Modelling performances of the supply chain(s) Served by the mega freight transport vehicles

This paper deals with modelling of performances of the supply chain(s) served by different including the mega freight transport vehicles. The chain(s) consists of the spoke and hub supplier(s) and the hub and spoke consumer(s) of go ods/freight shipments. The considered chain’s performances are infrastructural, technical /technological, operational, economic, environmental, and social. The infrastructural perf ormances relate to the characteristics of production, storing, and consumption plants of good s/freight shipments, and transport infrastructure spreading between them. The technica l/technological performances reflect characteristics of the facilities and equipment for loading/unloading and storing goods/freight shipments including forms of their consolidation, a nd the freight vehicles transporting them between the hub supplier(s) and the hub consumer(s) . The operational performances include the transport service frequency of goods/freight sh ipments, , size of deployed transport vehicle fleet, and its productivity. The economic p erformances embrace the inventory, handling, and transport cost. The environmental per formances relate to the energy (fuel) consumption and the consequent emissions of GHG (Green House Gases). The social performances include noise, congestion, and safety (i.e., risk of incidents/accidents). The analytical models for estimating the above-ment ioned performances of the generic configuration of supply chain operating according t o the specified scenario(s) under given conditions are developed. The models are applied to the intercontinental supply chain exclusively served by the conventional and mega mega container ships aiming at investigating their effects/impacts on the chain’s particular pe rformances.