The Cost of Combined Transport [electronic resource]: Report of the Sixty-Fourth Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 12-13 January 1984 /
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European Conference of Ministers of Transport Economic Research Centre.Content Provider
Round Table on Transport Economics
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1984.
This Round Table examined the various combined transport systems, assessed their costs, technical developements, and benefits, aznd drew a series of conclusions.
INTRODUCTORY REPORTS -- The Cost of Combined Transport by Michel Frybourg, France -- -What is combined transport? -- Combined outputs on a specific network infrastructure -- The SWOP Body: A suitable technique for land transport -- What is the break-even distance beyond which combined transport becomes an economic proposition? 400 or 1 500, km? -- Economic depreciation and the constraints os structure gauges -- Comprehension of the problem -- Rolling stock and facilities -- Infrastructure -- Daily cost of wagons -- Transfer costs -- Combined outputs, depreciation and social costs -- Costs relevant to six services -- Dispersed traffic -- Maximum load block train -- General formulae for calculating rail traction costs -- Imapct of different parameters -- Conclusions with respect to marginal costs of rail traction -- General conclusion -- The Cost of Combined Transport by C. Seidelmann, Germany -- -Introduction -- The "Rollende Landstrasse" piggy-back technique -- Cost comparison method -- Cost structure in road haulage with specific reference to piggy-back transport -- The example of North Germany - Rhineland -- The example of Rhineland - South Germany -- The example of South Germany - Italy -- Cost comparison -- Summary -- Bibliography -- The Cost of Combined Transport by Giuseppe Sciarrone and Mario Carrara, Italy -- -Foreword -- The costs for carriers -- The costs for users -- Conclusions -- The Cost of Combined Transport by J. H. P. van Rens, the Netherlands -- Introduction -- Cost elements incured by the shipper -- Combined transport -- General conclusions -- Bibliography -- SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
This Round Table examined the various combined transport systems, assessed their costs, technical developements, and benefits, aznd drew a series of conclusions.
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