Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport. Economic Research Centre Publisher: ISBN: Category : Freight and freightage Languages : en Pages :
Author: Joseph S. Szyliowicz Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing ISBN: 1783474823 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 326
Book Description
Rapid globalisation has led to the realization that the traditional modal approach to transporting people and goods is insufficient. Multimodal Transport Security illustrates the inevitable shift towards multimodal transportation systems, further enabled by modern technological innovations, and succinctly assesses the demanding and new security challenges that have accompanied this. The emergence of these complex transportation infrastructures has created exceedingly attractive terrorist targets owing to the potential for wide-scale disruption of global supply chains. Providing a conjoint analysis of key issues in both passenger and freight multimodal transportation security, expert contributors provide pivotal case studies highlighting the successes and failures of various policies and practices across several geographical regions. Adeptly drawing these strands together, the editors identify similarities and heterogeneities and in doing so, produce a practical illustration of the potential for further enhancement of multimodal security. An ever-increasing and worldwide concern with the improvement of security in transport places this unique and comprehensive text at the forefront of transportation literature. It will be of great value to students and scholars of public policy as well as policy makers in the fields of transportation and counter-terrorism.
Author: Asvin Goel Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 038775105X Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 192
Book Description
This book combines wireless telematics systems with dynamic vehicle routing algorithms and vehicle-positioning systems to produce a telematics-enabled information system that can be employed by commercial fleet operators for real-time monitoring, control, and planning. The book further presents a Messaging And Fleet Monitoring System and a Dynamic Planning System (DPS) that provides real-time decision support considering the current state of the transportation system.
Author: Roy Alan McCann Publisher: ISBN: Category : Containerization Languages : en Pages : 168
Book Description
There is increasing concerns regarding national security risks associated with international freight and cargo shipments. The existing container/trailer security monitoring systems for transportation logistics use conventional methods and technologies such as video cameras, infrared sensors and ultrasonic proximity sensors (line of sight configuration). However high cost, failures owing to adverse weather conditions, inaccurate detection of cargo condition due to variable material/configurations encountered in freight transport are some of the reasons for the limited success of conventional monitoring systems. This research applies signal processing techniques to the analysis of acoustical responses which contributes toward the development of an intermodal container load status and security monitoring system. In this manner, the drawbacks of the existing conventional methods are reduced by incorporating the recent advances in radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and acoustical signature monitoring (ASM). Experimental results are given demonstrating that the concept of ASM is an effective technique for improved monitoring and load status assessment of intermodal containers and trailers.
Author: National Research Council (U.S). Committee on Freight Transportation Information Systems Security Publisher: Transportation Research Board Computer Science and Telecommu ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 104
Book Description
Executive summary -- Evolving freight insdustry -- Freight information system technologies -- Planning a full study -- Appendixes.