Assessment Methods for Innovative Operational Measures and Technologies for Intermodal Freight Terminals

摘要

The topic of freight transport by rail, is a complex theme and, in recent years, a main issue of European policy. The legislation evolution\udand the White Paper 2011 have demonstrated the European intention to re-launch this sector. The challenge is to promote the intermodal\udtransport system to the detriment of road freight transport. In this context, the intermodal freight terminals play a primary role for the\udsupply chain, they are the connection point between the various transport nodes and the nodal points where the freight are handled,\udstored and transferred between different modes to final customer. To achieve the purpose, proposed by the EC, are necessary the\udperformances improvement of existing intermodal freight terminals and the development of innovative intermodal freight terminals.\udMany terminal performances improvement is have been proposed and sometime experimented. They are based both on operational\udmeasures (e.g. horizontal and parallel handling, faster and fully direct handling) and on innovative technologies (e.g. automatic system\udfor horizontal and parallel handling, automated gate for data exchange) inside the terminals, with often-contradictory results. The\udresearch work described in this paper (developed within the EU project Capacity4Rail) focusses on the assessment of effects that these\udinnovations can have in the intermodal freight terminals. The innovative operational measures and technologies have been combined in\uddifferent scenarios, to be evaluated by a methodological approach including to other an analytical methods and simulation models. The\udoutput of this assessment method are key performance indicators (KPI) setup according to terminals typologies the proposals and related\udto different aspects (e.g. management, operation and organization. In the present work suitable KPIs (e.g. total/partial transit times) for to\udevaluate have been applied. Finally, in addition to methodological framework illustrated, a real case of study will be illustrated: the\udintermodal rail-road freight terminal Munich-Riem (Germany).