Economic competitiveness of rail transport to the port of Bahía Blanca

Due to a global increase in food consumption and shipping, and regional developments like exploitation of the Vaca Muerta oil field, the port of Bahía Blanca in Argentina sees an opportunity to increase its activities. Therefore, a new container terminal will be constructed in the port of Bahía Blanca that can handle 500,000 TEU per year. This...

Cargo consolidation in intermodal container transport

Container transport is currently growing fast and will continue to develop in the near future. However, some problems such as the road congestion, and negative environmental impacts due to container trucking, and the low utilization of container capacity are making the container transport less efficient. To deal with these problems, several new...