Intermodalism is seen by some shippers as a new industry emerging within the transportation industry. This thesis provides a basic understanding of the intermodal industry and investigates how the advent of containerization, especially the double-stack container system, has affected the shipper's perception of domestic intermodal transportation. As the double-stack network spreads there are signs that this new industry may be able to resolve the problem of fragmentation which has prevented intermodal service from becoming cost-competitive. In addition, containerization and the use of double-stack trains can help streamline the rapid mobilization of military cargo. Transportation; Intermodal: Double-Stack; Trailer on Flatcar; Container on Flatcar; RoadRailer; Containers; Inter-BoxConnectors; Transportation Costs.
Double-Stack Containers: Changing the Image of Intermodalism
1992
119 pages
Report
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Englisch
Transportation , Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Shipping , Containerized shipping , Military supplies , Addition , Cargo , Containers , Costs , Domestic , Fragmentation , Industries , Mobilization , Networks , Perception , Theses , Trailers , Stacking , Transport , Cargo transportation , Logistics , International transportation systems
From piggyback to double-stack intermodalism
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