Basics and concepts of logistics and freight transport; offers, infrastructure and production processes of different transport systems; regulatory framework
Learning objective
Identification and understanding the interconnections between logistic requirements, market, transport offers, operational processes, transport means and regulation in freight transport of all transport systems (road, rail, intermodal, waterborne and air).
Content
Basics and concepts of logistics, actors in logistics and freight transport, transport demand (1) in-house logistics, storage, transport safety, dangerous goods (2), basics to transport offers, production processes and infrastructure for road, rail, intermodal, waterborne (sea and inland waterways) and air transport, urban logistics (3), transport policy, regulation, spatial planning, location issues and network design with optimization methods (4)
Lecture notes
Lecture slides in German or English will be provided.
