A BI-OBJECTIVE MODEL FOR RAIL-TRUCK INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Intermodal transportation has experienced a phenomenal growth over the past two decades, and continues to be one of the rapidly growing segments of the transportation industry. This has been attributed to the competitive pressures on global supply chains, the increasing demand for new service patterns driven by ocean carriers as well as the globalization of industry (Szyliowicz, 2003; Stone, 1999; Rondinelli and Berry, 2000). Rail-truck intermodal transportation (RtIT) combines accessibility advantage of road networks with scale economies associated with railroads in moving shipments. The main attractiveness of RtIT for shippers is its reliability in terms of on-time delivery due to the significant reduction in delivery times when using intermodal trains vis-à-vis traditional trains.

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