Front Cover -- Intermodal Freight Transportation -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the authors -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Forces shaping the freight transport sector -- 1.1 Positioning the freight transport sector -- 1.2 Drivers and trends in logistics and supply chain management -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 2: Understanding the freight transport sector -- 2.1 Transport agents -- 2.1.1 Exporter and importer -- 2.1.2 Shipper and receiver -- 2.1.3 Consignor and consignee -- 2.1.4 Freight forwarder -- 2.1.5 Transport company -- 2.1.6 Terminal operator -- 2.1.7 Freight integrators -- 2.1.8 Customs authorities and other governmental agencies -- 2.1.9 National and international regulatory agencies -- 2.2 Demand for freight transport services -- 2.2.1 Basics on mode choice -- 2.2.2 The notion of transport logistic cost -- 2.3 Supply of freight transport services -- 2.3.1 Comparing modes of transport -- 2.3.2 Underlying factors for the success of road transport -- 2.4 Characterization of the main products carried -- 2.4.1 Road transport -- 2.4.2 Rail transport -- 2.4.3 Waterway transport (sea and inland) -- 2.4.4 Air transport -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 3: Introduction to freight transport chains -- 3.1 Various concepts of freight transport chains -- 3.2 Call for intermodal transport -- 3.3 Conceptual representation of intermodal freight transport -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 4: Intermodal transport process -- 4.1 Definition of process -- 4.2 Processes in intermodal transport -- 4.2.1 Subprocess 1: Negotiation and configuration -- 4.2.2 Subprocess 2: Transport -- 4.3 Intermodal freight transport as set of flows -- 4.3.1 Physical flow -- 4.3.2 Logical flow -- 4.3.3 Contractual flow -- 4.3.4 Capital flow -- 4.4 Depicting the performance of an intermodal freight transport service.
