Inland Waterway Transport

Challenges and prospects
Herausgeber: Wiegmans, Bart; Konings, Rob

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book gives the reader a thorough understanding of the current role of inland waterway transport as a freight transport system and its conditions. Drawing on case studies from across Europe, this text explores the economic, logistic, and technological and policy issues related to inland waterway transport and the challenges that changes in these areas present to this transport mode. It also explores the strategies for the inland waterway transport sector to secure and then enlarge its role in the future of freight transport.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781138826717
• ISBN-10: 1138826715
• Artikelnr.: 43677132

Autorenporträt

Bart Wiegmans is senior researcher at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. He specializes in spatial and transport economics related to maritime and intermodal freight transport. Rob Konings is senior researcher at the Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. He is an economist specializing in spatial and transport economics.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Inland waterway transport: an overview
Chapter 2: The economic performance of Inland Waterway Transport
Chapter 3: The role of Inland Waterway Transport in the changing logistics
environment
Chapter 4: Managing capacity in the inland waterway sector: to intervene or
not to intervene?
Chapter 5: Existing Waterway Infrastructures and Future Needs
Chapter 6: Inland River Ports
Chapter 7: Challenging developments in inland waterway vessels
Chapter 8: A New Wave for the Inland Waterways: Palletized Goods
Chapter 9: Policies for inland waterway transport: Needs and perspectives