Network Design for Intermodal Barge Transport
Network Design for Intermodal Barge Transport
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DOI：
10.3141/1820-03
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发表时间：
2003
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
R. Konings
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作者：
R. Konings
在过去的十年中，多式联运驳船运输在西北欧获得了非常成功的市场份额。驳船部门能够很好地满足托运人日益增长的需求。它现在是主要河流走廊沿着的主要运输方式，并正在开辟新的地理市场。这些成功的发展是由于多式联运驳船运输与其主要竞争对手----单一模式公路运输相比具有有利的成本质量特点。然而，为了在现有市场上保持竞争力，并向新的市场领域扩展，必须改进多式联运驳船运输的成本质量特点。网络运营是影响性价比的重要因素。然而，哪种驳船网络运营提供最佳性能取决于所服务的运输市场。驳船网络设计，运输市场和多式联运驳船运输的性能之间的这种关系是讨论的中心问题。驳船网络设计的一般框架，描述了驳船网络的设计变量，并显示它们之间的关系，多式联运驳船运输的性能指标。由于驳船网络的设计变量之间的定量关系，它是可能的，以评估不同类型的驳船网络为不同的运输市场的性能。这一工具是经验证明在莱茵河的案例研究。它表明，改变网络操作将导致进一步提高多式联运驳船运输在这条走廊的竞争力。
During the past decade intermodal barge transport has been very successful in gaining market share in northwest Europe. The barge sector has been able to cater very well to the ever–increasing demands of shippers. It is now a leading mode of transport along the major river corridors and is opening new geographical markets. These successful developments are due to the beneficial cost–quality features of intermodal barge transport compared with its main competitor, unimodal road transport. However, to remain competitive in existing markets and to expand into new market areas the cost–quality features of intermodal barge transport must be improved. Network operations are important influences on the cost–quality performance. Which barge network operations provide the best performance, however, depends on the transport market to be served. This relation between barge network design, transport market, and the performance of intermodal barge transport is the central issue discussed. A general framework for barge network design is presented describing the design variables for barge networks and showing their relationship to the performance indicators of intermodal barge transport. Given the quantitative relations between the design variables for barge networks, it is possible to assess the performance of different types of barge networks for different transport markets. This tool is empirically demonstrated in a case study on the Rhine River. It demonstrates that changing the network operations will lead to further improvement of the competitiveness of intermodal barge transport in this corridor.