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Bachelor 2020/2021

Intermodal Transportation Management

Category 'Best Course for Career Development'
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Area of studies: Management
When: 4 year, 3 module
Mode of studies: offline
Instructors: Alexander Kolik
Language: English
ECTS credits: 5
Contact hours: 50

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Дисциплина направлена на изучение роли интермодальных транспортных услуг в современной логистике и цепях поставок, принципов управления интермодальной транспортировкой. Изучение дисциплины дает дополнительные знания в области современных транспортных систем, а также способствует развитию навыков профессионального общения на английском языке The cource is aimed at learning of the role of intermodal transportation in modern logistics and supply chains and the principles of intermodal transportation management. The cource provedes additional knowledge on vodern transport swstems and encourages the imrovement of professional discussion in English skills
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • Получение фундаментальных знаний в области интермодальной транспортировки, необходимых для успешной работы в сфере логистики и УЦП Getting the fundamental knowledge on modern intermodal transportation necessary for successful business in logistics and supply chains management
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Knowledge of factors that had determined the creation and development of the Intermodal concept
  • Knowledge of of principal ideas of intermodal transportation and the basic models of intermodal transport services
  • Knowledge of global container system components and its role in contemporary economy. Knowledge of main container types and container technologies
  • Knowledge of intermodal corridors and terminals' parameters, description of their functions in the transport system and supply chains
  • Understanding of transport modes' advantages important for intermodal transportation. Knowledge of modes' interoperation principles. Understanding of ecologic priorities and their influence over intermodal transport development
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Intermodal concept prerequisites
    Stages of transport system development and evolution of requirements to transportation. General prerequisites of multimodal approach development. Changes in transport system at the period of logistics and supply chains development
  • Multimodal and Intermodal transport: principle models and basic ideas
    Basic terms and definitions. "Ocean" and "Continental" models of intermodal transport services. Utilization of "Ocean" and "Continental" models in economic systems. Interoperation of the two models
  • Global container system
    Containerization and intermodalism. Container types and supply chains' containerization. Integration of container technologies and logistic technologies. Containerization and globalization
  • Infrastructure of intermodal transportation
    Intermodal transport corridors. Intermodal terminals and their functions. Terminal equipment. Intermodal terminals' operators
  • Transport modes' role in intermodal transportation
    Transport modes' functions within the "Ocean" and "Continental" models of intermodalism. Green logistics and intermodal transport development
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Посещение занятий
  • non-blocking Выступление на семинаре с докладом
  • blocking Экзамен
  • non-blocking Промежуточное тестирование
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • Interim assessment (3 module)
    0.3 * Выступление на семинаре с докладом + 0.1 * Посещение занятий + 0.1 * Промежуточное тестирование + 0.5 * Экзамен
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Analyzing competition in intermodal freight transport networks : The market implication of business consolidation strategies. (2017). Research in Transportation Business & Management, 23, 12–20. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsnar&AN=edsnar.oai.library.wur.nl.wurpubs.523227
  • Anu H. Bask, Jari Juga, & Jouni Laine. (n.d.). 1 Problems and Prospects for Intermodal Transport: Theoretical Tools for Practical Breakthroughs? Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.53DC2D19
  • European intermodal freight transport network : Market structure analysis. (2017). Journal of Transport Geography, 60, 141–154. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsnar&AN=edsnar.oai.library.wur.nl.wurpubs.517011
  • Hammadi, S., & Ksouri, M. (2014). Multimodal Transport Systems. London, U.K.: Wiley-ISTE. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=675731
  • Spanjaart, M. (2017). Multimodal Transport Law (Vol. First edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1575720
  • Сорокина, Г. Н. Logistics [Электронный ресурс] : Учебное пособие / Г. Н. Сорокина, И. А. Черниченко. - М.: Альтаир-МГАВТ, 2013 - 28 с. - Режим доступа: http://www.znanium.com/

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Kudlac Stefan, Gasparik Jozef, Dedik Milan, & Kurenkov Petr V. (2018). Identification of Restricting Criteria for Comprehensive Assessment of Logistics Chains in Intermodal Transport. LOGI, (2), 18. https://doi.org/10.2478/logi-2018-0015