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    Connecting Scandinavia through the Fehmarn Belt Link
    (2014-11-20) Sandén Gustafsson, Henrik; Mickael, Briffaz; Kang, Lu; Darvey, Clément
    This paper concerns the forwarding company KDSB and their investigation of intermodal operational activities in the Northern part of Europe. Due to receiving new contracts by three customers in the Oresund area of Scandinavia, KDSB will enter the freight forwarding business in the region. One customer is located in Malmo, another in Copenhagen and a third at the Hoje Taastrup terminal outside of Copenhagen. These customers have a demand of transportation between the port of Hamburg and their locations. Furthermore, the company have chosen to operate on the new to be constructed Fehmern Belt Link. The construction of the link is to be finalized in 2021, and is expected to change the current flow of freight in the Scandinavian region. In order to conduct necessary investments and strategic decisions, KDSB have evaluated other possible routes and modes. Hence, the new Fehmern Belt Link is being compared with other possible alternatives. An investigation regarding the infrastructure, a performed cost analysis, a market analysis and a setup plan is proposed in the paper
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    Establishing A Intermodal Freight Corridor
    (2014-10-20) Chahuruva, Marvellous; Kingsley-Jones, Tristan; Tegneman, Oliver; Wang, Linkai; Zhu, Shengda
    This research paper is inspired by some our classmate’s work and also the overall trade relation between China and Taiwan. As China’s relevant policy, many Taiwanese companies are now investing in the southwest inland cities of China. Together with the fact that China is now the biggest trading partner of Taiwan together with Taiwan’s industrial layout, it is by interest to investigate the feasibility of building a new transport service from Taiwan directly to southwest China. We focus on introducing an intermodal option to link Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, and Chengdu, the largest city in Sichuan province. Our transshipment port in this project is Xiamen, which is one of the closest ports to Taiwan in China. The main target of this report is the electronics industry and its time sensitive goods associated with these products. Certain market forces are aligned and we believe there is a potential for a profitable trade corridor to be established. Detailed studies on cost analysis, system setup choice, market analysis and overall implementations are drawn to justify our idea and choice of this trade route.