5.6 Objectives
By studying the grain related transports and material flow, the objective of
this study was to examine the possibilities for intermodal transportation in
the grain industry. Specifically, the possibility for railway or waterway
transport in the geographical area in Sweden called M‰lardalen was studied.
A comparison was conducted between the present transport system and an
intermodal alternative in M‰lardalen region, taking economical aspects and
mainly environmental influences into consideration.
The reason, for conducting the report was based on a desire to reduce the
environmental impacts from road based grain transports and to improve
corporate and national economical aspects by using alternate modes of
transportation in an integrated manner.