Work In Progress -- Intermodal Supply Chain Efficiency through Autoid Solutions

The need for intermodality is stressed by policy makers to avoid congestion on roads and improve the environmental performance of transportation. Shifting transport flows from unimodal road transportation to intermodal transportation in port hinterland transit does also involve the potential advantage of cost reductions. The aim of intermodality is to facilitate transportation that is competitive on the transport market by combining comparative advantages of different modes. RAILPORT SCANDINAVIA is the Port of Gothenburg’s business concept to formalize and structure the interoperability concerning intermodal railway transports for distribution and consolidation of unit load goods to and from the Port of Gothenburg. One part of the project concerns if and how Auto-ID technology can be utilized to create added business value for the involved supply chain parties between the port and inland terminals.

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Guthed, Arvid
  • Borjesson, Hans
• Conference:
  • 16th ITS World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services
  • Location: Stockholm , Sweden
  • Date: 2009-9-21 to 2009-9-25
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Pagination: 3p
• Monograph Title: ITS in Daily Life

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intermodal transportation; Radio frequency identification; Railroad traffic; Railroad transportation; Supply chain management; Technological innovations; Traffic congestion
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hinterlands
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01149153
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 27 2010 8:18AM