LOGISTICS
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TRANSPORT
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The aim of this lecture is to introduce you to transport facilities and individual modes of
transport
Šárka Čemerková
Lecturer

Logistics
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Transport
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Transport facilities
Transport classification
Characteristics of transport by transport routes
Structure of the lecture

TRANSPORT
•interconnects individual parts of the logistics process
•ensures the physical movement of products from the place where they are produced to the place
where they are needed - the benefits of the place
•is a time-benefit factor - it determines how quickly and how reliably a product is moved from one
location to another location

•logistics management in transport = integrated use of technical, organizational and management
methods to ensure the transfer of the required items at the right time at the right place with the
required quality of services and relevant information

•ensures the transfer of products to geographically separated markets
•when products arrive on time in the market, undamaged and in the required quantities, transport
provides added value to customers
•planning of transport systems:
1.customer requirements for time and hence for transport costs
2.choice of transport facilities and other loading aids
3.choice of means of transport

TRANSPORT FACILITIES
•   types of transport facilities:
o pallets
o containers
o dimensionally unstable containers
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•function of transport facilities:
o acceptance and unification of transported materials
o protection of transported goods against damage, theft, etc.
o manipulability
o storability
o information carriers
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TRANSPORT CLASSIFICATION
• by supplier and customer:
ooutside the company
oinside the company:
vcontinuous means of transport
vnon-continuous means of transport

• by transported object:
opassenger
ofreight
• by transport route:
oroad
orail
owater:
vinland (river and lake)
vsea
oair
opipeline
ocombined transport: rail-road, road-ship, road-air or rail-ship

Road transport
• positives vs. negatives
• full truck shipment
• collection service
• extra-large (oversized) transport

Road train (XXL, LCV, gigaliner, Eurocombi, Megatruck)
•road set in the Czech Republic 22 m (up to 153 pallets), with the exception of more,
in the world about 50 m
•up to 4 different
temperature modes

•conditions of use in the Czech Republic:
oSubject to approval of the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic, which approves the
transport route (for 3 months)
oWeight max 48 t, on D1 near Prague 40 t (bridge capacity)
oOnly on separate motorways and expressways, except for max. 10 km for loading / unloading
oIt can not cross the railway
oSpecial designation
oE.g. Schenker  - piece shipments Prague-Brno

Rail transport
• positives vs. negatives
• individual wagon consignments
• express parcels
• complete train
• individual consignments

Water transport
• positives vs. negatives
• rivers, lakes and artificial water channels
• sea:
o coastal (cabotage)
o transoceanic
• liner
• charter

Air transport
• positives vs. negatives
• regular line
• charter

British merchant ship from the 19th century
wooden rafts


Port of Bremenhaven



River transport



European riverways



Cruise liner in Prague



Shipping density map



World's largest container shipping ports (2017)
1.Shanghai (China; 40.23 mil. containers-TEU)
2.Singapur (Singapur; 33.66 mil. TEU)
3.Shenzhen (China; 25.20 mil. TEU)
4.Ning-po-Zhoushan (China)
5.Hongkong (Hongkong )
6.Pusan (South Korea)
7.Kanton (China)
8.Qingdao (China)
9.Dubai (SAE)
10.Tianjin (China)
11.Rotterdam (Holland; 13.73 mil. TEU)
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Note: TEU = Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit, where 1 TEU is equivalent to one 20-foot container.

World's largest airports (number of passengers in millions in 2017)
Atlanta (USA)
104
Bei jing (China)
96
Dubai (SAE)
88
Tokyo Haneda (Japan)
85
Los Angeles (USA)
84.6
Chicago (USA)
80
London Heathrow (GB)
78
Hongkong (China)
73
Shanghai (China)
70
Paris (France)
69
Amsterdam (Holland)
68.5
Source: airflight.blog.cz

Pipeline transport
• positives vs. negatives
• product pipelines
Source: vitejtenazemi.cz

Combined transport
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•part of the route passes by rail, inland waterway or sea and the other carriage is covered by road
transport
•road transport is used to pick up the shipment from the sender and to deliver the shipment to the
recipient
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•selected characteristics of combined transport:
oReduction of material handling costs
oHigh security of transported goods
oMinimizing the amount of heavy handwork
oUnified technique of mechanization, automation, loading and unloading
oInsufficient legislative support of the state
oInsufficient harmonization of conditions for the operation of individual modes of freight
transport

1.TOFC = trailer-on-flatcar
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2.tractor with trailer on the flatcar
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3.roadrailer
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4.COFC = container-on-flatcar













Summary of the lecture
You can:
•Explain benefits of transport
•Define transport facilities
•Classify transport from different points of view
•Characterize modes of transport according to transport routes