means
of risk-management and authorized operators
customs schemes, and consolidation centres
along the corridor.
3. Applying the mining operationmodel to a sea–land logistics chainAlthough specific transit corridor operations would requirea business process mapped and designed in detail for atailored implementation of the transit belt model, successfuloperations would include the following key features:• Frequency of availability of service – Thisshould be adapted first to known existing andpotential volumes and types of cargo, originsand destinations. The design should then bevalidated with pre- and post-carriage players,including cargo handling and terminal operators,government agencies such as customs and otherintervening public agencies, at both ends, in thetransit port and the inland dry port. Depending onestimated needs, the belt service could start onthe basis of several rounds per week;• Choice in modes of transport – Wherever railtransport would be available, it would be usedas the primary mode to develop the system.Examples already exist in other parts of the world of established regular connections betweenseaports and inland terminals, such as that of theInterporto in Bologna, Italy, where up to 15 trainsa day, consisting of container-carrying flat wagons,link this freight village to different seaports in Italyand northern Europe. These regular services alsooperate as a conveyor belt. Cargoes would bedispatched from the dry port to final destinationsby road or carried to the transit port in the caseof outbound traffic. Wherever road transportremains the main or only choice, a system shouldbe designed to allow free access to cargoes byqualified trucking companies eligible to function astrusted transit operators according to quality andreliability criteria;• Uninterrupted transit flows along the transit belt –In order for transport of transit cargoes to be fullyefficient, they should benefit from an uninterruptedtransit status based on a trusted transit operatorscheme (see box 6.2). This issue is discussed inrecent UNCTAD research (2013) in which a threeprongedapproach is proposed, including transitcoordination by means of a corridor managementarrangement, secure transit operators by meansof risk-management and authorized operatorscustoms schemes, and consolidation centresalong the corridor.
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