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Showing 1 to 20 of 435 for “"Freight"”.
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Forecasting tanker freight rates
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1995.
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Modelling rail freight management.
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1978
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An Examination into the Structure of Freight Rates in the Shipping Freight Markets
… salient areas of interest in the structure of freight rates in the shipping market, with a particular focus on the tanker and dry-bulk sectors, using recent econometric and time series techniques. The questions asked are: 1) do spot freight rate levels follow a fractionally integrated process, …
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Freight demand modeling and logistics planning for assessment of freight systems' environmental impacts
… dissertation research aims at examining the U.S. freight transportation systems and the relationship between freight shipment activities and the related environmental issues such as air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in the nation. This study develops freight demand models to forecast …
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Optimizing inbound freight mode decisions
Retail manufacturers often expedite inbound freight shipments from contract manufacturing bases to their distribution centers in destination markets at high cost to improve service levels to their wholesale partners and retail arm. The current process around these decisions has yielded lower than …
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The indirect impact of road freight transport - case study: N3 Johannesburg to Durban road freight corridor
… estimated cost of the indirect impacts of road freight on the N3 corridor between Johannesburg and Durban. This corridor, approximately 600 kilometres in length, forms the link between the country's industrial hub (Johannesburg) and its key Port (Durban). The following research questions are …
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Quantitative analyses of freight train derailments
… encompasses several areas, one of which is freight train risk analysis. There are various types of freight train accidents including derailments, collisions, highway-rail grade crossing incidents, and others. The mainline freight train derailment rate of the major U.S. Railroads (Class I) …
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Combination rail-highway freight carrying units
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1943
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Improved Management Practice for Freight Savings
… cost savings. This thesis deals with two main freight problems at Waters: 1. Customers who should pay but do not pay for shipping; 2. Product shortage and packaging damages that delay the shipping schedule. According to the customer service department, Waters does not charge for shipments for …
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Innovative transportation solutions : Uber for Freight
… incumbents. In the trucking industry, Uber for Freight (UFF) is one of these innovative business models. Loosely defined as platforms which seek to more efficiently match shippers' loads with truck drivers, these companies are seeking to 'uberize' freight transport through algorithm-based …
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Yard unreliability in rail freight movement.
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, 1971
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Modeling the demand for freight transportation.
Thesis. 1976. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil Engineering.
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Lake Michigan Trainferries and Their Freight Traffic
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The value of service in freight transportation
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1992.
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A policy sensitive model of freight demand.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1979.
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Improving Management Strategies for Reduced Freight Costs
This thesis deals with two freight problems currently encountered by Waters Corporation, an analytical laboratory instrument company. According to the customer service department, for approximately 40% of the orders, Waters does not charge for shipments in the US, and a portion is done by mistake …
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Optimization tools for the freight brokerage industry
The freight brokerage industry in North America was born of the deregulation of the trucking industry in 1982. In the two decades since, the industry has grown from nothing to $50 Billion in revenue. In the beginning, freight brokers used T-card systems to record, track, and bill orders. Technology …
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Business-to-business marketplaces for freight transportation
… contract negotiations for truckload, airfreight, ocean and intermodal shipments. Most of the initial activity in freight transportation has focused on the highly fragmented truckload sector. Currently, none of these firms process enough shipments to constitute critical mass or a …
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On Motion Mechanisms of Freight Train Suspension Systems
<p>In this dissertation, a freight train suspension system is presented for all possible types of motion. The suspension system experiences impacts and friction between wedges and bolster. The impacts cause the chatter motions between wedges and bolster, and the friction will cause the stick and …
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