Research Article
An Approach for Economic Analysis of Intermodal Transportation
Table 3
Technical and economical properties of the vehicles.
| Description of vehicles | Symbol | Unit | Transportation modes | Seaway | Railway | Road | General cargo ship | Freight train | Truck |
| Investment cost including infrastructure | | $ | 6 000 000 | 6 500 000 | 90 000 | Average economic lifetime | | Year | 20 | 20 | 10 | Insurance percentage (%) | | $ | 0.020 | 0.00923 | 0.02778 | Service speed of vehicle | | km/h | 22 | 35 | 50 | Cargo capacity | | Ton | 2970 | 700 | 20 | Annual maintenance-repair time | | Hours | 300 | 1200 | 720 | Annual idle time | | Hours | 1095 | 1095 | 5110 | Fuel consumption per km (main + aux.) | | Litre/km | 16 | 7 | 0.3 | Lubricant consumption per km (main + aux.) | | Litre/km | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.0036 | Fuel price | | $/litre | 0.3 | 1.70 | 1.70 | Lubricant price | | $/litre | 1.10 | 5.50 | 5.50 | Annual operation and maintenance costs | | $/year | 750 000 | 800 000 | 15 000 | Interest rate | | | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | Discount rate | | | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Escalation rate for future operational and maintenance costs | | | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | Escalation rate for future fuel cost | | | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | Escalation rate for future insurance cost | | | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | Escalation rate for future external costs | | | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | Route length | | km | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | Waiting time between sequential trips | | Hours | 9.00 | 30 | 6.00 | Specific cost of accident | | $/(ton·km) | | | | Specific cost of pollution | | $/(ton·km) | | | | Specific cost of noise | | $/(ton·km) | | | | Average fullness ratio | | | 0.70 | 0.90 | 0.90 | Reference fullness ratio for the specific external costs | | | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 |
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Note: all values in the tables are considered data of March 2006.
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