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
- Digitisation and automation in 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
- Reis, V., Macario, R.: Intermodal Freight Transportation, Elsevier, 2019, ISBN: 9780128144640