Intermodal Transport
Syllabus
- Definition of intermodal transport
- Institutional aspects of intermodal transport
- Segments and actors in intermodal transport
- Production of intermodal services
- Intermodal transport networks and infrastructure
- Technology in intermodal transport (cargo units, transhipment technology, information and communication technology)
- Quality factors and the economic aspect of intermodal transport
- The impact of transport policy on the development of intermodal transport
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Goals and competencies
Course-specific competences relate to the knowledge of the basic characteristics and factors of intermodal transport:
- Intermodal transport system development factors
- Technological aspects of the production of intermodal transport services
- Elements of intermodal transport infrastructure
- Quality and cost of intermodal transport
Basic literature
- Monios, J., Bergqvist, R.: Intermodal Freight Transport and Logistics, CRC Press, 2017. ISBN 9781498785129
- Vrenken, H., Macharis, C., Wolters, P.: Intermodal transport in Europe, European Intermodal Association (EIA), 2005, 271 str., ISBN 9090199136
- Levinson, M.; The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, Princeton University Press, 2008, ISBN 0691136408