Intermodal Freight Transport
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Author(s): D. Lowe
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN: 0750659351
Format: softback
276pp
Price: £49.99, $79.95, €72.95
Review Date: 15 November 2005
Review: Intermodal transport is a system in which two or more different modes of transport, such as road and rail, road and waterway, or rail and shipping, are combined, or integrated so that goods contained in a single unit can be moved from their place of origin to their final destination. This book looks at intermodalism from a number of perspectives. First from the political angle in regard to government policies and strategies, then from a geographical viewpoint where intermodal developments in the UK, Europe, and North America, the Middle East, Asia and Australia are considered. Individual chapters are devoted to the key constituent elements of intermodalism: road haulage, rail freighting; inland waterways; short-sea and coastal shipping; networks and terminals; and hardware in the form of intermodal vehicles, loading, lifting and transfer equipment. Other factors, such as economic, legal, safety and environmental aspects are also covered.