Opportunities for OR in intermodal freight transport research: A review

Macharis, Cathy; Bontekoning, Yvonne

doi:10.1016/s0377-2217(03)00161-9

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“…Intermodal freight transport has grown significantly in recent years and is destined to play a significant role in the future [23][24][25][26]. By combining the advantages of each mode, intermodal transport enables the system to be more efficient, cost-effective and sustainable [27].…”

Section: The Environmental Impacts Of Transportation and The Role Of mentioning

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“…It cannot be forgotten, however, that despite its potential environmental advantages, intermodal freight transport is more complex than unimodal road transport, since different actors are responsible for organizing and controlling different parts of the transport chain [23,25]. The involvement of various parties requires coordination, and operators must overcome any mistrust they may have, and understand the importance of integration within the transport chain [32][33][34][35].…”

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Environmental Factors and Intermodal Freight Transportation: Analysis of the Decision Bases in the Case of Spanish Motorways of the Sea

Navarro

2014

Sustainability

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Today, there is widespread consensus about the notable, yet simultaneously growing, negative environmental impacts generated by the transportation sector. Experts working in a number of different fields consider the current situation to be unsustainable and possible measures to reduce emissions and foster sustainability are being encouraged. The European Commission has highlighted the need to shift away from unimodal road transport toward a greater use of intermodal transport through, for example, motorways of the sea, in light of the evidence that the former makes a significant contribution to increased CO 2 emissions. However, although there is a general perception that sea transport is environmentally preferable to road transport, recent studies are beginning to question this assumption. Moreover, little research has been conducted to quantify environmental aspects and incorporate them into the decision-making processes involved in the modal shift. This study first reviews the existing literature to examine the extent to which environmental aspects are relevant in the modal choice in the case of short sea shipping and motorways of the sea. Related to this, the study also evaluates the role that different agents may play in making decisions about choice of mode, taking into consideration environmental aspects. Secondly, we use the values the European Commission provides to calculate external costs for the Marco Polo freight transport project proposals (call 2013) to estimate the environmental costs for several routes (a total of 72), comparing the use of road haulage with the intermodal option that incorporates the Spanish motorways of the sea. The results of this comparative analysis show that the intermodal option is not always the best choice in environmental terms. Consequently, the traditional environmental argument to justify this alternative must be used carefully.

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Section: The Environmental Impacts Of Transportation and The Role Of mentioning

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Section: The Environmental Impacts Of Transportation and The Role Of mentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Factors and Intermodal Freight Transportation: Analysis of the Decision Bases in the Case of Spanish Motorways of the Sea

Navarro

2014

Sustainability

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“…Many new intermodal research projects have emerged. Intermodal transport integrates at least two modes of transport in a single transport chain, without a change of container for the goods, with most of the route traveled by rail, inland waterway or ocean-going vessel and with the shortest possible initial and final journeys by road (Macharis and Bontekoning (2004)). An overview of planning issues in intermodal transport and solution methods proposed in scientific literature is given by Caris et al (2008).…”

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A deterministic annealing algorithm for the pre- and end-haulage of intermodal container terminals

Caris

Janssens

2010

IJCAET

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The drayage of containers in the service area of an intermodal barge terminal is modelled as a full truckload pickup and delivery problem with time windows (FTPDPTW). Initial solutions are generated with an insertion heuristic and improved with three local search operators. In a post-optimization phase the three search operators are integrated in a deterministic annealing (DA) framework. The mechanism of the heuristic procedures is demonstrated with a numerical example. A sensitivity analysis indicates that the DA algorithm is robust with respect to variations in threshold value and quality of the initial solution.

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“…A framework classifying the diverse contributions in this field was proposed by Macharis and Bontekoning (2004) and Caris, Macharis, and Janssens (2008). In these survey papers the authors employed a classification which contains 12 categories combining (i) the type of operator that faces an operations problem in the intermodal transportation chain and (ii) the time horizon of the problem.…”

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confidence: 99%