transport

By E. Taniguchi, R. G. Thompson, T. Yamada and R. van Duin

Pergamon (http://www.elsevier.nl)

January 2001

ISBN: 0-08-04903-9

Price: DGL 185 (USD 91, Euro 83.95)

260 pages, Hardbound

Формула развития транспортной отрасли в новых реалиях – работа на опережение

28 мая 2014 года, в среду, более 150 профессионалов транспортной отрасли, первые лица, дирекция, операционные руководители транспортных компаний, логистических операторов, международных и национальных автоперевозчиков грузов, национальные и международные эксперты, операторы рынка, поставщики решений, услуг, техники и инноваций собрались в Киеве для комплексной встречи на II-й ежегодный TRANSPORT Business Forum 2014 «Повышение эффективности бизнеса, снижение затрат, увеличение доходности и рентабельности». Организатором форума выступила Компания «Бизнес Саммит» (www.summitbiz.com.ua), многолетний организатор масштабных национальных и международных деловых и специализированных конференций в ключевых отраслях экономики для решения операционных задач бизнеса (на счету команды более 50 конференций, партнерами форумов выступили более 500 компаний, конференции посетили более 9 000 делегатов, из которых свыше 6 500 – первые лица и высший руководящий состав компаний).

Bruce Baird will be the chairman of the new National Heavy Vehicle Regulator Board.

The appointment was agreed to by Transport Ministers at the inaugural Standing Council on Transport and Infrastructure in Canberra.

Mr Baird has extensive knowledge of the transport industry and brings high-level leadership qualities to this important role.

The ministers also agreed to undertake an international search for a chief executive officer for the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator and for the position of National Rail Regulator.

The UK Transport Secretary, Geoff Hoon, recently confirmed the government plans to inject an extra ?1 billion into major transport projects next year. According to the Department for Transport (DfT) statement, the investment is being made, "In order to stimulate the economy by accelerating Government plans to cut congestion and significantly increase rail capacity."

This extra ?1 billion, to be spent on road and rail plans, is in addition to the overall ?10 billion for 2009-2014 already pledged by the transport minister in July 2007 to increase rail capacity. Other major long-term rail projects include the massive London Crossrail plan, the ?5.5 billion Thameslink program and an additional ?600 million to tackle congestion.

GS1 Australia is seeking to conduct a pilot project in the Australian transport and logistics sector to unlock the gateway to efficiency improvements between consignors and their logistics service providers.

The PTV Group, which supplies software for mapping, routing, geocoding and optimisation, will be launching its logistics software products for the first time in Melbourne at the Advanced Logistics & Materials Handling conference, 19 – 21 March.

Looking after your staff yields big returns, according to new data from DTC Group.

The DTC research found investing in employees’ wellbeing provides a direct cost benefit back to transport and logistics employers of more than $13,000 annually per employee. The data also found that absenteeism can be slashed by an average of one-third across all industries combined.

Researchers led by a team at UNSW Australia have used the Australian Synchrotron to turn the discovery of an ultra-low density and corrosion-resistant magnesium alloy into the first step toward mass-producing ‘stainless magnesium’, a new high-strength, lightweight metal, paving the way for cars, trucks and aeroplanes that can travel further distances on less petrol.

The magnesium-lithium alloy weighs half as much as aluminium and is 30 per cent lighter than magnesium, making it an attractive candidate to replace these commonly used metals to improve fuel efficiency and greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport vehicles.

The findings, published in the current edition of Nature Materials with researchers from Monash University in Melbourne, describe how the alloy forms a protective layer of carbonate-rich film upon atmospheric exposure, making it immune to corrosion when tested in laboratory settings.

Professor Michael Ferry, from UNSW’s School of Materials Science and Engineering, says this formation of a protective surface layer can be considered similar to the way a layer of chromium oxide enables the protection of stainless steel.

Women are an integral part of the transport and logistics industry (T&L) and have a great deal to offer organisations big and small, in multiple industry sectors and across all levels of management. A new paper prepared by Women In Supply Chain (WISC) (womeninsupplychain.com.au/) has been launched by Honourable Gary Blackwood, Member for Narracan and former Parliamentary Secretary for Transport at an event hosted by the National Transport Commission (NTC).

The paper aims to provoke thought and discussion and encourage the T&L industry and its stakeholders to review current work policies to create work opportunities for better engagement with skilled and experienced women.

Chairperson of WISC and a commissioner of the NTC Nola Bransgrove said: “The Improving Women’s Visibility – The Unseen Gender In Transport and Logistics paper shows the trend of women’s participation in the industry has declined from 24 per cent in 2009 to 22.9 per cent in 2014 when over the same period the growth in the T&L industry rose by 58 per cent.”

More needs to be done to encourage women to work in the transport and logistics industry, according to a report into gender and equality released by the SA Freight Council (SAFC).

The industry is looking to change the perception that it is a male-dominated area, but alarmingly the percentage of women in the sector has actually dropped significantly in recent years.

SAFC CEO Neil Murphy said as an example, the percentage of women in the transport, postal and warehousing sector in SA had dropped by 15 per cent in the past 5 years alone, from 21.7 per cent to 18.7 per cent.

Mr Murphy says there is also a worrying trend in the pay gap between male and female workers, jumping from 5.2 per cent to 16.1 per cent since 2007.