Identification of change seasonality of demand to transportation in road freight transport

On the price of road freight transport significantly impacts demand to the provided transport services. With insufficient transport offer the carrier is forced to realize a ride with vehicle without a shipment or leave the vehicle in downtime until the moment gaining transportation. Both options increase carrier costs related to the transport operations. The purpose of this article is to verify scientific hypothesis, whether it changes and optionally to what extent, offer of transport on defined territory during a specific time period. To test the stated hypothesis will be based from two specific periods within the calendar year. It will be identified return shipping offer. The goal of the article is also pointing to risks, which arise during transport, when the carrier fails to find for their vehicles transport to address of their company.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2019.07.148
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146519303163
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/23521465
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2019 Juraj Hammer et al. Published by Elsevier B.V. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Hammer, Juraj
  • Poliak, Miloš
  • Jaskiewicz, Marek
  • Ríha, Zdenek
• Conference:
  • TRANSCOM 2019 the 13th International Scientific Conference on Sustainable, Modern and Safe Transport
  • Location: Novy Smokovec High Tatras, Slovakia
  • Date: 2019-5-29 to 2019-5-31
• Publication Date: 2019

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1059-1066
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Procedia
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2352-1465
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/23521465/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demand; Freight transportation; Motor carriers; Prices; Time periods
• Geographic Terms: Europe; Slovakia
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01719414
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 15 2019 5:17PM