The cost of transportation can be divided along many dimensions. One of the most
important is the direct transportation cost vs. the cost of repositioning vehicles. To
understand the issue, note that freight flows are not symmetric—for example, there
are many more truckloads of freight going from the US industrial Midwest to
Florida than loads available to carry from Florida Northbound. Thus, once a truck
has delivered its freight in Florida, it will most likely move back (at least part way)
empty to a place where it can be loaded again. Naturally, trucking companies
collect revenues only for loaded moves and consequently movements into areas
where little freight originates will be expensive, since the carrier has to take into
account its next empty repositioning move.
Many (though not all) logistics clusters act as transshipment points where the
inbound and outbound flows are balanced.18 Consequently, carriers—be they truck lines, railroads, airlines, or ocean carriers will charge lower rates for carrying
freight in and out of a logistics cluster—since they are not likely to move empty
out of there once delivering a load, and not likely to move empty into a logistics
park in order to carry a load out of there.
As more companies locate in the park, carriers are more likely to find follow-on
loads, leading to lower transportation costs, making the cluster even more
attractive to logistics operators.
The cost of transportation can be divided along many dimensions. One of the mostimportant is the direct transportation cost vs. the cost of repositioning vehicles. Tounderstand the issue, note that freight flows are not symmetric—for example, thereare many more truckloads of freight going from the US industrial Midwest toFlorida than loads available to carry from Florida Northbound. Thus, once a truckhas delivered its freight in Florida, it will most likely move back (at least part way)empty to a place where it can be loaded again. Naturally, trucking companiescollect revenues only for loaded moves and consequently movements into areaswhere little freight originates will be expensive, since the carrier has to take intoaccount its next empty repositioning move.Many (though not all) logistics clusters act as transshipment points where theinbound and outbound flows are balanced.18 Consequently, carriers—be they truck lines, railroads, airlines, or ocean carriers will charge lower rates for carryingfreight in and out of a logistics cluster—since they are not likely to move emptyout of there once delivering a load, and not likely to move empty into a logisticspark in order to carry a load out of there.As more companies locate in the park, carriers are more likely to find follow-onloads, leading to lower transportation costs, making the cluster even moreattractive to logistics operators.
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