Recently, logistics and intermodal management have gained wide interest from freight transport players. In order to exploit advantages of each mode of transportation in terms of cost, service, reliability and safety, the ability to chain at least two different transport modes in a single freight movement should be considered [7,8,9,10]. As stated by Arnold et al. [11], “Intermodal transportation is defined by the Europoean Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) as the carriage of goods by at least two different modes of transport in the same loading unit (an Intermodal Transport Unit – ITU) without stuffing or stripping operation when changing mode. The major part of the journey is done by rail, inland water or sea, and any initial and/or final legs carried out by road are as short as possible”. It also involves the use of an extensive network of truck to/from rail, truck to/from barge and rail to/from barge transfer facilities [12]. In this contribution, intermodal transportation is characterised by the combination of the advantages of rail and road, i.e. rail for long distances and large quantities, and road for collecting and distributing over short or medium distance [13].
Recently, logistics and intermodal management have gained wide interest from freight transport players. In order to exploit advantages of each mode of transportation in terms of cost, service, reliability and safety, the ability to chain at least two different transport modes in a single freight movement should be considered [7,8,9,10]. As stated by Arnold et al. [11], “Intermodal transportation is defined by the Europoean Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) as the carriage of goods by at least two different modes of transport in the same loading unit (an Intermodal Transport Unit – ITU) without stuffing or stripping operation when changing mode. The major part of the journey is done by rail, inland water or sea, and any initial and/or final legs carried out by road are as short as possible”. It also involves the use of an extensive network of truck to/from rail, truck to/from barge and rail to/from barge transfer facilities [12]. In this contribution, intermodal transportation is characterised by the combination of the advantages of rail and road, i.e. rail for long distances and large quantities, and road for collecting and distributing over short or medium distance [13].
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