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Authors: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Dr. William Anderson Cross-border transportation involves the activities, infrastructures, and flows that support the passage of passengers and freight across an international border. 1. International Transportation The growth of the amount of freight being traded and a great variety of origins and destinations underlines the

Authors: Dr. John Bowen and Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue An airport is a facility where aircraft can take off and land. They usually consist of hard-surfaced landing strips, a control tower, hangars, and accommodations for passengers and cargo. 1. Airports: Global Reach, Local Impacts The rapid expansion of air passengers and

Photo: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2011. The grain elevator is a fundamental element of the structuring effect of rail on the resource landscape through the dynamics of collection, sorting, and distribution of grain in agricultural regions. The terminal is simply a rail spur where grain wagons can be loaded on the

Port location is constrained by two physical characteristics of the site. The first involves land access, and the second concerns maritime access. Both must be jointly satisfied as they are crucial for port operations, which rely on a maritime / land interface. This interface takes the form of a buffer

Authors: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Dr. Theo Notteboom Ports are harbor areas in which marine terminal facilities are transferring cargo and passengers between ships and land transportation. 1. Ports and Port Sites Ports are points of convergence between the land and maritime domains of passengers and freight circulation. While the

The maritime / land interface concerns the relationships between maritime and inland freight distribution, which are two domains of freight circulation. Maritime shipping is entirely dependent on the performance of inland freight distribution as it ensures continuity in supply chains. While economic activities, such as production and retailing, are built

Authors: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Dr. Theo Notteboom Transport terminals are central and intermediate locations. Their main influence is through their hinterlands, which are the land areas they service. 1. The Relative Location of Terminals The situation, or relative location, is an essential component of location. This core geographical concept

The notion of integrated transport systems received much attention, particularly with improvements in freight transportation capacity, efficiency, and reliability. The conventional fragmented and sub-optimal freight transport systems have substantially been improved. A process of coordination of freight transport is emerging and favored by several factors: Technology has been a prime

  Aircraft Year of First Service Development Costs (USD) Constant 2004 Dollars Douglas DC-3 1936 4.3 Million Douglas DC-6 1946 144 Million Boeing 707 1958 1.3 Billion Boeing 747 1970 3.7 Billion Boeing 777 1995 7.0 Billion Airbus A380 2007 14.4 Billion Boeing 787 2012 13.4 Billion Source: Adapted from

Ship Name Year Location Spill Size (Tons) Atlantic Empress 1979 Off Tobago, West Indies 287,000 ABT Summer 1991 700 nautical miles off Angola 260,000 Castillo de Bellver 1983 Off Saldanha Bay, South Africa 252,000 Amoco Cadiz 1978 Off Brittany, France 223,000 Haven 1991 Genoa, Italy 144,000 Odyssey 1988 700 nautical