SOLUTIONS FOR SOLUTIONS FOR LOGISTICS AND LOGISTICS AND

MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT OPERATIONS THROUGH OPERATIONS THROUGH

MOBILE LINKSMOBILE LINKSHabil. Dr. Prof. Vytautas Habil. Dr. Prof. Vytautas

Paulauskas, Dr. Asoc. Prof. Birute Paulauskas, Dr. Asoc. Prof. Birute Placiene, Dr. Asoc. Prof. Raimondas Placiene, Dr. Asoc. Prof. Raimondas Barzdziukas, Dr. Valdas Lukauskas, Barzdziukas, Dr. Valdas Lukauskas,

Dr. Ricardas MaksimaviciusDr. Ricardas MaksimaviciusKlaipeda UniversityKlaipeda University

IntroductionIntroduction

• Competition in the goods market tends Competition in the goods market tends to be very rigid and every production to be very rigid and every production chain seeks to optimize costs;chain seeks to optimize costs;

• Transportation cost optimization within Transportation cost optimization within a production chain or between some a production chain or between some elements therefore is one of the main elements therefore is one of the main ways to decrease costs of the goods;ways to decrease costs of the goods;

• Multimodal operations and logistics are Multimodal operations and logistics are introduced as a potential factor to introduced as a potential factor to achieve optimization of transport costs achieve optimization of transport costs and delivery time, increase safety of the and delivery time, increase safety of the goods during transportationgoods during transportation

Logistics Systems Based on Logistics Systems Based on Mobile Link SystemsMobile Link Systems

• Eastern Baltic ports are located within the Eastern Baltic ports are located within the area of area of bigbig industry and population industry and population concentrationconcentration and huge teritory and huge teritory;;

• Economics globalization tends to link Economics globalization tends to link industrial regions more and moreindustrial regions more and more and quick and quick information is necessaryinformation is necessary;;

• Main cargo flows through Eastern Baltic Main cargo flows through Eastern Baltic ports ports have have long long range and different range and different conditions, which request quick actionsconditions, which request quick actions;;

• New conditions regarding transport costs, New conditions regarding transport costs, delivery time and cargo safety optimisation, delivery time and cargo safety optimisation, based on logistics and mobile links based on logistics and mobile links possibilities.possibilities.

Multimodal operation Multimodal operation schemesschemes

• Classical multimodal operation Classical multimodal operation scheme (is subject to insure the cargo scheme (is subject to insure the cargo on its behalf);on its behalf);

• Multimodal transportation on part of Multimodal transportation on part of the production chain (matter is that the production chain (matter is that in many cases is rather difficult to in many cases is rather difficult to have one multimodal operator to have one multimodal operator to handle the delivery from raw handle the delivery from raw material to final products);material to final products);

Multimodal Operations and Multimodal Operations and Logistics Based on Mobile Logistics Based on Mobile

LinksLinks • Multimodal operations are very often Multimodal operations are very often

linked with sea linked with sea and other and other transporttransport means and request good coordinationmeans and request good coordination;;

• Large shipping companies, which Large shipping companies, which operate ro-ro ferries in cooperation operate ro-ro ferries in cooperation with truck or railway companieswith truck or railway companies must must find solutions in short time and in any find solutions in short time and in any place of place of decision maker;decision maker;

• Mobile links with special programs can Mobile links with special programs can assist find fast and correct solutionsassist find fast and correct solutions

Multimodal transportation Multimodal transportation process schemesprocess schemes

• Cooperation between transport Cooperation between transport and industrial companies;and industrial companies;

• Multimodal operator in Multimodal operator in cooperation maintained between cooperation maintained between transport companies;transport companies;

• Multimodal operation scheme in Multimodal operation scheme in case of “middle company” case of “middle company” system.system.

Practical Multimodal Operation and Practical Multimodal Operation and Logistics Services Based On Mobile Logistics Services Based On Mobile

LinksLinks

• ForwardingForwarding,, transportation and transportation and distribution distribution request coordination request coordination betweenbetween multimodal multimodal operator partners operator partners;;

• Short sea shipping Short sea shipping and sea motorways and sea motorways in in multimodal operationsmultimodal operations as qiuck as qiuck decisionsdecisions;;

• New advanced technologies and New advanced technologies and solutions based on mobile links can solutions based on mobile links can increase cargo safety, reduce transport increase cargo safety, reduce transport costs and delivery time.costs and delivery time.

ConclusionsConclusions 11• For traditional existing cargo For traditional existing cargo

new technologies and solutions new technologies and solutions are necessary;are necessary;

• Reduction of transport costs and Reduction of transport costs and delivery time are the main tasks delivery time are the main tasks of optimisation;of optimisation;

• Multimodal transportation and Multimodal transportation and logistics services based on logistics services based on mobile links can lead to mobile links can lead to decreasing of transport costs decreasing of transport costs and time and increasing of cargo and time and increasing of cargo safety concurrently;safety concurrently;

Conclusions 2Conclusions 2New possibilities based on mobile New possibilities based on mobile links can assist to organize links can assist to organize multimodal operation and logistics multimodal operation and logistics services in existing situation to reach services in existing situation to reach main tasks.main tasks.

• Future belongs to optimization of Future belongs to optimization of transport processes, and as a most transport processes, and as a most reliable, fastest and easiest ways to reliable, fastest and easiest ways to reach this is multimodal operation reach this is multimodal operation and logistics services based on mobile and logistics services based on mobile links.links.

• Transport companies that are Transport companies that are featured as main coordination featured as main coordination elements in multimodal elements in multimodal transportation can and should be the transportation can and should be the initiator of multimodal transportation initiator of multimodal transportation process and new technologies.process and new technologies.