Improvement of the Last Mile-Specific Issues in Railway Freight Transport

The last mile is characterized as the last step of delivery to the customer from the logistics point of view. It is necessary to aim and fulfill all customers’ needs mainly during the process of the last mile, because it is directly connected to them. Customer orientation can cause many complications that must be solved according to their will. This part of the supply chain is currently under pressure. Nowadays, trends have changed the last mile into a more ecological process mostly in the transport field. Railway transport is considered as an ecological transport mode therefore the last mile should be done by the railway transport. Preconditions for doing the last mile by the railway transport is the existence of siding (special purpose tracks) at the place of delivery. Our research focuses on minimizing the negative impacts of the last mile to customers in the context of using sidings. This research is based on the real conditions of the Slovak rail network, and on consultation with some experts from freight transport companies.

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Analysis on the Integration Path of “One Belt And One Road” International Railway Transportation Rules

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202126103017 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 261 ◽

pp. 03017

Author(s):

Ruiqi Guo ◽

Shuyin Zhang ◽

Zhuangzhi Zhang ◽

Kunmin Wang ◽

Yinghui Cai ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dispute Settlement ◽

Freight Transport ◽

Railway Transport ◽

Railway Transportation ◽

Dispute Settlement Mechanism ◽

Logistics System ◽

Railway Freight ◽

The Status ◽

Settlement Mechanism ◽

Railway Freight Transport

With the rapid growth of Sino-European international trade and the ongoing development of “One Belt And One Road”, it can be predicted that the status of railway transportation in the international logistics system will be greatly enhanced, which urges us to further study the rules of international railway freight transportation. At present, the pattern of the rules system of international freight transport by railway is the two conventions of the international cargo association and the international cargo contract. In addition, the existing rules system of freight transport by railway in China also has some problems such as being too administrative, which needs to be reformed urgently. By comparing the contents of the two conventions of international railway freight transport and listing the possible conflicts in the substantive laws of various countries involved in the conventions, this paper designs a set of dispute settlement mechanism for “One Belt And One Road” railway transport, and puts forward some suggestions on the integration of the rules of “One Belt And One Road” international railway freight transport.

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Synthetic Optimization Model and Algorithm for Railway Freight Center Station Location and Wagon Flow Organization Problem

Mathematical Problems in Engineering ◽

10.1155/2014/246791 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 ◽

pp. 1-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Xing-cai Liu ◽

Shi-wei He ◽

Rui Song ◽

Hao-dong Li ◽

Long Wang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Solution Method ◽

Clonal Selection ◽

Clonal Selection Algorithm ◽

Railway Transport ◽

Rail Network ◽

Railway Freight ◽

Organization Problem ◽

Station Location ◽

Operation Cost

The railway freight center stations location and wagon flow organization in railway transport are interconnected, and each of them is complicated in a large-scale rail network. In this paper, a two-stage method is proposed to optimize railway freight center stations location and wagon flow organization together. The location model is present with the objective to minimize the operation cost and fixed construction cost. Then, the second model of wagon flow organization is proposed to decide the optimal train service between different freight center stations. The location of the stations is the output of the first model. A heuristic algorithm that combined tabu search (TS) with adaptive clonal selection algorithm (ACSA) is proposed to solve those two models. The numerical results show the proposed solution method is effective.

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Analysis of freight railway transport in selected Eurasian transport corridors

AUTOBUSY – Technika Eksploatacja Systemy Transportowe ◽

10.24136/atest.2018.225 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 19 (6) ◽

pp. 1039-1045

Author(s):

Maciej Grzywna ◽

Maciej Szkoda

Keyword(s):

International Trade ◽

Freight Transport ◽

Railway Transport ◽

Railway Freight ◽

Railway Freight Transport

The article presents an analysis of railway freight transport in selected Eurasian transport corridors. The role of railway transport in shaping the single European transport area and the benefits resulting from it have been defined. Technical barriers to the implementation of intercontinental traffic were presented and initiatives to activate international trade were discussed.

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Analysis of the Organisation of Railway Freight Undertaking: A Case Study of HŽ Cargo Ltd.

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/201823500001 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 235 ◽

pp. 00001

Author(s):

Borna Abramović ◽

Denis Šipuš ◽

Martina Ribarić

Keyword(s):

Freight Transport ◽

Railway Transport ◽

Transport Services ◽

Railway Freight ◽

Potential Benefits ◽

Market Liberalisation ◽

The Impact ◽

A Company ◽

Railway Freight Transport

Organisation is a significant segment of every enterprise, and so is the case with companies providing railway freight transport services. The success of a company depends on the organisational structure that makes it much easier to conduct business owing to the clearly defined hierarchy and responsibilities that lead to the ultimate goal – freight transport. This paper defines and describes railway freight transport, as well as the impact of freight transport market liberalisation on the sole organisation of a company. Moreover, various organisational schemes are analysed along with their potential benefits for the railway transport. The organisation of HŽ Cargo Ltd. is shown together with an outline of business activities of certain organisational units of the company.

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THE SPECIFICS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONLINE COMMERCE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR OF INTERNET USERS

RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Series Economics Management Law ◽

10.28995/2073-6304-2021-3-158-171 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 158-171

Author(s):

Dmitrii V. Tyurin ◽

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Aleksandra O. Volkova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Consumer Behavior ◽

Customer Orientation ◽

Consumer Preferences ◽

Point Of View ◽

Practical Skills ◽

Electronic Format ◽

Online Commerce ◽

Goods And Services ◽

Internet Users ◽

Technical Innovations

The article presents trends and innovations in the global and Russian markets regarding consumer behavior, analyzes the prospects for the development of online commerce, and suggests various approaches to increasing the share of online store customers and consumer retention in the era of digitalization and e-commerce. In particular, the authors analyzed the specifics of interaction with the audience on the example of a large online platform “Shopping live”. The practical skills of using innovative developments by marketers in terms of the development of mobile consumption of services and goods are demonstrated. The article takes into account the requirements that customers face in connection with the pandemic and forced self-isolation, in particular, the ability to use various technical innovations. It also demonstrates, as modern factors, the experience of practicing marketers, which influenced their work in the electronic format of selling goods and services, and in particular the use of new approaches in communication and customer orientation. The authors formulate approaches to the development of electronic promotion of goods and products of various industries from the point of view of consumer preferences, based on the specifics of the marketing strategy of large marketplaces, such as Wildberries, Aliexpress.

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Measuring costs of noise pollution generated by freight transport: Case of the Slovak and Czech Republic

European Transport/Trasporti Europei ◽

10.48295/et.2021.83.8 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-18

Author(s):

Břetislav Andrlík

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Slovak Republic ◽

Noise Pollution ◽

Freight Transport ◽

Current Status ◽

Negative Externality ◽

Actual Measurement ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Marginal Costs ◽

Negative Impacts

The paper focuses on measuring and quantification of the negative externality of noise pollution generated by freight transport in the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic. The paper describes negative impacts and significance of noise externalities, whereas it is established that noise causes psychological and physiological harm to affected persons. A separate part of the paper is dedicated to the current status of the European legislation dealing with the issues of the negative externality of noise pollution, in particular Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Communication COM(2008) 435. The actual measurement of the total, average and marginal costs of noise pollution is implemented in line with the defined methodology and using expert studies defined in the paper. The measurement results show that the costs of the negative externality of noise pollution are high in both countries. According to authors’ calculations, the total costs of the negative externality of noise pollution amount to EUR 100.8 mil in the Czech Republic and EUR 16.9 mil in the Slovak Republic. The paper contains a proposal of internalisation of these costs in the form of performance charges applied to operation of heavy goods vehicles.

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Neutralization of Transport Documents in Road Transport

World of Transport and Transportation ◽

10.30932/1992-3252-2021-19-2-10 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 70-78

Author(s):

M. Poliak ◽

N. Yu. Lakhmetkina

Keyword(s):

Road Transport ◽

Freight Transport ◽

Point Of View ◽

Legal Norms ◽

Frequent Use ◽

Actual Movement ◽

Road Freight ◽

International Transport ◽

Significant Step ◽

Basic Purpose

In 1956 there was a significant step in international road freight transport – conclusion of Convention on the contract of carriage in international road freight transport (CMR Convention), the basic purpose of which was to unify the rules in the international transport of goods and thus promote the development of international trade. From a practical point of view, this was very important for both carriers and transporters. The Convention describes the most important document in the carriage of goods – the CMR consignment note.Recently, the term «neutralization» has been used in connection with the CMR consignment note, which is considered as an interference with the system of functioning of transport documents, which aims to obscure the actual movement of the consignment during transport. At the same time, neutralization of the consignment note is not so much contrary to legal norms as it can lead to undesirable consequences for carriers. For this reason, the question of whether it is possible to neutralize the CMR consignment note in accordance with the current rules and whether the neutralization of the CMR consignment note does not violate the functionality of the existing system is relevant. Therefore, the objective of this work is to study the reasons and methods for neutralizing CMR consignment notes, as well as options for handling neutralized consignment notes.Considering that neutralization of the consignment note has become a relatively common practice and means the exchange of original consignment notes or transport documents with other consignment notes or transport documents, canceling the actions of the first consignment note, in the article the authors, based on their own research, identified the possibilities of using the neutralization of the CMR consignment note in practice for certain types of goods, routes of the most frequent use, as well as the risks of these procedures in road transport.

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Support of Road Freight Transport Especially in North-East Part of Schengen Borders

American Journal of Trade and Policy ◽

10.18034/ajtp.v2i3.389 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 101-104

Author(s):

Romana Hricová

Keyword(s):

Freight Transport ◽

Point Of View ◽

Border Crossing ◽

The Other ◽

Just In Time ◽

North East ◽

Other Hand ◽

Road Freight ◽

Points Of View ◽

The Right

Green logistics is very attractive and request the point of view. Many companies try to be “green”, but on the other hand they also must be quick, be in right time in the right place and everything with as low costs as possible. So because of it, they use more road freight transport. Nowadays road freight transport is much expanded as transport companies prefer the possibility to operate just-in-time. There are several advantages that give road freight transport the first place. Firstly, the truck can be prepared whenever, no matter what time is chosen. Secondly, the flexibility and no more borders with customs control inside the Schengen Area make freight transport quicker. On the other hand, innovative approaches ask for environmental protection, which becomes one of the most important points of view. If countries support this environmental friendly transport, this would be reflected in the transport prices which should make rail transport more interesting. Using the methodology in the manuscript was divided to three steps. The first step is to identify relevant questions related to border crossing. Next step is to elaborate a list of border problems, and the last step is an analysis of available data.

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