Multimodal transport network freight routing algorithms in optimization models

Single-Car Routing in Rail Freight Transport

Cars in rail freight service follow prescribed routes from their origin via intermediate shunting yards to their destination. The goal in designing such routes is to reduce the number of trains and their travel distances. Various real-world hard constraints make the problem difficult to formulate and also to solve. We present integer programming formulations for this car routing problem arising...

Freight transport development forecasts in enterprises management

In this study, an investigation of long-term forecasts relating to the development of the transport sector in Poland is performed, including the ones by 2030 and 2050. Selected transport development forecasts from the perspective of the membership of Poland in the European Union are presented and most of all, from the perspective of national studies. The basement for the review was the prognosi...

Regional Freight Transport Distribution Models

Today freight transport covers great importance in the field of the transportation system and in general in the economic system. It represents one of the most important elements in the national economy development process. In spite of the importance of freight transport, only in the last ten years the research devotes itself to this field. The most investigate topics are the national freight tr...

Planning Multimodal Freight Transport Operations: a Literature Review

Purpose: Multimodal freight transport developed in the transportation sector as an alternative to unimodal transport faced with the challenges brought by the growing global demand for transporting goods. Multimodal transport is the transportation of goods using at least two modes of transport, usually door-to-door. The common transport modes include railways, maritime routes, and the roads. Whe...

Designing Multimodal Freight Transport Networks: A Heuristic Approach and Applications