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Preface |
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Editors |
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Contributors |
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3 | (14) |
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The origins of intermodal transport |
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Spatial concepts in intermodal transport |
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Policy and planning for intermodal transport |
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Structure of the book and author contributions |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (3) |
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17 | (134) |
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2 Intermodal transport equipment |
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19 | (36) |
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19 | (1) |
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19 | (14) |
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33 | (5) |
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38 | (9) |
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47 | (5) |
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52 | (1) |
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52 | (3) |
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55 | (20) |
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55 | (1) |
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Intermodal rail freight markets |
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56 | (3) |
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Rail network design for intermodal operations |
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59 | (3) |
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Rail network infrastructure and train operating characteristics for intermodal freight |
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62 | (2) |
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Equipment for intermodal rail freight operations |
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64 | (3) |
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Economics of intermodal rail freight |
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67 | (3) |
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Accompanied intermodal rail freight |
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70 | (1) |
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Future direction: Opportunities to improve intermodal rail freight operations |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (1) |
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72 | (3) |
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4 Inland waterway operations |
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75 | (20) |
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75 | (1) |
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Inland waterway infrastructure operations |
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75 | (5) |
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Inland waterway transport and terminal operations |
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80 | (6) |
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Inland waterway management operations |
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86 | (3) |
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Inland waterway challenges influencing operations |
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89 | (3) |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (2) |
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5 Road distribution from the intermodal perspective |
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95 | (14) |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (2) |
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Urban distribution and intermodal transport |
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98 | (3) |
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Inbound logistics and the last mile |
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101 | (3) |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (1) |
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106 | (3) |
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6 Intermodal terminal design and operations |
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109 | (18) |
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109 | (1) |
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Intermodal terminal development |
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109 | (3) |
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Intermodal terminal design |
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112 | (4) |
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116 | (2) |
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Terminal operations and governance |
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118 | (3) |
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Intermodal terminals from a life cycle perspective |
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121 | (3) |
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124 | (1) |
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124 | (3) |
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127 | (24) |
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127 | (1) |
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Terminal structure and operational aspects |
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128 | (7) |
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135 | (7) |
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Container flows and resulting logistics requirements |
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142 | (5) |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (2) |
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151 | (60) |
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8 Intermodal system management and economics |
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153 | (16) |
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153 | (1) |
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Design of intermodal transport networks |
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153 | (4) |
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Intermodal transport business models |
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157 | (2) |
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Economics of intermodal transport |
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159 | (3) |
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Intermodal service management |
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162 | (4) |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (2) |
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169 | (26) |
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169 | (1) |
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Challenges to the adoption of intermodal transport |
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169 | (1) |
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Modifying the supply chain to suit intermodal transport |
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170 | (6) |
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Case study of UK retailers |
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176 | (8) |
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Case study of shipper-forwarder integration by Jula and Schenker |
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184 | (6) |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (4) |
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10 Legal aspects of multimodal transport |
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195 | (16) |
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195 | (1) |
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Evolution of multimodal transport law |
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196 | (1) |
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Multimodal transport contract and multimodal transport operator |
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197 | (4) |
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Documentation in multimodal transport |
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201 | (1) |
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Multimodal provisions in various transport conventions |
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202 | (3) |
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Liability regimes in multimodal transport |
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205 | (2) |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (58) |
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11 Modelling of intermodal systems |
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213 | (26) |
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Complexity of designing intermodal systems |
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213 | (1) |
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Modelling of intermodal systems |
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214 | (9) |
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223 | (3) |
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226 | (2) |
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228 | (8) |
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236 | (1) |
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236 | (3) |
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12 Operations research and intermodal transport |
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239 | (16) |
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Intermodal freight transportation |
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239 | (2) |
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Primer on operations research |
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241 | (2) |
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243 | (5) |
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248 | (3) |
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Perspectives and conclusions |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (3) |
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13 Environmental aspects of intermodal transport |
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255 | (14) |
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255 | (1) |
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Impact on the environment |
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256 | (2) |
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Specifics for different modes of transport |
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258 | (3) |
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Summary of emissions per tonne-km |
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261 | (2) |
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263 | (1) |
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263 | (2) |
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265 | (1) |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (2) |
Index |
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