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A transport terminal is composed of a set of intermodal infrastructures taking advantage of a geographical location, conferring a higher level of accessibility to local, regional, and global markets. Depending on the mode being considered, terminals are bound to various degrees to their sites. For instance, maritime transportation terminals are

Source: adapted from EU-funded Urban Transport Research Project Results. There are fundamental differences between passenger and freight transport systems since they commonly move through separate conveyances and, occasionally, on separate networks. However, the differences are the most acute at their respective terminals since they involve facilities that are often at

Authors:  Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Dr. Brian Slack A terminal is a facility where passengers and freight are assembled or dispersed during transportation. 1. Transport Terminals Passengers and freight cannot travel individually but in groups or batches. Passengers must go to bus terminals and airports first, where they are “assembled”

Source: Stopford, M. (2002) Is the Drive For Ever Bigger Containerships Irresistible?, Lloyds List Shipping Forecasting Conference. The costs of moving a container along a transport chain fall into five major categories: Ship (23%) charges that are reflecting the shipping line operating expenses, capital costs, and bunker fuel. This share

Like many forms of transportation, container shipping benefits from economies of scale in maritime shipping, transshipment, and inland transportation. The rationale of maritime container shipping companies to have larger ships becomes obvious when the benefits, in terms of lower costs per TEU, increase with the capacity of ships. Thus, there is

Source: Data from Cullinane, K. and M. Khanna (2000) “Economies of Scale in Large Containerships”, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Vol. 33, pp. 185-207. Economies of scale in container shipping are achieved by using larger containerships, which reduces unit transport costs. In the late 1990s, the cutting point was around

Transport chains enable to connect origins and destinations through a sequence of modes. Some sequences can be labeled conventional since they use rail or road segments to service the hinterland and intermodalism at two maritime ports (A). Where geographical and market conditions are suitable, a fluvial link can be used

Source: Cost of Operations and Time for Shipping a 40′ Container; in APEC’s Congestion Points Study, Phase III, Best Practices Manual and Technical Report, Volume 2 Sea Transport, Feb. 1997, p. 105. Moving a standard 40-foot container involves a set of cost or time-intensive shipments, transshipment, and warehousing activities. The