Goods transport

Goods Transport

Characteristics of transport modes Offer and Capacity

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Optimizing the use of existing infrastructures and implementing policies designed to effectively balance all traffic flows, while promoting alternatives to the road transport mode, turns out to be of prime importance in extrapolating the current increase in the flow of goods and its impact on the risk of network saturation. Excellent knowledge of the various transport modes and their supporting networks is therefore essential to assessing the inherent spare capacities of these modes.

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Optimizing the use of existing infrastructures and implementing policies designed to effectively balance all traffic flows, while promoting alternatives to the road transport mode, turns out to be of prime importance in extrapolating the current increase in the flow of goods and its impact on the risk of network saturation. Excellent knowledge of the various transport modes and their supporting networks is therefore essential to assessing the inherent spare capacities of these modes. The Direction Générale des Infrastructures, des Transports et de la Mer (DGITM, ex-DGMT) [general directorate for the infrastructures, sea and transportation] responsible for transport at the Ministère de l’Écologie, du Développement Durable, des Transports et du Logement (MEEDTL, ex-MEDAD) [French ministry of Ecology, sustainable development, transport and housing] has expressed considerable expectations regarding this subject and has therefore requested preparation of a guide to freight network capacity, with an English complete translation.

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Contents

Foreword 5

Background, objectives and scope of this guide 5

Introduction 6

Infrastructure capacity – What are the issues? 6

Section 1 - Some goods transport characteristics 9

Introduction 10

1 - Changes-over in economic processes 11

2 - Logistical organisations and consequences for transport 13

3 - Comparison of various transport modes 18

4 - Information and communication technologies in transport 23

Appendices 26

Section 2 - Characteristics of pallets and containers for goods transport 28

Introduction

1 - Pallets 29

2 - Containers 31

Appendices 37

Section 3 - Rail transport capacity 39

Introduction 40

1 - Regulatory and organizational framework of rail transport 42

2 - Equipment used for Rail Freight 45

3 -The French national rail Network 48

4 - Railway network Operation 52

5 - Railway network Capacity 57

6 - Assessment and development prospects 66

Appendices 69

Section 4 - Road cransport capacity 82

Introduction 83

1 - Regulatory and organisational framework of road transport 84

2 - Road transport Vehicles 91

3 - Description of French road Network 97

4 - Road infrastructure Capacity 102

Appendices 109

Section 5 - Combined Road/Rail transport capacity 124

Introduction 125

1 - General information on combined road/rail transport 125

2 - Equipment: Swap Bodies 127

3 - Combined transport Capacities: what constraints? 128

4 - Design of combined transport Terminals 132

Appendices 137

Section 6 - Inland Waterway transport capacity 142

Introduction 143

1 - Fleet Used for inland waterway Freight Transport 144

2 - Description of inland waterway Network 148

3 - Inland waterway network Operation 151

4 - Inland waterway network Capacity 153

5 - Capacity of inland Ports 161

Appendices 166

Section 7 - Sea transport capacity 185

Introduction 186

1 - Regulatory and organisational framework of Sea Transport of Goods 186

2 - Fleet used for sea transport of goods 191

3 - Harbour terminal characteristics 196

4 - Competitive criteria for ports and challenges for Capacity 199

Appendices 209

Section 8 - Air transport capacity 225

Introduction 226

1 - Organisational framework of Air Freight 227

2 - Equipment used for air freight 232

3 - Airport runway capacity 235

4 - Air corridor capacity 239

5 - The air freight Terminal 240

6 - How is airport freight capacity evaluated ? 243

Appendices 246

Section 9 - Pipeline transport capacity 254

Introduction 255

1 - Oil pipelines 255

2 - Gas pipelines 259

Appendices 263

Bibliographical References 269

Lexicon and Glossary of Acronyms 278

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Goods Transport - PDF
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SKU1915124272
Numéro ISRN
EQ-SETRA--12-ED01--FR+EN
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Editeur
Cerema (ex-Setra)
Auteur collectif
Cerema
Date de parution
Réf. Cerema
1205A
Nombre de pages
292 pages
Langue de la publication
English
Type d'auteur
Oeuvre collective