Optimization of existing transport services – case study of the Niko Transport d.o.o. Company

• Main Author: Igor TRUPAC
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Silesian University of Technology 2011-01-01
• Series: Transport Problems
• Subjects: Marco Polo; transport services; logistic; multimodal transport
• Online Access: http://www.transportproblems.polsl.pl/pl/Archiwum/2011/zeszyt2/2011t6z2_01.pdf

The operational efficiency of the transport-logistics chains is affected by all actors involved: linear companies, port authorities, stevedores, forwarders, agents as well as of the level of integration of terminals and hinterland transportation modes. At the moment, only the company Niko Transport d.o.o. offers the intermodal way of transport in Slovenia. As for any other transportation problem, time window constraints and the availability of alternative routings of intermodal transport poses additional challenges.The new strategy of the company was named »We select green«. Its main goal is the same effect with lower pollution. They understand they are part of whole logistic chains for which it is typical to become more and more sensible to the demands that concerns the protection of the environment. That is also one of the priority strategies of the EU. Launched in the Freight Transport Logistics Action Plan, Green Corridors support today the EU's agenda towards decarbonising transport while emphasising the need for efficient logistics. The goal of the article is to present the business of the Niko Transport d.o.o. company on the UK market, the introduction of the multimodal transport, the approval of the Marco Polo project, the selection of courses and partners. A research of the students of the Caledonian University of Glasgow as a part of the project is also presented in the article.