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Question ajoutée par Prabin Rai , inventory officer , bijaya motor
Date de publication: 2017/08/02
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par Alex Haliabarda

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MANSOOR ALIKHAN
par MANSOOR ALIKHAN , Warehouse Supervisor , Health care Asia

  • Road vehicles (trucks, vans, motorcycles)
  • Railways.
  • Inland waterways (barges)
  • Deep sea.
  • Air (Aircraft and drones)
  •  
  • In case of Railways, Degree of freedom is 1
  • In case of Roads, Degree of freedom is 2
  • In case of Air-Transport and Underwater transportation, Degree of freedom is 3

Mohammad Elemam
par Mohammad Elemam , Customs Clearance & Logistics Supervisor , Egyptian Petroleum HH Rig Manufacturing Shareholder

Inland transportation

Air transport

Railway transport

Water transport

Pipeline transport

Rijeshkumar Thamarassery
par Rijeshkumar Thamarassery , Administrative Supervisor , Baker Tilly Middle East

Mode

ProductOptions

Speed

Accessibility

Cost

Capacity

IntermodalCapability

Truck

Very Broad

Moderate

High

Moderate

Low

Very High

Railroad

Broad

Slow

Moderate

Low

Moderate

Very High

Air

Narrow

Fast

Low

Very High

Very Low

Moderate

Water

Broad

Very Slow

Moderate

Very Low

Very High

Very High

Pipeline

Very Narrow

Very Slow

Low

Low

Very High

Very Low

Digital

Very Narrow

Very Fast

Very High

Very Low

Moderate

Very Low

SENTHILKUMAR RAJASEKARAN
par SENTHILKUMAR RAJASEKARAN , OPERATIONS MANAGER , ARKAN SOHAR LOGISTICS LLC

The different modes of transport are air, water, and land transport, which include rail, road and off-road transport. Other modes also exist, including pipelines, cable transport, and space transport.

In case of Air transportation, comparatively advantages of short transit time but High cost Backlogs at the airports Limitations for dangerous cargoes transportation

In case of Road, Normally average transit time Average cost but frequent changes in formalities of the transit countries, example In the case of railways, different types of vehicles cannot use the track, reduced by high speed as there is no delay due to traffic jam

In case of Sea, Comparative Advantages of low cost but long transit time Limitations for dangerous cargoes transportation.

OUSSAMA KOUKI
par OUSSAMA KOUKI , assistant logistique , LA TUNISIENNE DU TRANSPORT ROUTIER TTRI

.MARITIME TRANSPORT

.AERIEN TRANSPORT

. land transport

.rail transport

.multimodal transport

Moataz Idris
par Moataz Idris , StoreKeeper , AL Hatab Bakery

Air Transport :

Advantages : ( The fastest , suitable for valuable goods )

Disadvantages:(The most expensive , not  for big quantity )

 

Railway :

Advantages : ( Fast , Suitable for big quantity, Cheap )

Disadvantages : ( Not suitable for International transortation)

 

Sea Transport :

Advantages : ( suitable for huge quantity , Cheap , Suitable for International Transportation ) 

Disadvantages : ( Slow )

Mohamed Mohsen
par Mohamed Mohsen ,  Regional Cylinders Controller Africa, Middle East, Black Sea & India , Wilhelmsen Ships Service

Air, Land & sea or a multimodel transportation than include two or more types of transport

Saeed Idrees
par Saeed Idrees , المبيعات , مؤسسة أحمد معراج الحسن

We have 3 modes here: land, maritime & air transport as a types of tranportation & we have 2 types of work here: internal & external & FIO we have a lot of transportaion bussines as a services works with differents requirments to reach all needs for big organizations & customers.

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