COST MODEL FOR CARGO SECURING

KOSTNADSMODELL FOER LASTSAEKRING

The aim of the project has been to create a model that illustrates the costs for different alternatives of securing of cargo under varying conditions. All freight transports have costs associated with lashing of cargo. For certain types of goods and mode of conveyance there are reasons to find more cost-effective solutions. In some respects rail transport requires substantially higher or different demands on the securing of cargo than in the case of road transport. The transport becomes more expensive which will have a negative effect on the competitiveness of rail transport or combined transport. The model facilitates approximate estimations of the cost for securing of cargo and will be used for reliable decision support when prioritising different load securing techniques. It will also be an incitement to the development of cost effective load securing methods that is more adapted to rail transport. In the development work the LCC-methodology has been applied to create the structure of the model and to systemise the cost elements included. The model has been validated through a field study that covered load securing of various types of cargo in different types of load carriers. The study has shown that the LCC-methodology is a technique that is applicable in an analysis of the process of securing of cargo in different load carriers and mode of conveyance. To estimate the difference in cost for cargo securing in rail transport by comparison with road transport the model has been applied on instances covered in the field study. (A) The report is available as a PDF file: http://www.tfk.se/publik/2001_3.pdf.

• Record URL:
  http://www.tfk.se/publik/2001_3.pdf
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9188752291
• Corporate Authors:

  TFK Institutet foer Transportiforskning

  P.O. Box 12667
  Stockholm,   Sweden  S-112 93
• Authors:
  • BARK, P
  • GRANBERG, A-S
  • JANSON, G
  • NORDSTROEM, R
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 58 p.
• Serial:
  • TFK RAPPORT
  • Issue Number: 2001:3
  • Publisher: TFK Institutet foer Transportiforskning
  • ISSN: 0347-0970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calculation; Commodities; Costs; Economic factors; Economics; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Highways; Intermodal transportation; Methodology; Railroad transportation; Transportation
• ITRD Terms: 6464: Calculation; 224: Cost; 255: Economics; 263: Economics of transport; 283: Freight; 1112: Freight transport; 2755: Highway; 1121: Intermodal transport (freight); 9102: Method; 1173: Rail bound transport
• Subject Areas: Economics; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00967709
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• ISBN: 91-88752-29-1
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 13 2004 12:00AM