International Transport Systems M01

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International Transport Systems (M01)

• Learning objectives
• Understand the significance of transport systems
• Historical
• Social and economical
• Environmental
• Be aware of related units
• Units that are part of your course
• Units that are available at AMC
• Understand how this unit is structure

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International Transport Systems (M01)

• The significance of transport
• Historical
• Social and economical
• Environmental
• The transport system
• The freight system
• Management
• Transport and logistics
• Organisation of this unit
• Related unit at AMC

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International Transport Systems (M01)

• Australian transport statistics 2006 (an example)
• Transport specific businesses contributed 4.54
  of total GDP in 2005-2006. This amounted to 41.9
  billion in 2004-05 constant prices (38.7 billion
  in 2003-2004).
• The transport sector provided 461,000 jobs
  (454,000 in 2004-2005), or 4.6 of total
  employment in 2005-2006.
• About 1,696 million tonnes of freight are
  transported around Australia by road each year.
• Australians drive an estimated 199 billion
  kilometre each year.
• There are 13.9 million motor vehicles (13.491
  million in 2004) in Australia in 2005 which
  travelled a total of 206 billion kilometres.
• There were 810, 700 km of roads open for general
  use at 30 June, 2004, of which 336,900 km were
  sealed roads.
• Transport accounted for 13.5 or 76 million
  tonnes, of national greenhouse gas emissions in
  2004.

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International Transport Systems (M01)

• The historical significance of transport
• The pre-industrial era
• No forms of motorised transportation existed
• (Animal labour for land transport, wind for
  water transport)
• Low transported quantities
• Low speed (8-15 km/hr)
• The Silk Road
• Roman road network

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International Transport Systems (M01)

• The Silk Road

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International Transport Systems (M01)

• Roman road network, 200AD

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International Transport Systems (M01)

• The historical significance of transport
• The industrial revolution
• The development of steam engine (1765, Watt)
• The first self-propelled steam vehicle (1769,
  Cugnot)
• The first mechanically propelled maritime vehicle
  (1790, Fitch)
• Steam railway technology (1814)
• The first commercial railway linked Manchester to
  Liverpool (1830, 40miles)
• The establishment of the regular maritime routes
  linking harbours between Europe and North America
• The first steamship (1807)
• The main consequence of the industrial
  revolution was a specialisation of transportation
  services and the establishment of large
  distribution networks of raw materials and
  energy.

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International Transport Systems (M01)

• The historical significance of transport
• Emergence of modern transport systems
• Improvements in engine propulsion technology
  (shift from coal to oil in the 1870s)
• Improvement of global maritime circulation (Suez
  Canal, 1869 and Panama Canal, 1914)
• The emergence of air transport
• The first propelled flight in 1903 by the Wright
  brothers
• The first commercial air transport service
  between England and France in 1919

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International Transport Systems (M01)

• The historical significance of transport
• The modern era
• Economies of scale (VLCC-Vary Large Crude
  Carriers, 250,000tons, and ULCC (Ultra Large
  Crude Carriers, 550,000tons, in 1970s)
• Containerisation
• Globalisation (the fragmentation of production,
  division of work, JIT)
• Development of information technology

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International Transport Systems (M01)

• Social and economical significance of transport
• Social transport facilitates access to
  healthcare, welfare, and cultural etc. It shapes
  social interactions by favouring or inhibiting
  the mobility of people.
• Economical transport spurs economic development
  by providing mobility to production factors,
  which permits scale economies and increased
  efficiency.
• The relationship between development of transport
  systems and economic activities.

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International Transport Systems (M01)

• Environmental significance of transport
• Air pollution
• Noise
• Safety

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International Transport Systems (M01)

• The transport system
• The freight system
• Transport modes road, railway, water, air,
  pipeline
• Physical components of transport modes the way,
  the terminal, the unit of carriage and the motive
  power
• The management of transport system
• Transport service providers
• Transport service users
• A simplified model of transport system

Movement of information
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International Transport Systems (M01)

• Transport and logistics
• Logistics
• Planning, implementing, and controlling the
  efficient, effective flow and storage of raw
  materials, on-process inventory, finished goods,
  services, and related information from the point
  of origin to point of consumption.
• Transport
• Bridges the geographical gaps in the complex
  pattern of manufacturing centres, sources of raw
  materials, depot locations and marketing outlets.

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International Transport Systems (M01)

• Organisation of this unit

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International Transport Systems (M01)

• Related units available at AMC
• Port and Terminal Management
• Logistics/Business Logistics
• Supply Chain Management
• Commercial shipping
• Cargo Handling Systems Management
• Maritime Economics
• International Trade
• Introducing to Services Marketing/Service
  Marketing