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Simplified diagram of the role of the Falköping terminal in the spatial development of the Swedish intermodal network over time Note: figure not to scale, only a selection of terminals represented, dotted line indicates service in development
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This paper explores influences on a migration of hub status in an intermodal network from a port to an inland node by following the life cycle of an inland terminal development. The methodology is a longitudinal case study of the Swedish intermodal system over a period of 20 years, based on documentation, interviews and action research. We observe...
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... create connectivity to and from northern parts of Sweden where most of these segments and volumes are generated is Jula's next goal. The development of the services in the network is depicted in Figure 1, which shows in phase three the increased traffic between the port and the terminal and the development process to capture traffic from Germany, and in phase four the increased traffic from both inland Sweden and Germany and the planned services to northern Sweden. The next step of the strategy will mean that the focus moves from regional to national export flows which means that the warehousing and stuffing services and capacity will need to be developed. ...
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... However, storage costs at dry ports, as inland locations, are usually lower than at port terminals (Roso et al., 2009). Furthermore, positioning ECs at such locations can increase the catchment area of transport demand (Bergqvist and Monios, 2021). An important concern in that context is the free time that an importer or exporter has before returning a container to the location that the shipping line pinpoints. ...
... Consequently, that dynamic might lead to increased turnaround times for containers and shipping lines' needing more containers overall. Furthermore, depending on a dry port's ownership, FTDP's benefits might be interpreted differently for the dry port operator-that is, either as a loss of profit due to free storage days for the greater cause of lower environmental impacts resulting from reduced ECR, or increased profit due to increased container volumes from new customers (Bergqvist and Monios, 2021) resulting from generous policies of offering free storage days. Further research is therefore needed on the interaction and implications for several actors that might have conflicting interests. ...
Trade imbalances and global disturbances generate mismatches in the supply and demand of empty containers (ECs) that elevate the need for empty container repositioning (ECR). This research investigated dry ports as a potential means to minimize EC movements, and thus reduce costs and emissions. We assessed the environmental and economic effects of two ECR strategies via dry ports—street turns and extended free temporary storage—considering different scenarios of collaboration between shipping lines with different levels of container substitution. A multiparadigm simulation combined agent-based and discrete-event modelling to represent flows and estimate kilometers travelled, CO2 emissions, and costs resulting from combinations of ECR strategies and scenarios. Full ownership container substitution combined with extended free temporary storage at the dry port (FTDP) most improved ECR metrics, despite implementation challenges. Our results may be instrumental in increasing shipping lines’ collaboration while reducing environmental impacts in up to 32 % of the inland ECR emissions.
... Rail freight transportation faced a similar situation in terms of financial returns when experiencing a financial and economic crisis (Borca et al., 2021). In some areas, rail freight plays a crucial role in a high proportion of container transportation to and from a country's hinterlands, as well as rail shuttles on intermodal rail services (Bergqvist and Monios, 2021). Bergqvist and Monios (2021) suggested that rail transport is helpful for the port when road congestion occurrs during a strike crisis. ...
... In some areas, rail freight plays a crucial role in a high proportion of container transportation to and from a country's hinterlands, as well as rail shuttles on intermodal rail services (Bergqvist and Monios, 2021). Bergqvist and Monios (2021) suggested that rail transport is helpful for the port when road congestion occurrs during a strike crisis. However, disruptions affect the reliability of freight movement in intermodal rail transport networks (Kramarz et al., 2021), which we argue potentially affects the financial performance of rail operators. ...
This research investigated the daily abnormal stock returns of 727 listed companies from 63 countries. We tested the impact of two major COVID-19 related events—(1) the declaration by the World Health Organisation of the global pandemic and (2) the vaccine discovery announcement by Pfizer/BioNTech—on transportation stock price reactions. In general, we found that the pandemic declaration event negatively affected transportation stocks, whereas the vaccine announcement had a positive effect. Passenger markets were more affected than freight markets. Airlines stocks were struck most during the pandemic event, whereas railroad companies were unaffected. However, airlines were the best performers following the vaccine discovery event. European transportation firms were hit to a large extent during the pandemic incident; however, they also rebounded well during the vaccine event. Transportation firms located in emerging markets were hit more than those in developed markets; however, both recovered in the same degree during the vaccine event. Transportation firms from countries with higher exposure to China were affected less compared to those from countries with lower exposure during both events. Our implications are relevant to how investors make investment decisions surrounding market uncertainty. Moreover, corporate managers can refer to the findings when they formulate their firm’s financial policies and operations to respond stock market reactions in the wake of the pandemic. Our findings can also help policy-makers evaluate and deploy effective policies to boost investor confidence and keep transportation firms viable during a crisis. Overall, the findings can be used for future policy formulation in the transportation industry.
... Therefore, the next factor, efficient handling of cargo and transport means in intermodal terminals and seaports, becomes very important for the efficient use of intermodal transport in freight transport. This can be done through a variety of Hub-and-spoke (HS) networks (Kreutzberger and Konings, 2016), by directly monitoring and managing the presence of containers at terminals (Yan et al., 2020), or by implementing a direct management algorithm based on the history of previous cargo transportation (Bergqvist and Monios, 2021). This gives rise to the factor of educated and qualified staff. ...
A dynamic development of intermodal transport is observed worldwide. This development, among other issues, is related to increasing the level of transport efficiency and sustainability. That increase presents a challenge for the participants of intermodal transport systems. Therefore, there is a need to analyze the factors influencing the efficiency and sustainability of intermodal transport. The article aims to analyze these factors considering the viewpoint of transport chains participants. Ten factors influencing intermodal transport efficiency and sustainability were identified. The case study of Polish market was analyzed using marketing research tool. The questionary was developed, and the survey was carried out among the representatives of intermodal terminals located at seaports, rail-road terminals and forwarders. On the basis of collected information, it was possible to set the ranking of the particular factors. It was stated that efficient handling of cargo and transport means in transshipment terminals forms the most important factor from the practitioners’ viewpoint.
... Most contemporary scholars consider the issues of logistics development in cross-border trade only in separate aspects/ perspectives: as digitalization of supply chains (Poenicke et al., 2019;Raimbault, 2019), supply chain configuration (Afrouzy et al., 2016), drivers and development paradigms of large-scale logistics facilities (Bergqvist and Monios, 2021;Xiao et al., 2021), their dislocation and zoning (Chen et al., 2017;Tadic et al., 2019), etc. The problems of organizing bonded zones as free economic zones is devoted to the work (Liu and Wu, 2020), which proposes blockchain tools in smart port logistics, which can be used in the organization of free economic zones. ...
The qualitative expansion of services in international logistics services and the development of Internet technologies in business is due to the emergence in national markets of such infrastructure platforms for cross-border trade transport corridors as bonded areas. This article extends theoretical knowledge of bond logistics with a comprehensive approach to the study of bond zones as drivers of transport and logistics infrastructure development. The aim of the study is to analyze the prerequisites and factors for the activation for cross-border trade and further integration of individual regions in the world economic system.
The intensification of transactions in electronic cross-border trade has led to the formation of innovative bond logistics ecosystems. The main term for these ecosystems is bond zones. They are located in large multimodal transport hubs and concentrate terminal, customs, logistics and production services for cross-border trade goods. The authors examine the business model of bonded areas using methods of logistics, terminalistics, regional economics, transport geography, marketing analysis, system and cluster approach. The authors study main features of bonded zones and its impact on individual regions integration in the world economic system. Most of the previous studies analyze and give an idea of the internal layout and technological solutions of logistics facilities. Unfortunately, few studies consider a complex of interrelated problems of organizing the functioning of bonded zones and their role in regional development. The purpose of the article is to study the features of the organization of the transport and logistics business in the format of bonded zones, the principles and stages of their development. The study tries to fill the gap in analytical research and is aimed at scientific substantiation of the preconditions for the organization and development of bonded zones in the market of the Russian Federation for effective transport and logistics.KeywordsBonded logisticsBonded zonesE-commerceRegional integrationTerminal and warehousing infrastructure