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<p>Ensuring transport safety is one of the key areas of transport companies’ operations. Management and organization processes not only in the intermodal transport are associated with decision-making in regard to adequate load securing, which is exposed to the inertia forces resulting from the movement of transport means. Regardless, the responsibility of individual entities in the process and the applicable insurance, the basic aspect to ensure transport safety is the correct securing of the cargo. In the article, the authors present elements of calculation models for different methods of securing cargo. Calculations were performed for the selected type of load on the specific semi-trailer meeting the requirements of the XL Code adapted for intermodal transport. The analysis of safety management in transport in the aspect of decision-making about the method of securing the cargo was also made.</p>
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Ensuring transport safety is one of the key areas of transport companies’ operations. Management and organization processes not only in the intermodal transport are associated with decision-making in regard to adequate load securing, which is exposed to the inertia forces resulting from the movement of transport means. Regardless, the responsibility of individual entities in the process and the applicable insurance, the basic aspect to ensure transport safety is the correct securing of the cargo. In the article, the authors present elements of calculation models for different methods of securing cargo. Calculations were performed for the selected type of load on the specific semi-trailer meeting the requirements of the XL Code adapted for intermodal transport. The analysis of safety management in transport in the aspect of decision-making about the method of securing the cargo was also made.

The Role of Fastening Loads in the Safety Management of Intermodal Transport of Truck Semi-Trailers

System Safety: Human - Technical Facility - Environment

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Ensuring transport safety is one of the key areas of transport companies’ operations. Management and organization processes not only in the intermodal...

The Role of Fastening Loads in the Safety Management of Intermodal Transport of Truck Semi-Trailers

Published Online: Mar 28, 2019

Page range: 978 - 986

Received: Nov 02, 2018

Accepted: Dec 23, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2019-0124

Keywords
management, transport, intermodal, transport safety

© 2019 Robert Sałek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Role of Fastening Loads in the Safety Management of Intermodal Transport of Truck Semi-Trailers

Published Online: Mar 28, 2019

Page range: 978 - 986

Received: Nov 02, 2018

Accepted: Dec 23, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2019-0124

Keywordsmanagement, transport, intermodal, transport safety

© 2019 Robert Sałek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
management, transport, intermodal, transport safety